As worldwide cyber threats intensify, every soldier, sailor, marine, airman, guardian, reservist, DoD civilian, and contractor has a special responsibility to actively manage the risk of the Department. However, in this dynamic environment where cyber threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, this is especially difficult. As a result, the importance of adapting to change cannot be overstated.

Attendees learned how DoD organizations are staying ahead by leveraging commercially available threat intelligence, modern security operations, and AI.  

Session 1: Lead with Threat Intelligence or Compliance Driven Security Programs - What is the Difference?

Tuesday, January 30, 2024 | 1:00pm ET; 10:00am PT | 60 minutes

Featured Speaker: Adam Dickinson, Security Customer Engineer, Google Cloud

An ever-growing number of DoD leaders have become frustrated with the burdensome and arduous RMF and ATO process. They have been asking, “Is there a better way?”. While cyber compliance policy will always remain critical, there is acknowledgment that an intelligence-led security approach is more nimble and cost-effective. As a result, some organizations are pivoting from event-driven cybersecurity syndrome (where alerts, incidents, breaches, audits, compliance, and privacy take precedence), to an approach that embraces cyber insights, signals and intelligence as guiding principles.

Attendees learned about Mandiant's unique data intelligence gathering, research, curation, and dissemination solutions. These intelligence subscriptions enable services to obtain unique threat actor data as they continuously navigate towards an even stronger cybersecurity posture.

Session 2: Mandiant and the DoD - An Overview of the Impact of Game-Changing Commercially Available Intelligence

Thursday, February 15, 2024 | 1:00pm ET; 10:00am PT | 60 minutes

Featured Speaker: Tim Gallo, Mandiant Cyber Security Specialist, Mandiant

Known for its comprehensive threat intelligence and effective incident response, Mandiant offers unrivaled protection in the DoD cybersecurity realm. This webinar provided insights into:

• How the Army can gain previously unavailable context into cyber attacks against critical networks and infrastructure 

• Why and how commercially available intelligence is becoming key to the DoD and Army’s successful cyber security efforts while prioritizing responses in a more efficient manner

• How Mandiant's expert personnel team assists the government in adeptly anticipating and countering cyber threats

Session 3: Google Chronicle Cyber Shield - Integrating Threat Intelligence, Detection, and Response

Thursday, February 29, 2024 | 1:00pm ET; 10:00am PT | 60 minutes

Featured Speakers: Joseph Lee, Customer Engineer, Security Specialist, Google Cloud

James Lewis, Customer Engineer, Security Specialist, Google Cloud

To help governments around the world continue to realize the benefits of digital transformation while mitigating the risk of cyber threats, Google has developed Chronicle CyberShield. Chronicle CyberShield is unique in that it enables multiple government entities to proactively and rapidly share threat information, accelerate investigations, and initiate a united response. This webinar provided an overview of Chronicle CyberShield and how Google is working with the DoD.

Session 4: Generative AI and Security - What Happens When You Combine Frontline Intelligence + Google Trusted Cloud + Modern Security Operations + AI?

Thursday, March 14, 2024 | 1:00pm ET; 10:00am PT | 60 minutes

Featured Speaker: Connie Fan, Senior Product & Business Strategy Analytics Lead, Google Cloud

What if the Army had contextualized and actionable visibility into the latest threats, where security configurations were automatically created and maintained, and where even non-experts could detect, investigate, and respond to cyberthreats with confidence? Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in large language models (LLMs), make this a reality. During this webinar, the Google Security Team shared their latest insight on how new generative AI-driven innovations across our portfolio help the DoD better prevent threats, eliminate toil, and empower the collective talent to improve our security.