{"id":16714,"date":"2019-05-03T20:23:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T03:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=16714"},"modified":"2019-05-03T20:23:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T03:23:51","slug":"cybersecurity-grand-challenges-setting-the-stage-for-a-secure-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=16714","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity Grand Challenges \u2013 Setting the Stage for a Secure Future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pictured: Brian Green, Senior VP and cyber leader at Booz Allen Hamilton leads panel at the Joint Services Academy Cybersecurity Summit, featuring Alexis Bonnell, Chief Innovation Officer at the US Agency for International Development (USAID); Colonel David Caswell, Head, Department of Computer and Cyber Science, US Air Force Academy; and Bradford Willke, Director, Stakeholder Engagement and Cyber Resilience,<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Booz Allen empowers others to take a future-forward approach to change the world, especially in critical areas of the government and industry such as cybersecurity. That\u2019s why Booz Allen didn\u2019t pass on the opportunity to invest in a process to \u201cmake the Internet safe and secure for the functioning of Government and critical services for the American people by 2028,\u201d as outlined in the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)\u2019s Report to the President on a Cybersecurity Moonshot.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur experts serve at the cyber frontlines to support our clients\u2019 missions,\u201d says Executive Vice President Brad Medairy, Booz Allen\u2019s cyber functional service officer. \u201cSupporting the Cybersecurity Moonshot initiative is an extension of our commitment to security and an important step in setting the stage for how we collectively address the growing threat landscape.\u201d<\/p>\n

In coordination with the Joint Services Academy, Booz Allen sponsored workshops in February and April 2019, with the collective ingenuity of the cybersecurity community. The workshops, which included experts from industry, government, and academia, focused on identifying, scoping and setting a path forward regarding the \u201cGrand Challenges\u201d that are anticipated to impact cybersecurity over the next 10 years. Insights from these working sessions served as a precursor to the Joint Services Academy Cybersecurity Summit, held at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado, April 17-18, 2019.<\/p>\n

Booz Allen Senior VP and US Air Force Academy graduate, Brian Green, a leader in the Firm\u2019s cyber and intelligence markets, facilitated the Summit\u2019s panel,\u00a0Grand Challenges: Laying the Groundwork for a Cybersecurity Moonshot<\/em>. The panel was comprised of distinguished colleagues, Alexis Bonnell, Chief Innovation Officer at the US Agency for International Development (USAID); Colonel David Caswell, Head, Department of Computer and Cyber Science, US Air Force Academy; and Bradford Willke, Director, Stakeholder Engagement and Cyber Resilience, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<\/p>\n

The panelists discussed how the Grand Challenges methodology \u2013 of audacious thinking and outcome-based incentivized and crowdsourced solutions \u2013 could effectively work in addressing cybersecurity. Successfully leveraged to solve entrenched-challenges in industries such as space, energy and public health, the panel also emphasized that the grand challenges put forth for consideration must be short, \u201csnackable\u201d problems that a national audience can get behind and help solve.<\/p>\n

\u201cLooking 10 years ahead, it is critical that we mobilize the creativity and innovation of our Nation to begin addressing the cybersecurity challenges of the future,\u201d says Green, emphasizing that the threat landscape continues to expand with new vulnerabilities and avenues for attack as technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G communications become increasingly integrated into daily life.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must work together to close the cyber literacy gap, protect privacy, and establish new technologies, policies, and behavior patterns to make meaningful progress towards a more enduringly safe and secure Internet,\u201d continued Green. \u201cFifty years ago, Booz Allen supported our Nation\u2019s first Moonshot, and again we stand ready to play a critical role for our clients and our country as we move forward with the first set of cybersecurity grand challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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