Sunday, May 31, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

  • Room: Pratt Street Lobby
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    Monday, June 01, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

    • Room: Pratt Street Lobby
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      Tuesday, June 02, 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM

      • Room: Pratt Street Lobby
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        Tuesday, June 02, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

        • Room: Exhibit Hall
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          Tuesday, June 02, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

          • Room: Exhibit Hall
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            Tuesday, June 02, 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM

            • Room: Theater #6 - Booth 3383
            This panel will provide a critical "six-month check-in" on the Department of War's Acquisition Transformation Strategy. The discussion will emphasize ongoing efforts to cut red tape and upskill the workforce, reinforcing that the ultimate measure of success remains the speed and effectiveness of support delivered to the warfighter. Watch here...
            Speaker(s)
            Moderator (confirmed)
            Jason Martin
            Component Acquisition Executive and Director of the Acquisition Organization ​
            Defense Information Systems Agency
            Panelist (confirmed)
            Caroline Bean
            Director, Portfolio Acquisition Executive Command, Control, Communications Enterprise
            Defense Information Systems Agency
            Panelist (confirmed)
            Nick Creswell
            Portfolio Acquisition Executive Mission Partner Environment Director
            Defense Information Systems Agency
            Panelist (confirmed)
            Brian G. Hermann, Ph.D.
            Director, PAE Cyber
            Defense Information Systems Agency
            Panelist (confirmed)
            Brian Leyda
            Acting Procurement Services Executive
            Defense Information Systems Agency
            Panelist (confirmed)
            Christopher A. (Chris) Paczkowski
            Director, PAE Transport Directorate
            Defense Information Systems Agency
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              • Room: Theater #5 - Booth 3361
              This panel provides a candid look at overcoming the friction of traditional network and services-centric monitoring practices as the Defense Information Systems Agency moves towards a more integrated and data-centric operational posture. It moves beyond AI buzzwords and explores the real-world challenges and successes encountered by people in applying advanced analytics and AI operations concepts within DISA’s global enterprise. Panelists will share practical lessons learned in aggregating disparate data, building algorithms and automations, trusting algorithmic insights, and applying these insights for better operations. The focus will be on the pragmatic steps being taken to improve resilience and performance, and the... ...read more...
              Speaker(s)
              Moderator (confirmed)
              Raju Shah
              Enterprise Engineering Director and Chief Experience Officer
              Defense Information System Agency
              Panelist (confirmed)
              Brig Gen Frank Dominguez, USAF
              Vice Director for Operations
              Defense Information Systems Agency
              Panelist (confirmed)
              Benjamin Fransen, Ph.D.
              Chief, Observability Engineering Division
              Defense Information Systems Agency
              Panelist (confirmed)
              Calandra Layne
              Deputy Chief Financial Officer/Deputy Comptroller
              Defense Information Systems Agency
              Panelist (confirmed)
              Deepak Seth
              Chief Engineer, Emerging Technology Directorate
              Defense Information Systems Agency
              Panelist (confirmed)
              Byron Stephenson
              Vice Director, Hosting and Compute, J-9
              Defense Information Systems Agency
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                • Room: Theater #1 - Booth 3302
                In today’s digital battlespace, the identity question is no longer limited to who can log in. Mission execution now depends on human users, administrators, contractors, mission partners, service accounts, APIs, workloads, automation, machine identities, and AI-enabled agents. Each may be able to access systems, invoke privilege, call APIs, move information, trigger workflows, or act on behalf of a mission function. That means access must be understood as delegated operational authority: what an identity is allowed to do, where it can act, who owns it, when it should change, and whether the decision can be proven. The adversary does not care whether an... ...read more...
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                Speaker (confirmed)
                Frank Briguglio
                Federal CTO and Global Public Sector Strategist
                SailPoint
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                  • Room: Theater #4 - Booth 2339
                  The increasing prevalence of cyber threats highlights the critical need for the Department of War to maintain a capable, agile, and ready cyber workforce to secure a sustained information advantage. Developing and managing this 240,000-strong force requires a multi-disciplinary approach across policy, strategy, data analytics, and data science to drive innovation and overcome significant turnover. To navigate these challenges, this presentation outlines the DoW CIO’s Cyber Workforce Strategy Implementation Plan and the foundational DoW Cyber Workforce Framework. Key strategies discussed include streamlining talent acquisition through the Cyber Excepted Service and implementing skills-based hiring to attract elite experts. Furthermore, the DoW... ...read more...
                  Speaker(s)
                  Speaker (confirmed)
                  J. Aaron Bishop
                  Acting Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity and CISO
                  Office of the DOW CIO
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                    Tuesday, June 02, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

                    • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                    Join us as LTG Susan Lawrence, USA (Ret.), President and CEO of AFCEA International, kicks off TechNet Cyber 2026!  Invocation: Mr. Darrell Williams Watch Here ...
                    Speaker(s)
                    Keynote (confirmed)
                    The Hon. Kirsten Davies
                    CIO
                    Department of War
                    Speaker (confirmed)
                    LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.)
                    Former President & CEO
                    AFCEA International
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                      • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
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                        Tuesday, June 02, 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM

                        • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                        As the Department of War and its mission partners accelerate adoption of AI, Zero Trust, and data‑driven operations, one reality is becoming clear: mission success depends on the resilience and security of the underlying network. This session will focus on how our government is re‑thinking network infrastructure—not just security tools—to address evolving cyber threats, including “harvest now, decrypt later” risks, and to support operations across global, contested environments. Speakers will explore the role of high‑capacity transport, private networking, and international connectivity in enabling mission readiness across the Defense Information Network and the Defense Industrial Base. The discussion will highlight how a... ...read more...
                        Speaker(s)
                        Speaker (confirmed)
                        Jess Smith
                        Director, Solution Architecture
                        Lumen
                        Speaker (confirmed)
                        Petra St. George
                        Senior Director, Federal Program Management
                        Lumen
                        Speaker (confirmed)
                        Leslie White
                        Client Executive Manager
                        Lumen
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                          Tuesday, June 02, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

                          • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                          As the character of warfare continues to evolve at machine speed, the Department of War is transforming how it delivers digital combat power across the Joint Force. Service CIOs sit at the center of this transformation—driving modernization strategies that operationalize data, artificial intelligence, resilient networking, cloud capabilities, cybersecurity, and digital workforce development as core warfighting enablers. This senior leadership panel will bring together the Department of the Army, Department of the Navy, and Department of the Air Force CIOs/representatives for a strategic discussion moderated by Lt. Gen. Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.), President and CEO, AFCEA International. Panelists will discuss how... ...read more...
                          Speaker(s)
                          Moderator (confirmed)
                          LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.)
                          Former President & CEO
                          AFCEA International
                          Panelist (confirmed)
                          Keith Hardiman, EdD
                          Deputy Chief Information Officer
                          Department of the Air Force
                          Panelist (confirmed)
                          David M. Markowitz, Ph.D.
                          Deputy CIO/Chief Data and Analytics Officer
                          U.S. Army
                          Panelist (confirmed)
                          Kenneth C. McNeill
                          CIO and Director, C4 Systems Directorate
                          National Guard Bureau
                          Panelist (confirmed)
                          M. Barry Tanner
                          Acting Chief Information Officer
                          U.S. Department of the Navy
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                            Tuesday, June 02, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                            • Room: Theater #3 - Booth 3332
                            The DoD is implementing a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) that offers a consistent roadmap for the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), and beyond, to mature its overall Cybersecurity capabilities in a proactive way to enhance their business case, protect their brand, while protecting our Nation’s Economy and Security. The CMMC ecosystem consists of various organizations managed and coordinated by the CyberAB and the Cybersecurity Assessor and Instructor Certification Organization (CAICO), they currently include: Organizations Seeking Compliance (OSC) CMMC Third-Party Assessment Organizations (C3PAO) Provisional Assessors/ Certified CMMC Professionals/ Certified CMMC Assessors Registered Practitioner Organization (RPO) Registered Practitioner (RP)/ Registered Practitioner Advanced (RPA) Licensed Publishing Partners (LPPs)/ Licensed... ...read more...
                            Speaker(s)
                            Moderator (confirmed)
                            Dan Turissini
                            Chair
                            AFCEA Homeland Security Committee
                            Panelist (confirmed)
                            Cole French
                            Director, Cybersecurity Services
                            Kratos Defense and Security Solutions
                            Panelist (confirmed)
                            Fernando Machado
                            Managing Principal and Chief Information Security Officer
                            Cybersec Investments
                            Panelist (confirmed)
                            Greg Manson
                            Vice President of security, Audit, and Comliance
                            TEGO
                            Panelist (confirmed)
                            Tobias Musser
                            Founder and Co-CEO
                            Managed Network Services Group
                            Panelist (confirmed)
                            Ali Pabrai
                            Chief Executive Officer
                            ecfirst
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                              • Room: Theater #5 - Booth 3361
                              The Defense Information Systems Agency’s Hosting and Compute (J-9) Directorate has relentlessly pushed forward to equip the warfighter for the modern battlespace. This briefing will cover the significant strides made in J-9's transformation, highlighting the “why” and “what” behind the smart cloud journey. The J-9 Director will detail key modernization milestones, focusing on how the directorate is evolving from an infrastructure provider to a strategic mission partner for your hybrid cloud needs. Attendees will learn how J-9’s transformation directly supports warfighter lethality by delivering agile, secure and resilient capabilities for the future fight. Watch here...
                              Speaker(s)
                              Speaker (confirmed)
                              Jefferson P. (Jeff) Marshall
                              Director, Hosting and Compute
                              Defense Information Systems Agency
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                                • Room: Theater #1, Booth 3302
                                Most organizations treating AI as a cyber capability are solving the wrong problem. They are focused on models when the real challenge is infrastructure, governance, and operationalization. Prompt-heavy, API-dependent architectures are fragile by design. They do not scale, they cannot run in disconnected or classified environments, and they hand data sovereignty to someone else's cloud. This session makes the case for a different approach: moving from prompt engineering to platform engineering, built around Models-as-a-Service delivered as shared, governed infrastructure that runs anywhere, including air-gapped and classified environments. Attendees will walk away with a practical understanding of: Why smaller, domain-tuned models consistently outperform frontier... ...read more...
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                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                Dan Domkowski
                                AI Advisor National Security, Government, and Research
                                Red Hat
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                                  Tuesday, June 02, 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM

                                  • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                  This presentation covers the challenges and evolution of SealingTech’s groundbreaking AI platform: Operator X™. Operator X uses Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the cyber warfighter. To address the unique security requirements of cyber operations, SealingTech prioritizes a fully air-gapped architecture, ensuring that sophisticated agentic capabilities remain effective at the tactical edge without reliance on external connectivity. To address the Department of War’s (DoW) need to operate across a diverse ecosystem of tools, Operator X utilizes the Model Context Protocol (MCP) for agentic workflows. This approach moves away from rigid, one-off integrations toward... ...read more...
                                  Speaker(s)
                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                  Nate Delgado
                                  Director of Software Products
                                  Sealing Technologies
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                                    Tuesday, June 02, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

                                    • Room: Exhibit Hall, Hall G
                                    *Ticket Required...
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                                      Tuesday, June 02, 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

                                      • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                      The traditional ATO process was built for a slower era. Manual workflows, fragmented tools, and point-in-time assessments consume months of mission time while risk accumulates in the gaps between reviews. For most organizations, cybersecurity compliance runs as a separate discipline, disconnected from the enterprise IT systems, workflows, and data that actually reflect real risk posture. The result is an artifact-dependent process that lags reality by design. For DoD organizations operating under persistent threat, that lag is unacceptable. Compliance latency is operational risk. ServiceNow transforms ATO from a periodic administrative burden into a continuous, AI-accelerated mission capability. It does this from within the... ...read more...
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                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                      Tom Bean
                                      Advisory Solution Consultant, Risk
                                      ServiceNow
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                                        Tuesday, June 02, 12:10 PM - 12:30 PM

                                        • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                        As mission systems increasingly extend beyond centralized data centers to the tactical edge, achieving target-level zero trust becomes increasingly complex. Edge environments—ranging from forward-deployed units to IoT-enabled platforms and disconnected or intermittently connected systems—introduce unique constraints around latency, bandwidth, and physical security. These conditions demand that Zero Trust principles be enforced as close to the point of data generation and decision-making as possible. Agencies must extend same protections used in the core and cloud to the tactical edge to enable identity verification, continuous monitoring, and policy enforcement. Attend this session to about the best practices for achieving Target-Level Zero Trust at... ...read more...
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                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                        Evan Pelecky
                                        Senior Product Manager, Cryptographic Key Management
                                        Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies
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                                          Tuesday, June 02, 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM

                                          • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                          Join DISA and other DoW senior leaders for an informal outreach session in the back of the Primary Stage, Hall D. This is your chance to begin conversations and connect with these leaders and subject matter experts. Open to all registered attendees, no appointment necessary. Current List of Senior Leaders ...
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                                            Tuesday, June 02, 12:40 PM - 1:00 PM

                                            • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                            To counter fast-moving adversaries, security controls for mission-critical IT infrastructure must be continuously adapted to changes in the threat landscape, technology, and user actions. The federal government has traditionally relied on Authority to Operate (ATO) to keep pace with change, however, the process to obtain certification is often slowed by siloing between tools, fragmentation between security and DevOps teams, and over-reliance on manual workarounds to navigate the space between them. As teams navigate these challenges, the warfighter waits for delivery. Adding further challenges, systems often fall out of date in the three years between ATO exercises,  increasing the risk of... ...read more...
                                            Speaker(s)
                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                            Kendall Moore
                                            Co-Founder and CTO
                                            Sicura
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                                              Tuesday, June 02, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

                                              • Room: Exhibit Hall - Booth #2819
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                                                Tuesday, June 02, 1:10 PM - 1:30 PM

                                                • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                Agentic AI promises faster threat detection, response, and decision-making - but ungoverned autonomy introduces unacceptable risk in defense and cyber environments. In this session, we explore how industry is implementing agentic AI within accountable operational frameworks, where agents collaborate across tools yet remain constrained by policy, oversight, and audit.  Attendees will learn how Workflows, case management, and agent interoperability patterns provide the missing control plane for deploying autonomous AI in high-stakes environments.  The discussion focuses on practical governance models that ensure autonomous actions are explainable, repeatable, and aligned to mission outcomes - allowing organizations to scale AI safely without sacrificing... ...read more...
                                                Speaker(s)
                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                Alexei Ivanov
                                                Federal Chief Technology Officer
                                                Pegasystems
                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                Elizabeth Sickler
                                                Government Industry Principal
                                                Pegasystems
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                                                  Tuesday, June 02, 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

                                                  • Room: Exhibit Hall
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                                                    Tuesday, June 02, 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

                                                    • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                    This keynote will unveil the transformative vision for the Department of War Information Network. Lt. Gen. Stanton will highlight how the powerful synergy between DISA as the architect and builder, and DCDC as the operator and defender, is the engine that delivers confidence, speed, and precision for the warfighter. The session explores the strategy to shift from a defensive posture to proactively campaigning in cyberspace, repositioning the network as a critical systems of weapons systems. Discover how this new approach will deliver a decisive information advantage, empowering the joint force to enable mission success in any environment. Watch here...
                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                    Keynote (confirmed)
                                                    LTG Paul T. Stanton, USA
                                                    Director, Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                    Commander, Department of Defense Cyber Defense Command
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                                                      Tuesday, June 02, 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

                                                      • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                      As organizations face exponentially growing alert volumes and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, the traditional SOC model has reached its practical limits. This Innovation Showcase demonstrates how ECS Federal successfully deployed agentic AI to transform our security operations while maintaining critical human oversight and decision-making authority. ECS Federal's 24/7, multi-tenant SOC analysts were processing more than 2,500 alerts per analyst per month, making a hire-to-keep-up model operationally and economically unfeasible. The organization faced three critical operational challenges: • Limits of Existing Automation: ECS had maximized the practical limits of its SOAR technology. While effective for enrichment and response actions, SOAR lacked the ability... ...read more...
                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                      Mark Maglin
                                                      VP, DoW Cybersecurity Strategy
                                                      Everforth ECS Federal
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                                                        Tuesday, June 02, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

                                                        • Room: Theater #4 - Booth 2339
                                                        The increasing prevalence of cyber threats highlight the critical need for the Department of War to have a capable and ready cyber workforce. The Department's approach features the implementation of a holistic talent management strategy codified in the DoW 8140 Cyber Workforce Qualification Program, featuring an agile and responsive framework that will drive innovation and development across the cyber workforce. Through the DoW 8140, the Department is expanding the qualification program from less than 9,000 positions to roughly 240,000 military, civilian, and contractor positions by establishing foundational and residential qualification criteria for each DoW Cyber Workforce Framework work role. Watch here...
                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                        Matthew Isnor
                                                        Director, Cyber Workforce Development
                                                        Office of the DoW Chief Information Officer
                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                        Alfredo Rodriguez
                                                        Deputy Director and Program Lead, Cyber Workforce Data and Analytics
                                                        Office of the DOW CIO
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                                                          • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                          To maintain a decisive edge in coalition operations, the Department of War is transforming the strategy for delivering a Mission Partner Environment. This senior-leader panel unveils the architectural blueprint for where MPE is driving a globally integrated enterprise. The discussion will cover the Mission Network as a Service model, the role of the Coalition Information Environment as the global backbone, and the long-term plan to consolidate legacy networks- creating a resilient foundation for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control and ensuring future decision dominance. Watch here...
                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                          Moderator (confirmed)
                                                          Jason Martin
                                                          Component Acquisition Executive and Director of the Acquisition Organization ​
                                                          Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                          LTC David Courter, USA
                                                          Chief, CCMD Integration and Plans
                                                          Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                          Nick Creswell
                                                          Portfolio Acquisition Executive Mission Partner Environment Director
                                                          Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                          Col Michael Hlad, USMC
                                                          Commander, Regional Field Command Pacific
                                                          Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                          Jenniffer Minks
                                                          Deputy Director for C5I
                                                          The Joint Staff, J6
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                                                            • Room: Theater #6 - Booth 3383
                                                            This panel will focus on the practical implementation of Zero Trust as the security foundation for the Department of War’s next-generation architecture. Since Thunderdome’s core is a transport technology leveraging software-defined wide area network to dynamically route traffic, panelists will provide a unique, dual perspective on its success: both the identity-centric controls enabled by DOD Identity, Credential, and Access Management and the resilient network foundation provided by the underlying transport. The discussion will show how this combination is essential for unifying disparate networks, enabling the Mission Partner Environment, and delivering secure, resilient capabilities to the warfighter- from the enterprise core... ...read more...
                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                            Michael (Mike) Butler
                                                            Chief Engineer, DoDNet
                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency, J-6
                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                            Scott Frederick
                                                            Division Chief, Security Enablers, PAE Cyber
                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                            Brian G. Hermann, Ph.D.
                                                            Director, PAE Cyber
                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                            Alex Hornberger
                                                            Chief Engineer, Zero Trust Portfolio, PAE Cyber
                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
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                                                              • Room: Theater #1 - Booth 3302
                                                              This panel examines whether Zero Trust can deliver meaningful security gains in OT environments without compromising the availability and safety priorities that define them. Panelists will address the compensating controls practitioners are deploying today, the true cost of legacy modernization, what recent DoD guidance (ZT for OT Activities and Outcomes) actually requires of operators, and — critically — what Zero Trust realistically buys against the threat landscape targeting industrial control systems. Attendees will leave with a frank assessment of where ZT adoption stands, what it takes to implement it in constrained OT environments, and how to make the case for investment... ...read more...
                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                              Cheri Caddy
                                                              Executive Cybersecurity Consultant
                                                              Savannah River National Lab, Meerkat Cyber
                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                              Chris Hollifield
                                                              Chief Executive Officer
                                                              Technology Advancement Center (TAC)
                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                              CAPT William Johnson, USA (Ret.)
                                                              Chief of Software Product Deliver
                                                              Tensley Consulting
                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                              Chuck Weissenborn
                                                              Chief Technology Officer
                                                              Dragos
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                                                                Tuesday, June 02, 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

                                                                • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                Learn how Optiv + ClearShark has radically changed how the DoW and IC can solve its ever-expanding data challenges. Through an exclusive partnership between Splunk, AWS, and Optiv + ClearShark, organizations in our nation's most sensitive mission environments now have access to a proven solution set and a disruptive procurement method enabling the quickest on-ramp to achieving complete Zero Trust monitoring. Optiv + ClearShark's flexible services model addresses both the technical and operational dimensions of Zero Trust at the edge: pre-engineered deployment architectures reduce time-to-mission-readiness, while SLO-bound engineering support and advanced support services ensure sustained operations so mission owners can... ...read more...
                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                Kevin Dorsey
                                                                Director, Federal Solutions Development
                                                                Optiv + ClearShark
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                                                                  Tuesday, June 02, 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

                                                                  • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                  Deploying modern zero trust today demands more than just MFA and microsegmentation to meet today's mission at the disconnected edge. Zero Trust for accelerating the mission becomes an even greater challenge in a contested and disconnected environment, where the tyranny of distance (or just disconnection) stretches normally resilient systems to their limits.  Identity security, when enabled with AI (artificial intelligence), enables scalable Zero Trust authorization access for users and non-person entities (NPEs) across connected and DDIL environments down to OT endpoints.  By delivering Zero Trust via AI-enabled identity security for C2 and joint all-domain operations missions, organizations gain benefits as they... ...read more...
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                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                  Andrew Whelchel
                                                                  Lead Solutions Engineering, Federal
                                                                  Saviynt
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                                                                    Tuesday, June 02, 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

                                                                    • Room: Exhibit Hall
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                                                                      Tuesday, June 02, 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM

                                                                      • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                      Even after achieving an Authority to Operate (ATO), systems begin to drift from their approved security baseline almost immediately. Configuration changes, patching, and operational demands introduce inconsistencies that are difficult to track and even harder to correct using manual processes. This session focuses on how to combat compliance drift by automating continuous enforcement of security controls using off-the-shelf tools like Ansible and the Ansible Lockdown project. George Nalen will demonstrate how to implement compliance as code, continuously validate system configurations, and remediate drift in real time. Attendees will learn practical approaches to maintaining alignment with STIGs and security baselines, reducing audit friction,... ...read more...
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                                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                      George Nalen
                                                                      Manager, Automation and Engineering
                                                                      Tyto Athene
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                                                                        Tuesday, June 02, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

                                                                        • Room: Theater #5 - Booth 3361
                                                                        The Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability is the Department of War's strategic enterprise vehicle for leveraging the power of commercial cloud. This session will detail how our suite of accelerators—including DOW Olympus, DAAPS, and ATAT- leverages Infrastructure as Code to streamline and accelerate the DOW mission partner's onboarding experience. Learn how the Defense Information Systems Agency’s professional services act as a “Cloud Navigator,” guiding mission teams to modernize, improve, and automate their cloud environments. This session will outline how this unified approach provides a simplified path to the cloud for the joint force and a clear integration framework for our industry... ...read more...
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                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                        Nolan Brown
                                                                        Technical Director, Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Hosting and Compute
                                                                        Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                        Alee Long
                                                                        Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability PM, Hosting and Compute
                                                                        Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                        Alexander McFarland
                                                                        DOW Olympus Lead Engineer, Hosting and Compute
                                                                        Defense Information Systems Agency
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                                                                          • Room: Theater #1 - Booth 3302
                                                                          Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and Counter-UAS (C-UAS) play a fundamental role in today’s joint force operations. However, these systems’ reliance on digital Command and Control (C2) and software supply chains are increasingly targeted by RF jamming, cyber takeover, directed energy, supply chain insertion attacks and even kinetic destruction. These interdependencies introduce new risks that threaten the timeline and accurate data fusion necessary to optimize a layered defense. This panel examines the engineering resilience necessary for securing UAS and C-UAS data fusion to enable automated target pairing, sensor fusion, and electronic protection measures. Discussions will focus on the implementation of core... ...read more...
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                                                                          Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                          Tyler Watkins
                                                                          Head of Public Sector
                                                                          Skyhigh Security
                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                          Jon Gordon
                                                                          Principal Account Executive - Federal Programs
                                                                          RunSafe Security
                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                          Brian McCord
                                                                          President and Founder
                                                                          Legion X
                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                          Colton Shaw
                                                                          Principal Architect
                                                                          Spectro Cloud
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                                                                            Meeting cybersecurity mandates requires significant investment in infrastructure and expertise. This session will outline the strategic value of leveraging the Defense Information Systems Agency’s managed cybersecurity services. Presenters will explain how DISA’s approach provides mission partners with a framework built on resilient infrastructure, informed by expert monitoring, and guided by a deep understanding of Department of War compliance. Learn how the Vulnerability Management Service provides more than just access to endpoint security and compliance assessment tools; it is a solution that allows you to inherit the security posture of our established environment. Learn how partnering with DISA secures the mission,... ...read more...
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                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                            Kristy Leasman
                                                                            Cybersecurity Division Chief, Hosting and Compute
                                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                            Steve Mathews
                                                                            Cybersecurity Technical Advisor, Hosting and Compute
                                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
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                                                                              • Room: Theater #3, Booth 3332
                                                                              The AFCEA Small Business Committee will hold a panel discussion with representatives from Small Business, 8(a), ANC, HUBZone and SDVOSBs to address the changes stemming from the Revolutionary FAR Overhaul, DOGE, and related initiatives that are changing the landscape of Government contracting.  These subject matter experts will discuss how they have been impacted, the strategies they are using to navigate through the changes, and what they project to come in the future. Watch here...
                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                              Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                              Alex Helwig
                                                                              Business Development Intelligence Analyst - Team Lead
                                                                              Chenega, MIOS
                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                              Liz DeBiase
                                                                              Small Business Partner Advocate
                                                                              ICF International
                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                              Thomas Perry
                                                                              Founder and CEO
                                                                              VG Systems
                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                              Will Swann
                                                                              Founder and Chief Strategist
                                                                              Capture Management Expert (CME), LLC
                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                              Aaron Tilock
                                                                              Chief Growth Officer
                                                                              Kwaan Bear Technology
                                                                              Tracks:
                                                                                • Room: Theater #4 - Booth 2339
                                                                                The Department of War's Cyber Academic Engagement Office serves as the crucial focal point between the Department and academia, tasked with inspiring and cultivating the next generation of cyber talent to support force readiness. Through grants, faculty development, and student programs like VICEROY, National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity, DoW Senior Military College Cyber Institutes and CyberPatriot, the CAEO builds an integrated ecosystem to advance defense priorities. A primary goal is to enhance graduate employability by integrating skills-based assessments for critical roles such as Cyber Defense Analyst. Looking ahead, the CAEO is launching the AI4WARD initiative to embed artificial... ...read more...
                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                September Secrist
                                                                                BOND Advisor
                                                                                Office of the DOW CIO
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                                                                                  Tuesday, June 02, 4:20 PM - 4:40 PM

                                                                                  • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                  GreyNoise telemetry indicates that cyber adversaries are gaining access to vulnerabilities prior to public disclosure.  The research indicates that threat actors employ AI-assisted reconnaissance and machine-speed exploitation, compressing vulnerability weaponization timelines from weeks to hours. Most significantly, it reveals that attacker behavior itself offers predictive signals: An analysis of 216 malicious activity spikes from the GreyNoise Global Observation Grid revealed that 80% preceded CVE disclosures by up to six weeks. This presentation summarizes 12 months of internet-scale threat telemetry from GreyNoise's Global Observation Grid, revealing fundamental shifts in adversary structures, motivations, and operational tactics. Through analysis of billions of malicious observations,... ...read more...
                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                  Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                  Nishawn Smagh
                                                                                  Director of Intelligence
                                                                                  GreyNoise Intelligence
                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                    Wednesday, June 03, 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

                                                                                    • Room: Pratt Street Lobby
                                                                                    Tracks:
                                                                                    Supported by:

                                                                                      Wednesday, June 03, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

                                                                                      • Room: Exhibit Hall
                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                        Wednesday, June 03, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

                                                                                        • Room: Exhibit Hall
                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                          Wednesday, June 03, 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM

                                                                                          • Room: Theater #1 - Booth 3302
                                                                                          As defense contractors begin exploring Agentic AI for cyber operations, the central question is not simply whether these systems can improve speed or efficiency. The more important question is how they affect CMMC scope, safeguarding responsibilities, and assessment readiness. CMMC is not an AI framework, but it is directly relevant whenever an AI enabled capability processes, stores, transmits, or helps protect Federal Contract Information (FCI) or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). That means organizations should evaluate Agentic AI not as a separate innovation topic, but as a security and compliance issue tied to access, logging, configuration control, and incident response. From a... ...read more...
                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                          Bradley Taylor
                                                                                          Director in the Advisory and Consulting Practice
                                                                                          Frazier and Deeter
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                                                                                            • Room: Theater #5 - Booth 3361
                                                                                            This session will highlight a success story in capability delivery, showcasing how a powerful partnership between the Defense Information Systems Agency, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and industry can transform how the Department of War operates with coalition partners. Using the successful rapid prototyping and deployment of the Joint Operational Edge-Coalition Environment at exercise Keen Edge as a prime example, panelists will detail a new blueprint for agility. The discussion will move beyond theory to provide a behind-the-scenes look at how this team delivered a critical warfighting capability for combined operations in a compressed timeline, providing a tangible model for future innovation... ...read more...
                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                            Nick Creswell
                                                                                            Portfolio Acquisition Executive Mission Partner Environment Director
                                                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                            Col Michael Hlad, USMC
                                                                                            Commander, Regional Field Command Pacific
                                                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                            Logan Sammons, D.Eng.
                                                                                            Senior Architect
                                                                                            Palantir Technologies
                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                            Jared Sanders
                                                                                            Lead Engineer, Joint Operational Edge - Coalition Environment
                                                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                            Tracks:
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                                                                                              • Room: Theater #3 - Booth 3332
                                                                                              There is an active debate across government and industry about whether agencies should work directly with a single vendor or rely on systems integrators. Each approach has clear pros and cons. While there are times when it makes sense for government to engage directly with an individual industry partner, the mission can often be better served when industry finds effective ways to collaborate with one another on the government’s behalf. GDIT will host a discussion with Google exploring how “industry partnering with industry” can reduce friction, accelerate delivery, and create better outcomes for the mission. The conversation will highlight how this... ...read more...
                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                              Maj Gen Earl Matthews, USAF (Ret.)
                                                                                              Managing Director, Cloud and Consulting Programs
                                                                                              Google Cloud
                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                              Jason Myers
                                                                                              Vice President, Defense Agencies
                                                                                              General Dynamics Information Technology
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                                                                                                • Room: Theater #4 - Booth 2339
                                                                                                The modern mission demands flexibility, security and choice- the Defense Information Systems Agency Cloud Environment delivers all three. This session provides a comprehensive overview of DISA’s unified cloud ecosystem, designed to provide the “Right Solution, at the Right Place, at the Right Time.” Presenters will walk through DISA’s comprehensive portfolio of services, for organizations that need to sustain legacy systems, build a secure private cloud, or accelerate into a commercial cloud environment. Whether you are a mission owner seeking a tactical edge or an industry innovator, this session will show you how to leverage and contribute to DISA's cloud ecosystem... ...read more...
                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                Nolan Brown
                                                                                                Technical Director, Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Hosting and Compute
                                                                                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                Nathan Long
                                                                                                PMO Technical Director, Hosting and Compute
                                                                                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                Tracks:
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                                                                                                  • Room: Theater #6 - Booth 3383
                                                                                                  Moving beyond reactive incident response, this panel defines the future of proactive, campaign-style cyber defense at the operational tier. Led by the Chief of the Defenses Information System’s Agency’s Cybersecurity Service Provider, the discussion will trace CSSP's evolution from traditional network defender to proactive threat hunter. Panelists will present real-world problem statements in enterprise management, observability, and automation, providing industry with a clear demand signal for the capabilities needed to equip our cyber defenders and fully operationalize the network as a weapon system.  Watch here...
                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                  Darrell D. Fountain
                                                                                                  Chief, Cybersecurity Services Provider (CSSP) Operations
                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                  David (Dave) McCarthy
                                                                                                  Chief, Defensive Cyber Operations
                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                  Tracks:
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                                                                                                  Supported by:

                                                                                                    Wednesday, June 03, 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM

                                                                                                    • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                    As the DoW transitions toward Agentic AI to automate defensive cyber operations (DCO), the primary challenge shifts from model performance to architectural trust and governance. At Wiz, we're building a platform that directly supports DISA and DoW’s vision for Agentic AI in DCO. Our approach delivers sophisticated automation, secure integration, and strong governance across all your security tools and data. Wiz offers a mature, Agentic AI-ready platform to orchestrate and automate DCO, ensuring interoperability, secure integrations with engrained Zero Trust (ZT) principles, and robust governance for autonomous actions in high-stakes environments. Wiz provides a comprehensive security and governance framework that enables... ...read more...
                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                    Chris Saunders
                                                                                                    Director of Public Sector Sales Engineering
                                                                                                    Wiz
                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                      Wednesday, June 03, 9:00 AM - 9:20 AM

                                                                                                      • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                      As DoW races to integrate LLMs and autonomous agents into scientific workflows, traditional security is hitting a breaking point. Legacy API keys and manual OAuth flows weren't built for the speed of the mission—they create 'over-permissioned' risks that stall innovation and complicate audits in high-security environments. This session introduces Cross App Access (XAA), an emerging identity-first standard that treats AI agents as first-class identities. By leveraging the Identity Assertion JWT Authorization Grant (ID-JAG) extension to OAuth 2.0, XAA replaces static permissions with dynamic, task-specific authority. We will explore how a unified security fabric—integrating XAA with other industry standards like the Shared Signals... ...read more...
                                                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                                                      Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                      Brandon Iske
                                                                                                      Principal Solutions Architect
                                                                                                      Okta
                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                        Wednesday, June 03, 9:30 AM - 10:15 AM

                                                                                                        • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D

                                                                                                          Wednesday, June 03, 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

                                                                                                          • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                                                                          Watch here...
                                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                                          Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                          Brig Gen Reid Novotny, USAF
                                                                                                          DoW Cyber Force Generation Lead
                                                                                                          U.S. Cyber Command
                                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                                            Wednesday, June 03, 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM

                                                                                                            • Room: Rooms 324-326
                                                                                                            The Defense Information Systems Agency, the Department of War’s premier IT and cybersecurity service provider, is actively seeking top-tier IT, cybersecurity, engineering and mission support professionals to join its team and contribute to agency operations. advance this effort, you are invited to attend the upcoming hiring event: DISA Career Connect at TechNet Cyber 2026. Hiring managers will be on-site, and you may receive an on-the-spot contingent job offer. To attend this in-person event, you must complete both steps below: Complete your AFCEA registration using the case-sensitive promo code DISACareerConnect. If you do not have an AFCEA account, you need to create one to... ...read more...

                                                                                                              Wednesday, June 03, 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM

                                                                                                              • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                              The Department of Defense's June 2024 Zero Trust Overlays establishes a comprehensive roadmap for federal agencies to achieve zero trust maturity by fiscal year 2027. This session demonstrates how Check Point Software Technologies' Infinity Platform delivers AI-powered security capabilities directly aligned with all seven DoD Zero Trust pillars: User, Device, Applications & Workloads, Data, Network & Environment, Automation & Orchestration, and Visibility & Analytics. Discover how Check Point's ThreatCloud AI powers over 2 billion daily security decisions with 99.8% malware block rates, quantum-safe encryption protects against future threats, and Infinity AI Copilot automates incident response. Federal security professionals will learn practical... ...read more...
                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                              Joe Ford
                                                                                                              SE Manger, Office of the CTO
                                                                                                              Check Point Software Technologies
                                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                                Wednesday, June 03, 10:45 AM - 11:45 AM

                                                                                                                • Room: Theater #5 - Booth 3361
                                                                                                                To outpace adversaries, the Department of War must acquire capabilities at the speed of relevance. To do this, the Defense Industrial Base must be strong and agile. This session is an insider's guide to the essentials: Who the Defense Information Systems Agency is, what they procure, and how the procurement process works. Attendees gain exclusive insights into DISA’s acquisition forecast and DISA’s Acquisition Decision Document! This session is designed specifically to provide knowledge and tips to be successful with partnering with DISA. Q&A will be included. Watch here...
                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                Jessica Bathon-Logsdon
                                                                                                                Small Business Professional, OSBP
                                                                                                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                Carlen Capenos
                                                                                                                Director, Office of Small Business Programs
                                                                                                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                Christiana R. Stukenberg
                                                                                                                Small Business Professional, OSBP
                                                                                                                Defense Information System Agency
                                                                                                                Tracks:
                                                                                                                Handout(s)
                                                                                                                Supported by:

                                                                                                                  • Room: Theater #3 - Booth 3332
                                                                                                                  In this session, we’ll give a candid look at how Organizations Seeking Certification (OSCs) commonly derail their CMMC Level 2 assessment. Drawing on front-line C3PAO experiences, we’ll unpack recurring pitfalls, improper or incomplete documentation, shaky scoping and boundary definitions, blind spots in CUI data flows, “paper-only” policies that diverge from practice, weak evidence hygiene, and overreliance on inherited controls or third-party vendors. Attendees will take away proven best practices to avoid these traps and map a realistic path to success. The session also decodes the newly published 48 CFR and its implications as the CMMC program rolls out. You’ll leave with... ...read more...
                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                  Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  Dan Turissini
                                                                                                                  Chair
                                                                                                                  AFCEA Homeland Security Committee
                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                  Tobias Musser
                                                                                                                  Founder and Co-CEO
                                                                                                                  Managed Network Services Group
                                                                                                                  Tracks:
                                                                                                                    • Room: Theater #1 - Booth 3302
                                                                                                                    Across defense and government, AI agents are being deployed into mission-critical workflows at a pace that governance frameworks haven't kept up with. The tools driving this shift — agentic AI, MCP connectors, large language models integrated with operational data — are delivering real capability. They are also creating a risk that most programs haven't named yet, and it isn't in the security stack. This session challenges the assumption that existing Zero Trust and identity frameworks are sufficient for AI-enabled environments. Agents don't live in your SIEM or your EDR. They live in your collaboration platform — connected to mission data repositories,... ...read more...
                                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                    Bill Anderson
                                                                                                                    Principal Product Manager
                                                                                                                    Mattermost
                                                                                                                    Tracks:
                                                                                                                    Handout(s)
                                                                                                                    Supported by:

                                                                                                                      Wednesday, June 03, 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                                                                      • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                                                                                      Cyberspace is the dominant domain of modern warfare – not one of the domains, not a supporting domain, THE dominant domain. Every military operation today depends on dominance in cyberspace. The nation that dominates it shapes the outcome of every other domain. That nation must be us. Every domain of modern warfare runs through cyberspace - command and control, satellites, logistics, communications. The nation that dominates cyberspace shapes the outcome of every other domain. The moment demands different thinking. CYBERCOM must perform like cyberspace is the dominant domain - not someday, but now. The Cyber Service Components serve as the foundational... ...read more...
                                                                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                      Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      LtGen Matthew G. Glavy, USMC (Ret.)
                                                                                                                      Former Deputy Commandant for Information
                                                                                                                      Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      RDML John E. Byington, USN
                                                                                                                      Director, Maritime Operations
                                                                                                                      U.S. Fleet Cyber Command, Navy Space Command, TENTH Fleet
                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      Brig Gen Jason Christman, ANG
                                                                                                                      Air National Guard Assistant to the Commander
                                                                                                                      Sixteenth Air Force, Air Forces Cyber
                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      CAPT Joseph E. Meuse, USCG
                                                                                                                      Deputy Commander
                                                                                                                      Coast Guard Cyber Command
                                                                                                                      Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                      Col Ryan Whitty, USMC
                                                                                                                      Director of Operations
                                                                                                                      Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command G-3
                                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                                        Wednesday, June 03, 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM

                                                                                                                        • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                        Joint and coalition forces are increasingly forced to fight through denied, degraded, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) environments where traditional, centralized trust models cannot keep pace with peer adversaries. Zero Trust principles offer a path forward, but only if identity, access control, and policy enforcement can operate at the edge—across classified and unclassified networks—without assuming reliable cloud reachback or pristine transport. In this context, the question is not whether to adopt Zero Trust, but how to implement it in a way that survives jamming, disruption, and isolation while still protecting critical data and mission systems. This session will explore how industry can... ...read more...
                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                        David Herbst
                                                                                                                        Director of Solutions, Federal
                                                                                                                        Mattermost
                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                          Wednesday, June 03, 11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

                                                                                                                          • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                          Cyber defense practitioners routinely operate in environments where insight depends on fusing data from many sources.  Traditionally, this fusion process has been driven by human analysts—who pace their queries, apply judgment to partial results, and decide when an answer is sufficient for the task at hand.  Agentic AI changes that dynamic. Rather than serving as a passive assistant, an AI agent can autonomously decompose an analytical objective, explore multiple hypotheses in parallel, validate assumptions, and iteratively refine results.  While this shift offers clear productivity benefits, it also introduces a new and often overlooked challenge: query and compute amplification at the... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                          Antonio Ibanez
                                                                                                                          Solutions Architect
                                                                                                                          Ocient National Security Solutions
                                                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                                                            Wednesday, June 03, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

                                                                                                                            • Room: Exhibit Hall, Hall G
                                                                                                                            *Ticket Required...
                                                                                                                            Tracks:

                                                                                                                              Wednesday, June 03, 11:50 AM - 12:10 PM

                                                                                                                              • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                              As the Department of Defense accelerates adoption of data-centric security and zero-trust architectures, precise data tagging and classification have become foundational to protecting national security information. This session examines the practical implementation of manual data tagging at the enterprise endpoint to meet DoD requirements for handling classified and controlled information within Impact Level 6 (IL-6) environments.   Attendees will gain actionable insight into applying DoDM 5200.01, Volume 2, which governs information classification and marking, to ensure consistent, compliant handling of data across classified domains. The session also clarifies the role of DoD Minimum Essential Metadata (MEM)—the mandated set of metadata elements that... ...read more...
                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                              Greg Colla
                                                                                                                              Chief Technical Officer
                                                                                                                              Janusnet
                                                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                                                Wednesday, June 03, 12:20 PM - 12:40 PM

                                                                                                                                • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                                The Department of War's ATO process increasingly demands evidence of cryptographic hygiene, yet most system owners lack systematic visibility into where classical cryptography lives in their environments, what CNSA 2.0 compliance requires of them, or what a credible Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) transition will cost. Drawing on direct operational experience deploying Automated Cryptography Discovery and Inventory (ACDI) tooling across U.S. Army programs worldwide, this session delivers a practitioner's guide to integrating cryptographic discovery into the ATO lifecycle. Topics include standing up ACDI tools in operational DoW environments, translating discovery outputs into eMASS Plan of Action and Milestones (POA&M) entries aligned to FIPS... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                Aaron Faulkner
                                                                                                                                Co-Founder
                                                                                                                                Tychon
                                                                                                                                Tracks:

                                                                                                                                  Wednesday, June 03, 12:30 PM - 4:30 PM

                                                                                                                                  • Room: Exhibit Hall - Booth #2966
                                                                                                                                  Supported by:

                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, June 03, 12:50 PM - 1:10 PM

                                                                                                                                    • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                                    Modern adversaries move faster than signature-based and rule-driven defenses can react, and they move through networks: hybrid IT, OT, and cloud environments whose operational reality is invisible to most detection stacks. This session demonstrates how a fully integrated, AI-native detection and visualization pipeline closes that gap in real time, grounded in the network and operational picture that makes findings actionable. Evan Powell (DeepTempo) and Aaron Boteler (CloudCurrent) walk attendees through a live demonstration running against a realistic simulated network environment purpose-built for this talk. DeepTempo's LogLM, a vertical foundation model trained exclusively on security telemetry, ingests raw telemetry from hybrid IT,... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                    Aaron Boteler
                                                                                                                                    Chief Technology Officer
                                                                                                                                    CloudCurrent LLC
                                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                    Evan Powell
                                                                                                                                    Founding CEO
                                                                                                                                    Deep Tempo
                                                                                                                                    Tracks:
                                                                                                                                    Handout(s)

                                                                                                                                      Wednesday, June 03, 1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

                                                                                                                                      • Room: Exhibit Hall
                                                                                                                                      Tracks:
                                                                                                                                      Supported by:

                                                                                                                                        Wednesday, June 03, 1:30 PM - 2:15 PM

                                                                                                                                        • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                                                                                                        Watch here...
                                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                        Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                        Nicholas (Nick) Andersen
                                                                                                                                        Acting Director
                                                                                                                                        CISA
                                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                                          Wednesday, June 03, 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

                                                                                                                                          • Room: 339 & 340
                                                                                                                                          Based on the new CompTIA SecAI+ course, this session goes beyond theory. You will work through practical exercises that show you how to: Protect AI models, data, and infrastructure Use AI to enhance traditional cyber defense and incident response Enable effective AI governance and risk management You’ll get a clear sense of what the SecAI+ course covers so you can determine whether it’s a good fit for you, your team, and your mission or organizational needs. If you already hold a CompTIA Security+, CySA+, PenTest+ or SecurityX credential or the equivalent, you will find this session to be a compelling complement to your existing... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                          Nicholas (Nick) Pierce
                                                                                                                                          Full-Time Instructor, Workforce Development Division
                                                                                                                                          Northern Virginia Community College
                                                                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                                                                            Wednesday, June 03, 2:20 PM - 2:40 PM

                                                                                                                                            • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                                            Adversaries are accelerating. Attack surfaces are expanding. Analyst capacity cannot keep pace. DISA's exploration of agentic AI for defensive cyber operations is not a technology evaluation. It is a mission imperative. ServiceNow, together with its recently acquired identity governance platform Veza, delivers a production-proven, governance-ready foundation for agentic AI across the full defensive cyber lifecycle. ServiceNow's Security Operations platform provides the orchestration layer DoW needs. Rather than replacing existing tools, it integrates across SIEMs, EDR platforms, threat intelligence feeds, and asset repositories through certified integrations and an open API framework. AI agents operating within this layer can consume signals from any authorized... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                            Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                            Pete White
                                                                                                                                            Senior Advisory Solution Consultant, Security Operations
                                                                                                                                            ServiceNow
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                                                                                                                                              Wednesday, June 03, 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM

                                                                                                                                              • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                                                                                                              As adversaries increasingly target the systems that power, move, connect, and sustain the nation, critical infrastructure security has become inseparable from national defense. From industrial control systems and operational technology networks to supply chain dependencies and cloud-enabled ecosystems, the convergence of cyber threats and physical infrastructure risk is reshaping the modern battlespace. This panel brings together senior leaders from government and industry to discuss how the United States can strengthen resilience, accelerate cyber defense collaboration, and secure the infrastructure essential to military operations, economic stability, and public trust. Panelists will explore the evolving threat landscape facing critical infrastructure sectors, the growing... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                              Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                              BG Paul H. Fredenburgh III, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                              Executive Vice President, National Security and Defense
                                                                                                                                              AFCEA International
                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                              Casie Antalis
                                                                                                                                              Director of the Joint Cyber Coordination Group
                                                                                                                                              Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                              Louis Eichenbaum
                                                                                                                                              Federal CTO
                                                                                                                                              Color Tokens
                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                              Col Adolph (Rocko) S. Rodriguez Jr., USAF
                                                                                                                                              Director, Defense Critical Infrastructure
                                                                                                                                              DoW Cyber Defense Command
                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                              John Sahlin, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                              Vice President, Cyber Portfolio
                                                                                                                                              General Dynamics Information Technology
                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                              Christopher I. Thomas
                                                                                                                                              Former Director, Cybersecurity Integration and Synchronization
                                                                                                                                              Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Army G-6
                                                                                                                                              Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                Wednesday, June 03, 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM

                                                                                                                                                • Room: Theater #1 - Booth 3302
                                                                                                                                                The convergence of quantum computing and artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, introducing both unprecedented capabilities and systemic risks. As quantum systems evolve toward practical cryptographic disruption and AI continues to automate attack and defense mechanisms, organizations face a dual-front transformation. This panel will explore how quantum advancements threaten current encryption standards, how AI accelerates both offensive cyber operations and defensive resilience, and what strategic frameworks are emerging to secure digital infrastructure in this new paradigm. The discussion will bring together perspectives on post-quantum cryptography, AI-driven threat detection, governance challenges, and the geopolitical implications of this technological convergence. Key... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                Shivaji Sengupta
                                                                                                                                                Founder and CEO
                                                                                                                                                NXTKey Corporation
                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                Bruno Couillard
                                                                                                                                                Co-Founder and CEO
                                                                                                                                                Crypto4A
                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                Nick Reese
                                                                                                                                                Founder and CEO
                                                                                                                                                Triantha
                                                                                                                                                Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                Handout(s)
                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Theater #6 - Booth 3383
                                                                                                                                                  This session explores how the Defense Information Systems Agency is fundamentally transforming the enterprise to enhance both lethality and defensibility for the joint force. This architectural transformation begins with standardizing the enterprise to reduce the attack surface and provide a stable foundation for future capabilities like the Mission Partner Environment. Learn how DISA’s proven DODNet model and its expansion to warfighting headquarters via CommandNet directly achieve this by creating a unified, defensible network and realigning cyber professionals to their core warfighting mission. Watch here...
                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                  Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                  Sharon McMillon
                                                                                                                                                  Vice Director of Programs, J-6
                                                                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                  Kelli Garczynski
                                                                                                                                                  DODNet Deputy Program Manager
                                                                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                  Alex Hornberger
                                                                                                                                                  Chief Engineer, Zero Trust Portfolio, PAE Cyber
                                                                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                  Rob Johnson
                                                                                                                                                  Deputy Chief Engineer, DODNet
                                                                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                  Alan Rosner
                                                                                                                                                  Zero Trust PMO Chief
                                                                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                  Supported by:

                                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, June 03, 2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

                                                                                                                                                    • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                                                    Zero Trust strategies are often designed around persistent connectivity, assuming continuous access to centralized policy engines, cloud control planes, and real-time data exchange. Military and government operations rarely have that advantage. In contested, degraded, or fully disconnected environments, those assumptions break down, creating gaps in enforcement, visibility, and control at the exact moment they are needed most. This session focuses on how Zero Trust must be implemented to operate through disruption, not around it. When connectivity is limited or unavailable, security decisions cannot rely on constant reach-back to centralized infrastructure. Instead, trust must be continuously evaluated and enforced locally using device... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                    Christopher Betz
                                                                                                                                                    Federal Chief Technology Officer
                                                                                                                                                    Omnissa
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                                                                                                                                                      Wednesday, June 03, 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Exhibit Hall - Booth #3267
                                                                                                                                                      Supported by:

                                                                                                                                                        Wednesday, June 03, 3:20 PM - 3:40 PM

                                                                                                                                                        • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                                                        DISA has identified a critical challenge: while agentic AI has the potential to transform defensive cyber operations, the industry lacks proven standards for interoperability, secure integration, and governance. Merlin Cyber addresses this gap with a lab-validated Autonomous SOC architecture that operationalizes agentic AI across real-world, multi-vendor environments.   This solution moves beyond rule-based automation by deploying an AI SOC analyst capable of ingesting threat intelligence, executing cross-platform threat hunts, enriching findings, assessing severity and blast radius, and generating response recommendations. In testing within a federal lab environment, the system reduced threat detection-to-response time from hours to under five minutes while decreasing analyst... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                        Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                        Jason Malnar
                                                                                                                                                        Lead Cybersecurity Solutions Architect
                                                                                                                                                        Merlin Cyber
                                                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                          Wednesday, June 03, 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM

                                                                                                                                                          • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                                                          Problem: Defense software teams spend months on compliance rework for findings that could have been caught during development. Authorizing Officials’ (AO) teams chase manual evidence, perform redundant assessments, and wade through incomplete artifact packages, stretching ATO cycles to 18+ months at over $1M per system. As a consequence, mission owners receive outdated software and operate below their potential. Solution: Ironmist is a continuous compliance platform that replaces manual, document-based ATO processes with automated compliance assessment and evidence generation built directly into the software delivery pipeline. Unlike traditional compliance tools that treat authorization as a separate, periodic activity, Ironmist embeds security controls... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                          Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                          William Liu
                                                                                                                                                          Co-Founder and CTO
                                                                                                                                                          Ironmist
                                                                                                                                                          Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                          Handout(s)

                                                                                                                                                            Wednesday, June 03, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Theater #4 - Booth 2339
                                                                                                                                                            While the increasing AI adoption across any industry sector provides a massive opportunity for humanity and our current civilization, there is a need for balance and control of AI. However, as is the case with any disruptive technology, there are also threats that introduce significant risks. Effectively managing these inherent risks is the key to leveraging AI in a balanced way. The HISPI AI Project Cerebellum’s vision is providing effective guardrails for Safe, Secure, Responsible, and Trustworthy AI use cases. We strive to be the foremost thought leader and advocate for enabling the harmonization of best practices, standards, and frameworks... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                            COL Kathy Swacina, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                                            Chief Information Officer, Kolibri Strategy
                                                                                                                                                            Chair for Advocacy, Project Cerebellum
                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                            Tuboise Floyd, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                            Founder and Chief Sensemaking Officer
                                                                                                                                                            Human Signal
                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                            Karen Jackson
                                                                                                                                                            Founder and Chief Information Officer
                                                                                                                                                            Apogee Strategic Partners
                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                            Taiye Lambo
                                                                                                                                                            Founder and Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer
                                                                                                                                                            HISPI Project Cerebellum
                                                                                                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                            Handout(s)
                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Theater #1 - Booth 3302
                                                                                                                                                              AI‑driven adversary autonomy is accelerating the speed, scale, and unpredictability of cyber conflict, challenging long‑standing assumptions about deterrence and control. As autonomous systems independently probe networks, generate exploits, and shape information environments, they create a threat landscape that evolves faster than human defenders can respond. This session examines how national‑security organizations must adapt to a future where machine‑speed adversaries redefine risk, resilience, and readiness. Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the cyber battlespace, but its most disruptive impact may come from the rise of AI-driven adversary autonomy—hostile systems capable of independently planning, adapting, and executing operations at machine speed. As the Department... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                              Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                              Diane Janosek, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                              CEO
                                                                                                                                                              Janos LLC
                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                              Ray DeMeo
                                                                                                                                                              Managing Director
                                                                                                                                                              Pulse Drive Group
                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                              Alyssa Feola
                                                                                                                                                              Owner
                                                                                                                                                              Seventeen Sierra
                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                              Karen Guttieri, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                              Senior Fellow for Cyber Policy and Strategy
                                                                                                                                                              Janos LLC
                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                              Darnell Washington
                                                                                                                                                              President and CEO
                                                                                                                                                              SecureXperts
                                                                                                                                                              Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                • Room: Theater #3 - Booth 3332
                                                                                                                                                                As U.S. Cyber Command 2.0 advances, the focus is shifting from traditional force generation to accelerating how cyber capability is created, refined, and delivered to operations. Central to this effort are the Cyber Innovation Warfare Center (CWIC) and the Advanced Cyber Training and Education Center (ACTEC), designed to compress the gap between talent, training, and mission execution. These organizations are not just internal enablers—they create new pathways for stakeholders, including industry, to directly shape how cyber operators are trained, equipped, and sustained. The panel will explore how initiatives like CWIC and ACTEC can move beyond legacy models, enabling faster integration of... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                Christopher P. (Chris) Cleary
                                                                                                                                                                President
                                                                                                                                                                Military Cyber Professionals Association
                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                Jeff Fisher
                                                                                                                                                                Chief Strategy Officer
                                                                                                                                                                Ultimate Knowledge Institute
                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                MG George Franz, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                                                Executive Director, Cybersapce Operations
                                                                                                                                                                MANTECH
                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                Brig Gen Reid Novotny, USAF
                                                                                                                                                                DoW Cyber Force Generation Lead
                                                                                                                                                                U.S. Cyber Command
                                                                                                                                                                Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Theater #6 - Booth 3383
                                                                                                                                                                  The modern mission operates far beyond traditionally hosted data centers. This session explores the Defense Information Systems Agency’s comprehensive suite of OCONUS cloud capabilities designed to deliver secure, resilient compute and data access directly to the warfighter's point of need. We’ll walk through the solutions that bring the cloud to you, wherever your mission is. Presenters will cover the pre-accredited Joint Operational Edge for rapid deployment of commercial cloud services OCONUS, the robust security of DISA’s Cloud Environment Private in-theater and how the Global Content Delivery Service accelerates and protects critical applications for users around the globe. This session is... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                  Nolan Brown
                                                                                                                                                                  Technical Director, Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Hosting and Compute
                                                                                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                  James Garrett
                                                                                                                                                                  PM, Global Content Delivery Service, Hosting and Compute
                                                                                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                  Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                  Adam Ringel
                                                                                                                                                                  OCONUS Cloud Portfolio Manager, Hosting and Compute
                                                                                                                                                                  Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                  Handout(s)
                                                                                                                                                                  Supported by:

                                                                                                                                                                    Wednesday, June 03, 4:20 PM - 4:40 PM

                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: SIGNAL Innovation Theater - Booth #2400
                                                                                                                                                                    The Department of War is in the midst of the most significant platform modernization cycle in a generation. Programs across the services are racing to field autonomous systems, attritable platforms, and AI-enabled capabilities at unprecedented speed. The defense industrial base is scaling rapidly to meet this demand, with new entrants and commercial technology companies accelerating delivery timelines that traditional defense programs measured in decades. But there is a bottleneck no one is talking about: every one of these systems must receive an Authority to Operate before it can be deployed. And the ATO process has not kept pace with the speed... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                    Bobby Tuohy
                                                                                                                                                                    VP, Product and Platform Strategy
                                                                                                                                                                    Cav AI
                                                                                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                      Thursday, June 04, 7:30 AM - 1:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Pratt Street Lobby
                                                                                                                                                                      Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                      Supported by:

                                                                                                                                                                        Thursday, June 04, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Exhibit Hall
                                                                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                          Thursday, June 04, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Exhibit Hall
                                                                                                                                                                          Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                            Thursday, June 04, 8:15 AM - 9:15 AM

                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Theater #6 - Booth 3383
                                                                                                                                                                            How is the Department of War turning the promise of artificial intelligence into a decisive operational advantage? Sit down with three of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s senior leaders for an insightful and forward-looking fireside chat about the practical application and strategic vision for AI. The conversation will explore why AI is so critical today, the immediate next steps, and the long-term strategy for this transformative space. Discover how DISA is enabling an AI-ready infrastructure- from providing support to the combatant commands globally to pioneering new capabilities- and preparing the joint force for a future of data-driven dominance. This is... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            Julian Breyer
                                                                                                                                                                            Director, Office of the Chief Data Officer
                                                                                                                                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                            Jefferson P. (Jeff) Marshall
                                                                                                                                                                            Director, Hosting and Compute
                                                                                                                                                                            Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                            Supported by:

                                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Theater #3 - Booth 3332
                                                                                                                                                                              Cybersecurity mandates across defense, business, government, and life-critical systems are growing in urgency and complexity. Whether facing compliance, Agile integration, or zero-failure system demands, organizations increasingly depend on more than just secure code — they need people who are capable, aligned, and ready for what’s next. This talk introduces the Cyber Success Vector™, a leadership and workforce development model designed to grow mission-ready cyber professionals. Fully compatible with the Defense Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) and NICE Workforce Framework (NICE), this model enables organizations to: Build and sustain NICE-aligned competencies across diverse roles. Integrate cyber readiness into Agile and DevSecOps environments Align people capabilities with... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                              LTC Douglas Gray, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                                                              Founder
                                                                                                                                                                              GrayVector LLC
                                                                                                                                                                              Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                              Handout(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                • Room: Theater #5 - Booth 3361
                                                                                                                                                                                This panel will detail the modernization of the Department of War's premier command and control system, focusing on how SPINE, the next generation of GCCS-J, is being re-imagined for a data-centric era. Moving beyond the monolithic systems of the past, panelists will detail how SPINE is being architected as a modern, data-driven platform that provides the collaborative tools for mission command. The discussion will explore how SPINE is being designed from the ground up to operate within the Mission Partner Environment and deliver C2 capabilities to the tactical edge, ensuring commanders and coalition partners share a single, trusted operational picture... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                Caroline Bean
                                                                                                                                                                                Director, Portfolio Acquisition Executive Command, Control, Communications Enterprise
                                                                                                                                                                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                Steve Novak
                                                                                                                                                                                Combined C2 and Spectrum Portfolio Manager, PAE Command, Control, Communications Enterprise
                                                                                                                                                                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                Joan Ray
                                                                                                                                                                                Combined C2 and Spectrum Portfolio Chief Engineer, PAE Command, Control, Communications Enterprise
                                                                                                                                                                                Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                Douglas Shahan
                                                                                                                                                                                Senior Advisor to the Director for Operations, J-3
                                                                                                                                                                                The Joint Staff
                                                                                                                                                                                Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                                Supported by:

                                                                                                                                                                                  Thursday, June 04, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Exhibit Hall
                                                                                                                                                                                  The Coffee and Bytes offers all attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors the opportunity to take a breakfast break, fuel up, and network with fellow attendees - no tickets required. While quantities last....
                                                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                                  Supported by:

                                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D

                                                                                                                                                                                      Thursday, June 04, 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                      • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                                                                                                                                                      Dominating the digital battlespace with agility, speed, and precision requires more than advanced technology— it requires a bold, coordinated approach to how we execute the cyber mission. In this opening keynote, the Honorable Katherine “Katie” E. Sutton, Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy and Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of War, will map the Department of War’s complex cyber enterprise, clarifying the distinct roles and responsibilities of its key stakeholders. This address will also outline the Department’s current core strategic priorities, focusing on the imperative to integrate cyber capabilities across all warfighting domains and to proactively secure our... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                      Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                      Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                      The Hon. Katherine Sutton
                                                                                                                                                                                      Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy and Principal Cyber Advisor
                                                                                                                                                                                      U.S. Department of War
                                                                                                                                                                                      Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                        Thursday, June 04, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

                                                                                                                                                                                        • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                                                                                                                                                        The cyber domain is rapidly changing as adversary behaviors evolve and emerging technologies like AI have the potential to amplify both risks and beneficial capabilities for our warfighters. To secure our strategic advantage, we must be first movers who are equipped to fully leverage these advancing tools. Moderated by the Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy and the Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of War, Honorable Katherine “Katie” E. Sutton, this exclusive panel brings together the Principal Cyber Advisors—Mr. Brandon Pugh for the Army, Dr. Wanda Jones-Heath for the Air Force, Ms. Anne M. Schumann for the Navy,... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                        Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                        Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        The Hon. Katherine Sutton
                                                                                                                                                                                        Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy and Principal Cyber Advisor
                                                                                                                                                                                        U.S. Department of War
                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        RDML Amy Grable, USCG
                                                                                                                                                                                        Assistant Commandant for Capability (CG-7); Assistant Commandant for USCG Futures Development and Integration (FD&i)
                                                                                                                                                                                        U.S. Coast Guard
                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        Wanda Jones-Heath, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                        Principal Cyber Advisor
                                                                                                                                                                                        Department of the Air Force
                                                                                                                                                                                        Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                        Brandon Pugh
                                                                                                                                                                                        Principal Cyber Advisor
                                                                                                                                                                                        Headquarters Department of the Army
                                                                                                                                                                                        Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                          Thursday, June 04, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                          • Room: Theater #3 - Booth 3332
                                                                                                                                                                                          For years, we have been talking about the promise of quantum computing and its ability to break current encryption. The concept of “harvest now and decrypt later” is the reason why we need to solve for “quantum resistant” cryptography today. The good news is that we now have PQC available, but the challenge is that the problem set might be more than you expected. In this week’s session, we will be discussing PQC with notable subject matter experts in this field. They will help us understand what we need to know as cybersecurity professionals. ...
                                                                                                                                                                                          Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                          Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                          MG Garrett Yee, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                                                                          Vice President, DoD Customer Relations
                                                                                                                                                                                          General Dynamics Information Technology
                                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                          Melchior Aelmans
                                                                                                                                                                                          Senior Staff Architect Quantum Platforms
                                                                                                                                                                                          IonQ
                                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                          James Matney, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Senior Vice President of Technology
                                                                                                                                                                                          MSM Technology
                                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                          Matthew McFadden, Ph.D.
                                                                                                                                                                                          Vice President, Cyber & Distinguished Technologist
                                                                                                                                                                                          General Dynamics Information Technology
                                                                                                                                                                                          Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                          Bill Newhouse
                                                                                                                                                                                          Cybersecurity Engineer and Project Lead
                                                                                                                                                                                          NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence
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                                                                                                                                                                                            • Room: Theater #6 - Booth 3383
                                                                                                                                                                                            While other panels focus solely on the architectures and technologies of the future fight, this panel provides the essential perspective of Senior Enlisted Leaders who are responsible for forging the warfighters that must operate in, with and through them. The discussion will move beyond buzzwords to focus on ground-truth realities of leading the communications and cyber force in an era of constant contact. They will discuss how they are developing the next-gen warfighter and the culture required to win on a battlefield where the network itself is the primary weapon system and "cyber readiness" equals mission readiness. Discussion will also... ...read more...
                                                                                                                                                                                            Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                            Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                            CMSgt Israel Jaeger, USAF
                                                                                                                                                                                            Command Senior Enlisted Leader
                                                                                                                                                                                            Department of War Cyber Defense Command, Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                            CSM Ronald Krause, USA
                                                                                                                                                                                            Senior Enlisted Leader
                                                                                                                                                                                            Cyber National Mission Force
                                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                            CMSgt Bryan Neumann, USAF
                                                                                                                                                                                            Former Senior Enlisted Advisor
                                                                                                                                                                                            Office of the Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Policy
                                                                                                                                                                                            Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                            MGySgt Cory Sangster, USMC
                                                                                                                                                                                            Senior Enlisted Adviser, J-6/C4 and Cyber
                                                                                                                                                                                            The Joint Staff
                                                                                                                                                                                            Tracks:
                                                                                                                                                                                            Supported by:

                                                                                                                                                                                              • Room: Theater #5 - Booth 3361
                                                                                                                                                                                              This panel will offer a deep dive into the DevSecOps framework that serves as the engine for the Defense Information Systems Agency’s strategic imperatives. The discussion will move beyond theory to showcase how integrating development, security, and operations is essential for creating the composable “building block” services for the Mission Partner Environment and rapidly delivering secure, containerized applications to the tactical edge. Panelists will discuss the cultural and technical shift from traditional acquisition to a model of continuous delivery, and how this opens new opportunities for industry to plug into a faster, more collaborative development ecosystem.  Watch here...
                                                                                                                                                                                              Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                              William Mohseni
                                                                                                                                                                                              Systems Engineer, Portfolio Acquisition Executive Services
                                                                                                                                                                                              Defense Information System Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Yuriy Posherstnik
                                                                                                                                                                                              Combined C2 and Spectrum Portfolio Senior Engineer, PAE Command, Control, Communications Enterprise
                                                                                                                                                                                              Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Jeremy Steele
                                                                                                                                                                                              Vulcan PM and DevSecOps Engineer, PAE Command, Control, Communications Enterprise
                                                                                                                                                                                              Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                              Roger Walkup
                                                                                                                                                                                              Chief Engineer, Global Force Management, PAE Command, Control, Communications Enterprise
                                                                                                                                                                                              Defense Information Systems Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                              Panelist (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                              John Wilson
                                                                                                                                                                                              Infrastructure Architect, Research, Data and Innovation Branch
                                                                                                                                                                                              Defense Security Cooperation Agency
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                                                                                                                                                                                              Supported by:

                                                                                                                                                                                                Thursday, June 04, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                • Room: 339-340
                                                                                                                                                                                                The workshop offers introductory hands-on exploration of critical areas in cybersecurity, equipping participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate security challenges. Participants assume the role of a penetration testing team tasked with identifying and exposing vulnerabilities within an organization. This experiential learning approach ensures that learners gain practical experience in simulating real-world scenarios. Key topics include: Collection - Gathering intelligence and sensitive data efficiently and effectively. Privilege Escalation - Understanding methods to gain elevated access within systems to exploit vulnerabilities. Reconnaissance - Techniques and tools to gather information on systems and networks, featuring practical usage of Nmap for scanning and Hydra... ...read more...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thursday, June 04, 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                  • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                                                                                                                                                                  As cyber threats grow more complex and persistent, the NSA is redefining how it defends, innovates and builds its workforce. Join us at this fireside chat with deputy director Tim Kosiba as he discusses the trends shaping today’s cyber battlespace, the technologies driving change and how NSA is positioning itself—and its partners—to stay ahead. Watch here ...
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Keynote (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Daniel McCormack
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Chief Operations Officer, Cybersecurity Directorate
                                                                                                                                                                                                  National Security Agency
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Moderator (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                  George Seffers
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Editor in Chief
                                                                                                                                                                                                  SIGNAL Magazine
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Thursday, June 04, 1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

                                                                                                                                                                                                    • Room: Primary Stage, Hall D
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Speaker(s)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Speaker (confirmed)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    LTG Susan S. Lawrence, USA (Ret.)
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Former President & CEO
                                                                                                                                                                                                    AFCEA International
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Tracks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                      Thursday, June 04, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM