ASMC The Business of Defense

  • Executives from the Internal Revenue Service, Treasury Department, Securities Exchange Commission, Department of Defense, Microsoft and Saviynt will discuss how their agencies are modernizing identity management through an agile, data-focused approach.

    October 25, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Andrew Mitchell. Sponsored by Stratford University. We help you decide whether to buy a new phone in light of the new 5G networks out there. And we meet the computer scientist, visual artist and composer who is considered a founder of the field of virtual reality.

    October 25, 2021
  • As choices are examined and strategies perfected about Cloud Migration in the greater National Capital Region, one of the many federal-government spaces where important decisions are being executed is within the office of the Army CIO.

    October 21, 2021
  • In this exclusive executive briefing, experts from the Department of the Interior, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Agency for International Development and Tableau will discuss how data has driven the success behind their hiring and retention strategies. 

    October 21, 2021
  • Open season gives federal employees and retirees an annual opportunity to make changes to their health, dental and vision insurance plans for the upcoming year. But relatively few federal employees make many changes to their coverage during a given year. The Office of Personnel Management and other experts often say those participants are missing out on better deals – and the chance to review whether their current plans are truly meeting their health needs.

    October 20, 2021
  • Executives from the State Department, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and GitLab will discuss how institutionalizing a DevSecOps approach to software development is a journey that must bring together the technology and business sides to change an organization’s culture.

    October 20, 2021
  • The Defense Logistics Agency is in charge of moving $40 billion worth of goods around the world per year, but when COVID hit and supply chains started moving in fits and starts, the organization had to start changing to get goods delivered on time. Rear Adm. Doug Norton, director of logistics operations for DLA, said DLA worked closely with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to find ways to deliver quickly in emergency situations.

    October 20, 2021
  • In this exclusive executive briefing, IT experts outline the significant impacts cloud and 5G have on implementing zero trust architecture.

    October 20, 2021
  • Zero trust is the cybersecurity goal federal agencies have for their networks and data. It’s a policy requirement, and it’s an industry best practice. But zero trust is not something you buy, download and install. “Zero trust is really a security philosophy and approach that's built on a few core principles,” said Jason Garbis, the chief product officer for Appgate.

    October 19, 2021
  • There are many moving pieces to the vaccine mandate, which are only exacerbated by the sheer number of employees and contractors affected. By prioritizing employee experience to inform decisions made along the way, agencies can develop strategies to navigate the complexities. The easier the process is for employees, the more likely it is to be successful.

    October 18, 2021
  • This week we speak with Dr. Ofer Levy, Director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital, Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and member of the FDA COVID Vaccine Advisory Panel. He talks about the recent decision to reject boosters for all recipients 16 and older, saying they didn’t have enough data for younger populations to make that recommendation. He says the review process for emergency authorization for young children aged 5-to-11 will be thorough, rigorous and transparent to the public. His team is also currently working on developing a COVID vaccine, as well as other vaccines that could be deployed for cancer and even opioid use disorder and fentanyl overdose.

    October 18, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Andrew Mitchell. Sponsored by Stratford University. We expose the way hackers have been stealing cryptocurrency. And we meet the co-founder of the cryptocurrency Ethereum.

    October 18, 2021
  • Kevin Brooks, the principal digital strategist for DoD and US Intelligence Community at ServiceNow, said agencies need to recognize the need to do more to care and support their employees. He said this means ensuring the employee is supported and cared for across the continuum of their career through internal and external activities and resources.

    October 15, 2021
  • This exclusive e-book highlights some examples of how agencies are benefitting from that concept of data-in-motion to improve mission outcomes.

    October 15, 2021