ASMC The Business of Defense

  • There’s something wrong with cybersecurity in 2021, and it has to do with the way organizations are approaching protecting their networks. According to Helen Patton, Advisory Chief Information Security Officer for Duo Security, organizations need to be more skeptical when it comes to accessing networks, a concept called zero trust.

    September 17, 2021
  • With a significant increase in remote work, relocation and mobility may never look the same again. A panel of guests from BGRS – a global relocation company and mobility thought leader. BGRS teamed up with Senior Executives Association earlier this year to produce a report looking at how the pandemic has impacted relocation and talent management strategies. On this week’s show, they are filling you in on the report’s findings, comparing the U.S. government approach to the private sector and governments around the world, and looking ahead to the future of talent mobility in the post-pandemic world.

    September 17, 2021
  • Executives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Postal Service, Lumen and Ciena will discuss how to deliver services through cloud-based applications to citizens to take advantage of artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced analytics, and emerging technologies like 5G.

    September 16, 2021
  • Just over a year ago, the General Services Administration launched the e-marketplace portal initiative to make it easier for agencies to buy through commercial platforms. Jonathan Johnson, the CEO of Overstock, said the portal providers are making the buying process more transparent, easier and enabling agencies to meet their purchasing goals.

    September 16, 2021
  • This week hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter speak with renowned writer, environmentalist and climate activist Bill McKibben, whose seminal 1989 book “The End of Nature” was among the first to warn of the coming climate crisis. McKibben points to the dangerous rise in the earth’s temperature spawning droughts, destructive storms and other environmental catastrophes spurred by fossil fuel burning and deforestation. He says if we don't pass President Biden’s reconciliation bill, which has the most sweeping climate change legislation ever proposed in the US, "we won't get another chance". The legislation is a powerful step forward in incentivizing a US shift to renewable energy, which he says must be accomplished before the upcoming climate summit in Glasgow, the most important global climate gathering since the Paris Accords.

    September 16, 2021
  • Executives from the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Agency for International Development and Qlik will explore how to reduce friction with FedRAMP SaaS capabilities.

    September 15, 2021
  • As digital transformation progresses in nearly every sector, zero trust has become, for many, the security model of choice. However, Okta's federal chief security officer, Sean Frazier is one of the lead technology executives who’s concerned that “implementing zero trust has left security leaders struggling to make some shifts in strategy and fundamental architecture” which are required by the EO.

    September 14, 2021
  • One of the most common mistakes that leads to failed software building approaches is starting with the front end. Often, software developers prioritize the front end, making the interface look nice, over the more crucial element of ensuring users can interoperate their systems in dynamic, effective, and scalable ways.

    September 14, 2021
  • The creation of a Cyber Safety Review Board in President Joe Biden's executive order on improving cybersecurity is being compared to the establishment of the NTSB in 1967.

    September 14, 2021
  • Hosted by Dr. Richard Shurtz and Andrew Mitchell. Sponsored by Stratford University. How to keep your ex from popping up in your Facebook Newsfeed as a Memory. And we profile the co-founder of WhatsApp.

    September 13, 2021
  • During this webinar, you will gain the unique perspective of the chief data officers from the Department of Homeland Security, Department of the Navy and Federal Aviation Administration and learn how artificial intelligence helps mitigate the exponential growth of data.

    September 10, 2021
  • This exclusive e-book highlights the efforts today and what’s on the horizon by civilian and the military services in rolling out 5G infrastructure and devices to improve mission effectiveness

    September 10, 2021
  • Warehouse management is changing quickly as companies are now using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) to better track inventory and gain instant insight into assets’ status and attributes. 

    September 09, 2021
  • This week, hosts Mark Masselli and Margaret Flinter welcome Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, who also mapped the human genome. Dr. Collins laments the politicization of the pandemic, noting that ‘culture wars are killing people’. He urges patience on vaccine approval for families of younger children heading back to school, confident that scientific rigor will ensure vaccine safety. Dr. Collins, an avowed person of faith, urges faith-based resisters to trust the science that produced this life saving vaccine. He also discusses one of the largest protocols ever launched by the NIH to uncover the mysteries around long COVID syndrome, which is impacting an increasing number of COVID survivors.

    September 09, 2021