CYBERSECURITY

& Information Systems Digest

5 APRIL 2022

CSIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.

FEATURED ARTICLE

NIST Releases Assessment Procedures for Enhanced Security Requirements, NIST Special Publication 800-172A

NIST has released Special Publication (SP) 800-172A, “Assessing Enhanced Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information,” to support the protection of controlled unclassified information associated with a critical program or high-value asset in nonfederal systems and organizations. SP 800-172A provides federal agencies and nonfederal organizations with procedures that can be used to assess the enhanced security…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Smart Cities, Smart Bases, and Secure Cloud Architecture for Resiliency by Design

Smart cities’ critical infrastructure, economy, and governance are designed to sustainably improve the well-being of residents. Critical infrastructures, such as energy, electricity grids, communications networks, transportation, and water systems, are digitally enhanced to provide smart services to city residents while ensuring security issues are well monitored and effectively addressed.  

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Evaluating the Resiliency of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems: An Overview of Adversarial AI

As highlighted in the Summary of the 2018 Department of Defense (DoD) AI Strategy, the DoD is committed to leading in military ethics and AI safety. As a focal point of the strategy, the DoD seeks to ensure that developed and deployed AI systems are resilient (i.e., secure and robust). This webinar will provide an…

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Emerging Technologies for Defense Conference & Exhibition

Explore the innovations that will help shape national security for the next century at NDIA’s flagship Emerging Technologies Conference! Hear directly from technology leaders in government, defense industry, the commercial sector, and academia on cutting-edge…

National Cyber Summit

National Cyber Summit is an innovative cybersecurity-technology event, offering educational, collaborative, and workforce development opportunities for industry visionaries and rising leaders. NCS provides diverse focus areas, speakers, and accessibility. Held in Huntsville, Alabama, the Summit…

ADEC 2025

ADEC enables leaders of the national security analysis community to strengthen existing partnerships, seed new ones, and share strategies and best practices across sectors. Attendees represent the U.S. military, government, intelligence community, industry stakeholders, university-affiliated…

CyberBay 2025

CyberBay 2025 is the inaugural event connecting Florida’s technology, academic, military, and government sectors in a shared mission to continue the Tampa Bay Region’s evolution as the crossroads where cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), and national…

ISC2 Security Congress 2025

The 13th annual ISC2 Security Congress will be hosted live at the Gaylord Opryland Nashville, along with a hybrid virtual option. The keynote session will feature Phil Venables, the Strategic Security Advisor at Google. There…

Voice From the Community

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Tapan Patel

Mechanical Engineer, ERDC

Mr. Tapan Patel is a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), where he is responsible for leading research projects related to energy research and development for U.S. Department of Defense facilities. He performs research in cybersecurity for control systems, demonstration and validation of advanced metering equipment, and development of hardware/software prototypes.

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