CYBERSECURITY

& Information Systems Digest

20 FEBRUARY 2024

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

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CSIAC WILL BE ATTENDING ADVANTAGE DOD 2024: DEFENSE DATA & AI SYMPOSIUM

Advantage DoD 2024: Defense Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Symposium is a three-day cyber and modeling-focused symposium. Key topics include generative AI, large language models, data and analytics, enablers (such as tools for small businesses, collaborative platforms, hiring tools, utilizing other transactional authorities, etc.), and various artificial intelligence topics. Additionally, while the majority of the sessions conclude at 4:00 pm on February 22nd, an additional classified session focusing on adversarial AI capabilities begins at 08:30 am on Friday, 23 February and concludes at 4:30 pm.

FEATURED ARTICLE

AFWERX Autonomy Prime partners demonstrate autonomous flight capabilities, make history at AGILE FLAG

AFWERX Autonomy Prime Partners Demonstrate Autonomous Flight Capabilities, Make History at AGILE FLAG

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AFRL) – AFWERX Autonomy Prime partner Xwing Inc. made history by flying the first autonomous logistics mission as part of the U.S. Air Force exercise AGILE FLAG 24-1 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California, Jan. 26, 2024. The flight was one of several autonomous demonstrations conducted during the exercise by Autonomy Prime partners…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Guaranteeing AI Robustness against Deception (GARD)

Counter-AI Offensive Tools and Techniques

The Cybersecurity & Information Systems Information Analysis Center performed open-source research and obtained white papers and reports from numerous sources to include the Defense Technical Information Center Research and Engineering Gateway and Elsevier’s ScienceDirect.  Overall, the research showed that the best way to counter artificial intelligence (AI) offensive tools was with AI defensive tools.  The resulting research is described in detail.  This TI response report…

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FUTURE WEBINARS

CSIAC hosts live online technical presentations featuring a DoD research and engineering topic within our technical focus areas.

Uncomfortable Truths About Cybersecurity

Hosted by: Lynn Wallace

March 13, 2024 12:00 pm
DID YOU MISS OUR LAST WEBINAR?

UPCOMING WEBINAR

Cyber Security and Digital Data Protection Concept

Uncomfortable Truths About Cybersecurity

In this webinar, participants will drill into the history of cybersecurity and computer science and consider some first principles. Decisions made in the 1970s by the founders of both career fields have not been revisited since, ultimately resulting in the rampant risks faced today. While those with experience may understand these risks – sometimes only…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

18th Annual Homeland Security Week

Join the Homeland Security community March 25-26 in the Washington, DC area for IDGA’s 18th iteration of the Homeland Security Week Summit, where leading experts and key decision-makers from DHS, DOJ, local law enforcement, and…

Emerging & Disruptive Technology for Defense 2025

Modernizing capability across battle areas calls for agility and the establishment of partnerships between military, industry, start-ups, international counterparts, and academia. The Emerging & Disruptive Technology (EDT) for Defense Conference will allow just that, bridging…

AOC 2024 International Symposium & Convention

From the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza to warfare in the Red Sea and tensions in the Indo-Pacific, the geopolitical situation is increasingly hostile, and tensions are increasing worldwide. Whether a nation-state is monitoring borders…

Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium 2025 (RMCS25)

Welcome to the Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium 2025 (RMCS25)! The Rocky Mountain Chapter of AFCEA is once again honored to invite you to the annual forum for industry, academia, and government to discuss and propose…

Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference 2024

The future is being built at an ever-accelerating rate, as generative AI is changing almost every aspect of organizations. Balancing value against resilience and risk is critical to modern success, as is transforming technology platforms….

Voice From the Community

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Mr. Alex Karpinski

Computer Engineer

Alex Karpinski works for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center under the Ground Systems Cyber Engineering’s Cyber Technology Development Branch, where he is responsible for informing and advancing the state of the art in vehicle cybersecurity. His background and experience include project management; cybersecurity; cyber defensive technology research, development, test, and evaluation; vehicle electronics and controllers; data bus networks; radio frequency signals and sensors; and artificial intelligence/machine learning.

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