CYBERSECURITY

& Information Systems Digest

30 JANUARY 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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STATE-OF-THE-ART REPORT (SOAR)

CSIAC is pleased to announce publication of our latest state-of-the art report (SOAR) “Blockchain Applications for Federal Government,” which reviews fundamentals of the technology, its applications, limitations, and more. More information about the SOAR is available on our website at https://csiac.org/state-of-the-art-reports/blockchain-applications-for-federal-government/

FEATURED ARTICLE

DoD Increases AI Capacity Through Strategy, Alignment

The Defense Department is making leaps when it comes to fielding cutting-edge technologies, a senior Pentagon policy official said today. Michael C. Horowitz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development and Emerging Capabilities, said key organizational and strategy updates have resulted in the DoD’s improved ability to effectively field new tactics and technologies —…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

6G and Its Advancements Over 5G Networks

The Cybersecurity and Information Systems Information Analysis Center (CSIAC) was tasked with researching and recognizing improvements to 6G networks compared to 5G.  The inquirer also wanted to know when 6G networks are expected to be deployed. CSIAC identified the differences in features and functionality between 6G and 5G networks, projected 6G network deployment timeframes, and potential future use cases for 6G technologies.

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FUTURE WEBINARS

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

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Fundamentals of Cross-Domain Solutions in the DoD

A cross-domain solution (CDS) is a capability that can be used to securely connect discrete systems or networks, which may have different security policies to address exposure to threats and risks and therefore hold different levels of trust. CDS is an example of technological convergence where discrete security concepts and technologies are carefully combined within…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

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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Katherine Goodier

Chief Data Scientist, PAR Government

Dr. Goodier is an artificial intelligence (AI) expert with over 30 years of practical application experience. Since retiring as the Director of Global Standards at Nortel, she has served as a contract chief ontologist, data scientist, and enterprise architect in the intelligence community. She co-hosted the Federal Big Data working group and recently supported the red team at DEFCON31 in the AI Village. Her focus is providing AI for the cybersecurity of 5G networks.

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