Government Matters

Tech Leadership Series – Cybersecurity

Watch this program on Tuesday, April 30 at 8:30pm and 11:30pm on WJLA 24/7 News. This 30-minute program will bring...

Agencies look to grow cyber talent from within vs. hire outside

Margot Conrad, director of federal workforce programs at the Partnership for Public Service, discusses cyber reskilling initiatives within the government...

Information warfare’s role in the National Defense Strategy

Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Information Warfare & Director of Naval Intelligence Vice Adm. Matthew Kohler, discusses ‘informationalized warfare,’...

Top cybersecurity headlines of 2018

Robert Bigman, founder of 2BSecure and former chief information security officer at the Central Intelligence Agency, and Brig. Gen. Gregory...

Top cyber challenges within the private healthcare sector

Greg Garcia, executive director of cybersecurity at the Healthcare Sector Coordinating Council, discusses how the government is helping to “connect...

Priorities for newly-named Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency

Jeanette Manfra, assistant secretary at the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency outlines top priorities for the recently-elevated agency.

5th Annual Government IT Sales Summit

Location: Hyatt Regency Reston (1800 Presidents Street, Reston, Va 20190) Reston, Va. | November 15, 2018 Success in business is...

Key themes in Defense Department’s cyber strategy

Maj. Gen. George Franz (US Army, Ret.), managing director at Accenture Federal Services, discusses the Department of Defense’s new cyber...

Intersection between the White House and DoD cyber strategies

Ron Marks, Chair of the Intelligence Program at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security, discusses the relationship between...

Tech Leadership Series – Cyber

Watch this show on-demand now. Host Francis Rose explores some of the key issues on Cyber. The tenth installment focuses...

White House releases new cybersecurity strategy

Christopher Painter, Former Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the State Department and Ari Schwartz, managing director of cybersecurity services at...

Future of White House Cyber Coordinator role

Suzanne Spaulding, senior adviser at the CSIS Homeland Security Program, discusses the need for a cyber coordinator at the White...

Report: VA stopped publishing breach reports for 9 months

Joseph Marks, senior correspondent at NextGov, discusses his article about the lack of quarterly breach reports from the Department of...

Lawmaker proposes government-wide cybersecurity watchdog

Brig. Gen. Gregory Touhill (USAF Ret.) president of Cyxtera Federal Group, discusses the proposal to have a cyber inspector general,...

The Pentagon Beat – August 15, 2018

Federal News Radio Defense Reporter Scott Maucione and Aaron Mehta, deputy editor & senior Pentagon correspondent at Defense News, discuss...

New Cyber Command leader pushes for more aggressive cyber defense

Ron Marks, intelligence program chair at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security, discusses what a more “aggressive” stance...

Government cyber leaders facing a ‘fog of more’

Tony Sager, senior vice president of the Center for Internet Security, discusses the increasingly complicated cybersecurity landscape, and the “fog...

Challenges in offensive cyber operations

Robert Bigman, founder of 2BSecure and former CIA Chief Information Security Officer, discusses the idea of “hack-backs” and why he...

Data Crunch: Cyber spending

In the proposed FY19 budget the White House recently sent to Congress, an item in the Department of Defense’s section...

The Federal Beat – February 25, 2018

On this packed edition of the Federal Beat roundtable, reporters discuss the Department of Energy’s planned cyber office, federal websites...

One-on-One with OPM Chief Information Security Officer

Cord Chase, Chief Information Security Officer at the Office of Personnel Management, discusses cybersecurity strategy and goals of his office...

Government Matters (Full Show) – October 1, 2017

NBIB: One year in business One year ago, the Obama administration issued an executive order that stood up the National...

Defense Department’s top cybersecurity priorities

Essye Miller, deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity at the Department of Defense, discusses efforts to build and maintain DoD’s...

Operationalized Security for a Safer Government

Here is Christian Schreiber, FireEye’s CISM, PMP. FireEye’s Christian Schreiber discusses operationalized security. The arms race with sophisticated cybersecurity attacks...

The current state of cybersecurity at OPM

David DeVries, chief information officer at the Office of Personnel Management, discusses the current state of cybersecurity at OPM, the...

Are arcane budget rules threatening government cybersecurity?

Joseph Marks, cybersecurity correspondent for NextGov, discusses the budget rules and processes that could be impacting the governments cybersecurity.

Government Matters (Full Story) – August 16, 2017

Defense Department pushes toward CAC replacement Robert Bigman, founder of 2BSecure Cybersecurity Consultancy, discusses the Defense Department’s effort to phase...

RSA Addressing Identity Risk

Sponsored: The Department of Defense is planning for the future of identity management and a new discipline is emerging. It’s...

DHS’ role in securing the next U.S. election

Rear Adm. Jamie Barnett (USN, ret.), a partner is Venable’s cybersecurity practice, discussed the path forward after a recent Intelligence Community...

House version of NDAA seeks DoD cyber improvements

Maria Horton, founder and CEO of EmeSec, discusses changes to U.S. cyber strategy as lawmakers in both the House and...

The Federal Beat

Politico defense reporter Jacqueline Klimas, Fifth Domain editor Aaron Boyd, and Nextgov reporter Mohana Ravindranath joined Francis for this edition...

Network Visibility – The Foundation of Cybersecurity in Government

Just as criminals frequently wait for dark to commit a crime; our cyber adversaries thrive when they can hide in...

Industry prepares for cybersecurity & IT modernization executive orders

Steve Sarnecki, vice president of public sector and federal at OSIsoft and John Wood, CEO of Telos, discuss the impact...

Making sense of agencies’ cyber priorities

Ari Schwartz, managing director of cybersecurity services at Venable and former senior director of cybersecurity at the White House, discussed...

White House prioritizes cyber in FY18 budget outline

Ronald Marks, chair of the Intelligence Program at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security, discusses where the Trump...

Cybersecurity challenges at the Transportation Security Administration

Paul Morris, acting chief information security officer at the Transportation Security Administration, discusses the major cybersecurity challenges he’s facing and...

Insider threats continue to plague federal agencies

Insider threats continue to plague federal agencies Karen Evans, national director of the U.S. Cyber Challenge and former administrator of...

The future of U.S. Cyber Command

Michèle Flournoy, CEO at the Center for a New American Security and former under secretary of defense for policy. They...

The cyber culture inside DoD

Francis sat down with Marianne Bailey, deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity at the Department of Defense. They discussed the...

OMB issues cybersecurity guidance to agencies

Ari Schwartz, managing director of cybersecurity services at Venable and former director of cybersecurity at the White House, discusses OMB’s...

Trump administration seeks beefed up cyber presence

Rear Adm. Jamie Barnett (USN, ret.), partner in Venable’s cybersecurity practice, discussed the people tapped as cyber advisors to President-elect...

The Future of Government CyberSecurity

Here is Tom Ruff, VP of Solutions Sales at Akamai discusses the future of Government Cyber Security. During 2015, federal...

Two cyber experts among list of Trump’s federal landing teams

Joseph Marks, cybersecurity correspondent for NextGov, discusses the two cyber experts appointed to President Elect Trump’s landing team.

CIOs push for power to stop cyber-deficient contracts

Robert Klopp, CIO at the Social Security Administration, discusses CIO cybersecurity and acquisition authority at federal agencies.

Cybersecurity & the presidential transition

Phil Bond, President and CEO of Bond & Associates and former Undersecretary of Commerce for technology, discusses the critical nature of...

From the Nation’s Capital: Addressing the Critical Demand for Cyber Pros

This special program presented by (ISC)² focuses on the many challenges facing the cyber community. Francis Rose explores these issues...

Cyber and NASA

Dennis Vander Tuig, CIO and director of IT and communications at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, discusses the cybersecurity priorities for his...

DOT takes stock of IT

The Department of Transportation is in the midst of a year-long move to the cloud. First, the agency spent months...

The shift from perimeter defense to risk management

Austin Adams, vice president of public sector at Alfresco, discussed the federal government’s shift in cyber mindset — from perimeter...

The Federal Beat (Cyber Edition)

Former senior CIA official Ronald Marks, Covata vice president Nikki Parker, and Lawfare blog managing editor Susan Hennessey joined Francis...

The changing cyber threat landscape

Brigadier General Steve Spano, president of the Center for Internet Security, discusses the changing cyber threat landscape.

Implications of ‘bolted on’ cyber solutions

Former CIA chief information security officer Robert Bigman discussed the implications of cyber solutions that are “bolted on after the...

How the Secret Service fights cyber crime

U.S. Secret Service special agent Tate Jarrow, winner of a Service to America Medal in the ‘Call to Service’ category,...

An interview with former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden

General Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and National Security Agency, weighs in on election integrity, Russian hackers and...

Cyber guidelines for transition teams

Karen Evans, national director of the U.S. Cyber Challenge, discusses how presidential transition teams should be approaching cyber.

Cyber Workforce Strategy at the Commerce Department

Steve Cooper, chief information officer at the Commerce Department and Kevin Mahoney, Commerce’s chief human capital officer, discuss how their...

How to recruit the next generation of cyber professionals

Kevin Reid, vice president of national security and chief information officer at KeyLogic, discusses the next generation of cyber professionals...

Building the next generation of cyber workers

Veronica Villalobos, principal deputy associate director for the Office of Personnel Management’s Employee Services Division, discusses a new tool agencies...

Agency takeaways from NSA cyber practices

Dave McClure, chief strategist of the Veris Group, discusses how agencies can manage their cyber vulnerabilities.

Recruiting the next generation of cyber talent

Wallace Sann, federal chief technology officer at ForeScout, discusses industry’s approach to recruiting the best cyber talent.

The Federal Beat

FedScoop tech editor Greg Otto, NextGov executive editor Camille Tuutti, and Bloomberg cybersecurity reporter Jordan Robertson joined Francis for a...