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March 20 Cyber Resilience Summit Announces Speakers from White House, Pentagon, DHS, and HHS Among OthersThe Consortium for IT Software Quality™ (CISQ™) today announced the agenda is published and registration is open for its fifth semiannual Cyber Resilience Summit, co-hosted with the IT Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC). The Summit will take place on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Hyatt Reston Town Center in Reston, Virginia. Distinguished speakers from the White House, Pentagon, U.S. Departments of Homeland Security (DHS), Defense (DOD), Health and Human Services (HHS), Agriculture (USDA), Commerce (DOC), and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will present. Headline speakers Jeanette Manfra, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, will keynote how DHS is strengthening the security and resilience of the nation's critical IT infrastructure, followed by a joint talk with Rob Joyce, Special Assistant to the President and White House Cybersecurity Coordinator and Major General Burke E. "Ed" Wilson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy. They will discuss the Modernizing Government Technology (MGT) Act and other key policy decisions. The agenda also includes discussions with IT standards experts, innovative federal CIOs, and policy makers including:
The event is sponsored by Bugcrowd, CAST, CGI (News - Alert), Cognizant, IT-AAC, Northrop Grumman, Synopsys and Tech Mahindra. Partners are: AFCEA Washington, DC chapter, OWASP and IAOP.
About the Event Hosts The Object Management Group® (OMG®) is an international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards consortium with representation from government, industry and academia. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies and an even wider range of industries. OMG modeling standards enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes. The IT Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC) is a public/private "do tank" composed of leading IT public interest groups, standards bodies and government agencies working together to fundamentally transform how the government acquires and manages IT and Cyber solutions. As the "architect of FITARA", we are ushering in agile standards of practice and innovations emanating from the $4T Global IT market. Note to editors: CISQ is an Object Management Group® program. Object Management Group and OMG are registered trademarks of the Object Management Group. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. View source version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180306006025/en/ |