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The Defense Industrial Base (DIB) is a core element of the national security ecosystem. This point of intersection between private industry and the Department of Defense is a perpetual target for the Nation’s adversaries. In this Intersect, Matthew Butkovic and John Haller explore the development, and implementation, of the Cyber Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) as a means to better protect the DIB.

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When it comes to recognizing threats, cybersecurity professionals may become distracted by big promises or ignore some obvious inspections. New claims made by the latest and greatest new apps draw attention away from network situational awareness best practices—like a dog distracted when it spots a squirrel. We also may deviate from making routine inspections that point toward further investigation—overlooking obvious needs right under our noses. Either becoming distracted or missing obvious inspections can cause us not to detect threats. What Attendees Will Learn: • The distinction...

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Can a cybersecurity parametric cost estimation model be developed? Every Department of Defense (DoD) program needs to account for, credibly estimate, budget/plan for, and assess the performance of its cybersecurity activities. Creating a cybersecurity parametric model would allow DoD programs to reliably estimate the effort and cost of cybersecurity activities, estimate an overall cybersecurity cost for a program, and obtain a defined and normalized set of cybersecurity data. In this webcast, Christopher Miller shares insights from a Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute...

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Communications, both in times of crisis and during normal operations, are essential to the overall success and sustainability of an incident response or security operations team. How you plan for and manage these communications and how they are received and actioned by your audience will influence your trustworthiness, reputation, and ultimately your ability to perform incident management services effectively. This webcast leverages the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) CSIRT Services...

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Surviving disruptive cyber events requires a specific form of planning. One must strike a balance between defending against threats (e.g., managing conditions) and effectively handling the effects of disruption (e.g., managing consequences). Employing a model (such as the CERT Resilience Management Model) provides a catalog of practices and a system of measurement. Focusing on key attributes of performance permits a level of prediction not possible with a basic checklist. In this webcast, Greg Crabbe and Matt Butkovic share their experiences in establishing and maintaining operational...

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Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) perpetually navigate a dynamic set of challenges. Applying focus and aligning resources is imperative for success. In this Intersect, Matthew Butkovic and Gregory Touhill, reflect on 2024 and explore the topics that should be front of mind for CISOs in 2025. They provide insights and advice for those contemplating cybersecurity priorities.

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No organization can comprehensively avoid disruptive cyber events. All must strive to maintain operational resilience during times of organizational stress. Ransomware incidents create disruption that can be fatal to the unprepared. In this webcast, we explore how to maintain operational resilience during a ransomware incident. Experts with varied backgrounds provide practical advice for improving your resilience and survivability. What attendees will learn: • best practices for ransomware response • moving beyond security and planning for resilience • pitfalls to avoid in the planning...

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As the strategic importance of AI increases, so too does the importance of defending those AI systems. To understand AI defense, it is necessary to understand AI offense—that is, counter AI. In this session, Matthew Butkovic, CISA, CISSP, technical director for risk and resilience, and Nathan VanHoudnos, senior machine learning researcher explore the fundamentals of counter AI.

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Health-care organizations are seemingly besieged by a complex set of cyber threats. The consequences of disruptive cyber events in health care are in many ways uniquely troubling.  Health-care organizations often face these challenges with modest resources. In this webcast, Matthew Butkovic and Darrell Keeling will explore approaches to maximize return on cybersecurity investment in the health-care context. This will include applying fundamental measures of operational resilience.    What Attendees Will Learn: How to yield maximum return on cybersecurity investment in health...

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Traditionally, independent verification and validation (IV&V) is performed by an independent team throughout a program’s milestones or once the software is formally delivered. This approach allows the IV&V team to provide input at the various milestone gates. As more programs move to an Agile approach, those milestones aren’t as clearly defined since requirements, design, implementation, and testing all happen iteratively, sometimes over years of development. In this new paradigm, IV&V teams are struggling to figure out how to add value to the program earlier in the lifecycle...