David McKeown, the chief information security officer at the Department of Defense, said implementing the zero trust architecture by the year 2027 will depend on the department’s ability to use automation tools. The 2023 Wash100 awardee said Tuesday at the UiPath Together Public Sector summit that automation tools are needed to label the data coming […]
Lt. Gen. Maria Gervais, the deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, says “immersive-type environments” should be utilized to attract and retain soldiers amid lagging recruitment figures. The service fell short of its onboarding target by 15,000 in fiscal year 2022 and is expected to see another deficit in 2023. At […]
Preston Dunlap, former chief technology officer and chief architect officer of the Department of the Air Force and a past Potomac Officers Club event speaker, has been named a strategic adviser at project management company SOSi. SOSi Chief Technology Officer Kyle Fox said the company considers Dunlap’s insights and experience in artificial intelligence, data mesh […]
John Raymond, a retired general and former head of the U.S. Space Force, has assumed the role of senior managing director of supply chain and strategic opportunities at Cerberus Capital Management, an alternative investment firm. He is expected to handle the company’s aerospace and defense modernization portfolio and guide space investments. Cerberus’ supply chain and […]
Security information and event management technology provider Securonix has added Chris Inglis to its strategic advisory board. Inglis, the first U.S. national cyber director and a 2022 Wash100 winner, will join five other cybersecurity, national security, business and technology experts. Former National Security Agency Director Mike McConnell and former NSA advisory board member Robert Rose […]
Stefanie Tompkins, the director of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, said at a May 11 DefenseScoop event that her organization is developing inherently secure devices and programs, potentially eliminating having to regularly change passwords. She said DARPA is working toward multiple solutions “algorithmically and in hardware” to accomplish that goal. Tompkins, a 2023 Wash100 […]
William LaPlante, the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment and a past Potomac Officers Club speaker, highlighted the importance of research and analytics in decision-making and defense acquisitions during the 20th annual Acquisition Research Symposium kickoff address. In his speech, LaPlante, a two-time Wash100 awardee, noted that data-driven analytics is needed to monitor production […]
The U.S. Space Force’s vice chief of space operations said the U.S. Congress is supporting priority projects the service listed in its fiscal year 2024 budget request. Gen. David Thompson, a speaker at the Potomac Officers Club’s “Space: Innovations, Programs & Policies Summit” event in 2017, said during a Space Force Association event that no […]
The U.S. Marine Corps has inaugurated the Marine Innovation Unit, an organization composed of reservists who would find solutions for problems identified by active duty Marines. Speaking at the MIU inauguration ceremony, Carlos Del Toro, the secretary of the Department of the Navy and a 2023 Wash100 awardee, said he wants the organization to facilitate […]
The Department of Defense’s chief information officer said IT user experience should be a top priority to ensure that legacy technologies will not hamper warfighters’ abilities. Speaking at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s TechNet Cyber conference, John Sherman, a 2023 Wash100 awardee shared that changes in user experience will come in the forms […]
