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In light of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s new second iteration of its cybersecurity framework, Rubrik Public Sector CTO Travis Rosiek breaks down the framework’s importance across public and private sector organizations.
Rosiek discusses the framework’s backup durability provisions, how artificial intelligence is helping protect data integrity and some of the evolving cybersecurity threats for federal agencies to be aware of.
The framework is a critical component that ensures organizations can mobilize their data while also keeping it secure, but also recoverable, in the event of an attack or breach.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s current iteration of its strategic priorities features a new goal for environmental justice alongside civil rights and climate change.
EPA Chief Financial Officer Faisal Amin shares new details about how the agency is developing new technology standards that will decrease greenhouse gas emissions and improve overall air quality. Amin also discusses where EPA sees potential for AI and other emerging technologies.

The Food and Drug Administration produces and processes a lot of data. As FDA’s inaugural chief data officer, Ram Iyer discusses the office’s plans for data modernization and how it is using technology to create interdependency across the agency.
Iyer also highlights where he sees emerging technology making the most impacts, how data governance is evolving and how partnerships are improving communication and collaboration. Plus, he highlights how his past experiences in industry are influencing his current priorities to bring modernization into the agency.

The White House's port cybersecurity executive order tasks the Coast Guard with monitoring the cybersecurity of vessels, facilities and harbors. Threats could target the global supply chain, national security interests and other vital systems.
Rear Adm. Wayne Arguin, the Coast Guard's assistant commandant for prevention policy, discusses how the executive order will affect the service and why cybersecurity matters to the Marine Transportation System. He explains his shifting priorities as the Coast Guard assesses risks and provides cybersecurity services to ports, vessels and partners.

The Marine Innovation Unit works to accelerate the adoption of advanced capabilities in the Marine Corps. Made up of reservists, MIU comprises personnel with diverse functional backgrounds in areas like logistics, cybersecurity and consulting to tackle some of the largest technological challenges at the service.
MIU Commanding Officer Col. Brooks Braden discusses at Sea-Air-Space in National Harbor, Maryland, how MIU advises the Marine Corps on emerging technology, what public-private partnerships for the service looks like and the nuances between chasing the technology of today while building the technology of tomorrow.
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The Navy center responsible for managing IT supporting intelligence operations has a critical responsibility to keep communications and data-sharing capabilities both reliable and secure.
Commanding Officer Capt. Matt Cegelske for the center, called the Hopper Global Communications Center situated in the Office of Naval Intelligence, discusses at the Sea-Air-Space conference some of the unique cybersecurity challenges the center faces in the current threat environment and his plans for collaborating with industry to integrate modern tools to keep sensitive information safe.
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