Event Title: Leveraging Breakthroughs in Privacy-Enhancing Technologies to Meet Mission Needs
Date: March 3, 2022 – 1300-1500 hours EDT
Speakers:
Mr. Terry Busch – Intelligence Fellow, Former Technical Director for MARS at DIA
Dr. Ellison Anne Williams – Enveil, Founder and CEO
Mr. Scott Ostrowski – Enveil, VP of Customer Success
Mr. Zach Sutton – Enveil, DoD Account Manager                                               Â
Event Description:
Operations and intelligence analysis methods involving searches and analytics performed on external datasets can be very revealing. This exposure includes not only attribution (who is performing it), but also the content of the operation itself (what is being searched for), which may include sensitive information that would be extremely damaging to national security if exposed. Recent advances in an increasingly visible technology category known as Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) are changing the paradigm of secure data usage by allowing sensitive indicators to be securely processed while remaining in the untrusted domain, extending the boundaries of trusted compute.
PETs are transformative because the mission-enabling capabilities they deliver are not making something better; they are making something entirely new possible. Users can encrypt the content of their search, analytic, or machine learning model, ensuring their interests and intents remain secure and private throughout the processing lifecycle. This allows U.S. Government organizations to leverage publicly available, open-source, and/or low-side, government-curated data sources in ways that were never before possible.
This Cyber Talk will point to recent PETs advances that are enabling Data in Use protection for critical mission use cases, and how these capabilities are proving to be key differentiators for System Integrators, data providers, and OEM/COTS Manufactures.
About The Consortium
The purpose of the Army’s Cyber Operations Broad Responsive Agreement (COBRA) is to spur innovative development, demonstration, and expedited delivery of prototypes for Warfighter readiness. When awarded an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) there is a requirement to join the System of Systems Consortium (SOSSEC), the consortium manager for Program Executive Office Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS). For more information on joining the consortium, please go to www.sossecinc.com.
Who Should Attend?
This event is open to the public for those who are eager to enhance the effectiveness of the Department of the Army Defense Cyber Operations (DCO) cyberspace and cybersecurity infrastructure through critical research, experiments, development, testing, and the development of innovative technologies. US Government (military and civilian), contractors, SOSSEC members and non-members are encouraged and welcome to attend to learn more about successful technology collaboration from these Cyber Talk briefings. The recommended audience is for: program managers, development teams; engineers, architects; security managers; security specialists; system administrators; and analysts who work in cyberspace defense.
COVID-19 Restrictions
Due to the restrictions on group gatherings imposed by the COVID-19 conditions, this Cyber Talk will be executed virtually. To participate, please use the Zoom for Government link listed above or follow this link: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1612433725?pwd=ZXhEMWJQaDRHWEIzUDNRTEFkdDZvZz09
Questions?
Any questions about the event or joining the consortium can be directed to Ed Aguirre of SOSSEC, Inc. at eaguirre@sossecinc.com.
