Event Title: Top Nation-State Activity Trends – Targeting & Impacting the United States
Date
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 1300-1500 hours EDT
All 2023 Cyber Talks will start promptly at 1300!
Speakers:
Mr. David Sutton – Director, Mandiant Intelligence
Mr. Andy DiFazio – Mandiant DoD & IC
Event Description
The briefing will provide an overview of Mandiant’s M-Trends Annual report, specifically focusing on those impacting the United States and leveraged by the top adversaries, China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Additionally, attendees will receive intelligence on quarterly trends Mandiant observed impacting the US government and other critical industries. The talk will also address recent cyber activity and operations attributed to these nations against US critical infrastructure, the US government, and our defense industrial base.
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: program managers, development teams; engineers, architects; security managers; security specialists; system administrators; and analysts who work in DoD cyberspace.
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.
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/1603440638?pwd=ZDdBMG5QQzZQVGlXOFZiQ3JuNHpkUT09
Questions?
Any questions about the event or joining the consortium can be directed to Ed Aguirre of SOSSEC, Inc. at eaguirre@sossecinc.com.
