01.23.07

6th annual AFCEA Homeland Security Conference “Intelligence and Information Fusion… Beyond Sharing”, February 28 – March 1, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, in Washington, DC

Posted in AFCEA, Carter Morris, Charles Allen, DHS, DNI, DNI/CIO, Dale Meyerrose, George Foresman, Homeland Security, Information Fusion, Intelligence Fusion, Jay Cohen, Jim Flyzik, Michael Chertoff, Scott Charbo, conference, event, information sharing, innovation, security at 11:19 pm by Administrator

Dear Colleague:
You are Invited! 6th annual AFCEA Homeland Security Conference “Intelligence and Information Fusion… Beyond Sharing”, February 28 – March 1, 2007, at the Ronald Reagan International Trade Center, in Washington, DC.

An All-Star Government-Industry Steering Committee has joined with AFCEA to craft a conference agenda that addresses the issues most critical to Homeland Security.

Invited Speakers Include

  • The Honorable Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
  • Mr. George Foresman, Under Secretary for Preparedness, DHS (confirmed)
  • Mr. Scott Charbo, Chief Information Officer, DHS
  • Mr. Charles Allen, Chief Intelligence Officer, DHS
  • The Honorable Dale Meyerrose, Chief Information Officer, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • RADM Jay Cohen, USN (Ret.), Under Secretary for Science and Technology, DHS
  • Mr. Gregory Garcia, Assistant Secretary of Cyber Security and Telecommunications, DHS
  • Mr. David Paulison, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Mr. Chris Rice, Chief Technology Officer, AT&T (confirmed)

Panel Sessions

Fusion Centers

  • Dr. Carter Morris, Director of Information Sharing and Knowledge Management, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, DHS
  • Ms. Lora Becker (invited), Director (Incoming), Federal State and Local Threat Reporting and Assessments Coordination Group, DHS
  • Dr. Elaine Cummins (invited), Executive Staff, National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Mr. Robert Riegle, Director, State and Local Fusion Center, DHS


Border Fusion

  • Mr. Jim Flyzik, President, The Flyzik Group
  • Mr. Greg Giddens, Executive Director for Secure Border Initiatives, DHS
  • Ms. Kathleen Kraninger, Director of Screening and Coordination Office, DHS
  • Mr. Rod MacDonald, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information and Technology, DHS
  • Mr. Frank Moss, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Consular Affairs and Passport Services, Department of State


Enabling Fusion: Survivable/Interoperable

  • Mr. Robert Zitz (invited), Deputy Under Secretary for Preparedness, DHS
  • Mr. Tony Cira (invited), Chief Information Officer, Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • Mr. Paul Cosgrave, Chief Information Officer, City of New York
  • Dr. Peter Fonash (invited), National Communication Systems
  • RADM Ron Hewitt, USCG (invited), Chief Information Officer, U.S. Coast Guard
  • Mr. Robert LeGrande, Acting Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia

Cyber Fusion: National Cyber Defense

  • Ms. Sallie McDonald, Director and Deputy Manager, National Communication Systems
  • Mr. John Bansemer (invited), Director of Homeland Defense, National Security Council
  • Mr. Jerry Dixon (invited), National Cyber Security Division, DHS
  • Lt Gen Al Edmonds, USAF (Ret.) (invited), President and CEO, Edmonds Enterprise Services
  • RADM Elizabeth Hight, USN (invited), Director, GIG Operations, DISA
  • Mr. John Nagengast, Director, Information Assurance Programs, AT&T
  • Ms. Kiersjen Nielson (invited), Director of Homeland Defense, Homeland Security Council
  • Mr. Robert LeGrande, Acting Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia

Homeland Security issues and challenges – SOLVED! Don’t miss the Solutions Showcase with the latest Homeland Security technologies!

Please contact Jenny Pereira at (703) 631-6170 to reserve your space today!

On today’s Conference Calendar, with multiple Homeland Security events, THIS is the ONLY ONE you need to attend!

Register today!

Conference Sponsors
AT&T, Booz Allen Hamilton, ManTech, QinetiQ North America, Qwest Government Services, TANDBERG, Unisys and Verizon Business.

Questions?
Gina McGovern at (800) 336-4583, ext. 6236, (703) 631-6236 or gmcgovern@afcea.org.

We look forward to seeing you at the 2007 AFCEA Homeland Security Conference!

http://www.afcea.org/events/homeland

Sponsored by AFCEA International

10.06.06

Top Secret, Secret and Unclassified Intelligence Community Avian Flu portals are up or Why not just have one portal?

Posted in DNI, DNI/CIO, Intelligence Community, information sharing at 12:01 am by Administrator

GCN: Intel agencies going to ‘war’ over IT security

One quote from the article I found interesting:  “[Dale Meyerrose, DNI/CIO] said his office was given the challenge of leading the federal effort to prepare for the Avian Flu. His office helped set up three portals — for top-secret, secret and unclassified data. The secret and top-secret portals were set up in two weeks, but the unclassified portal took six months.”

This definitely great news, but why have 3 portals? (It is easy to imagine that there is probably redundant data on all 3 portals.) Why not just create one portal that has classified and unclassified data? People could gain access to it based on their security clearance. So that a person that doesn’t have clearance can access only the unclassified stuff and the person that has a top secret clearance can access everything.

Do you think this is doable? What would it take?

10.05.06

Intel agencies going to ‘war’ over IT security or Why the heck does it take so long to create policy in the IC?

Posted in DNI, DNI/CIO, Information Assurance, Intelligence Community, policy, security at 11:52 pm by Administrator

Intel agencies going to ‘war’ over IT security

Just saw this article on GCN and found some things particularly interesting… Dale Meyerrose, the DNI/CIO, stated: “We haven’t updated our security policy since 2001,” he said. “It took three years to write and four years to get approved. We will do this in 11 months.”

Can you imagine that? What if the business world worked that way? I bet commercial companies work create policies in less than a month. How does Google or Bank of America do it? Maybe the IC should be talking to them…