UC2- Department of Defense University Consortium for Cybersecurity

Keep 'em coming! Abstracts for Phoenix Challenge® 2025 are due in just a couple of days by December 15, 2024 Midnight Eastern. Thank you to our sponsors and exhibitors! BLACKBIRD.AI, Fraym, Graphika, M&C Saatchi World Services, Meltwater, ORB International, Premise, Ridgeline International, LLC, Sayari, TRM Labs, Two Six Technologies, Vannevar Labs, VoxCroft Analytics, ZenithFlow, Amentum, ARTIS MAGI.ai, Peraton, Logically, D3: Designs, Data, Decisions , Crescent Bridge If you're interested there's still opportunities at www.fbcinc.com/PC-London25 And of course thank you to Federal Business Council (FBC) ! In case you missed it here's the press release: https://lnkd.in/ex_-ebgJ

The UC2 team is excited to see everyone at the College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University for this event!

UC2 goes on the road to beautiful UC San Diego! Today Director Gwyneth Sutherlin met with UC San Diego Computer Science and Engineering Department (CSE) team of investigators led by PI Taylor Berg-Kirkpatrick to talk about kicking off their new project. Looking forward to working with Dr Berg-Kirkpatrick, Daniel Spokoyny, and Nikolai Vogler in the coming year!

UC2 attended IARPA ReSCIND in San Diego and explored ongoing work in cyberpsychology, taking advantage of access to research in person. Thank you to Erin Roper and Kimberly Ferguson-Walter for organizing this event! Looking forward to the next steps in these exciting projects. #cyber #cyberpsychology #NationalDefense

Phoenix Challenge® 2025 press release! https://lnkd.in/ex_-ebgJ

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to partner with the University of Maryland and UMD Applied Research Lab for Intelligence & Security (ARLIS) via the #INSURE Consortium, which enables both institutions to fulfill our missions as to conduct research in the national interest, including national security research. Alan McMillan Kristin R. Eschenfelder

Thanks to U.S. Cyber Command and University of Wisconsin-Madison for hosting a terrific event on the value of academic research. UC2- Department of Defense University Consortium for Cybersecurity is looking forward to more events like this with #AEN that increase communication, collaboration, and access between researchers and DoD on topics like Cyber & AI.

Sometimes napkin designs wind up in the trash and sometimes they prosper. Good thing I didn't throw this one away. Took a while and a whole team effort to make it real. Super proud of what the CYBERCOM and DARPA teams have done. Great to see this effort finally coming together.

The Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), and the Workforce Innovation Directorate (WID), are excited to announce the anticipated launch of the inaugural DoD Cyber Workforce Summit (CWS) 2025. Supported by AFCEA International, this Summit will take place on Thursday, 20 March to Friday, 21 March 2025 at the College of Information and Cyberspace, National Defense University in Washington, D.C. (300 5th Ave. SW, 20319) and feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, service workshops, and networking opportunities. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from leading experts, share their experiences and build valuable connections. The Summit will provide a forum where the DoD CIO, WID, and the DoD Cyber Academic Engagement Office (DoD CAEO) can share the latest information regarding the DoD 8140 policy series implementation, Cyber Excepted Service (CES), and initiatives in support of the Fulcrum Strategy Line of Effort Four. This Summit provides the opportunity for the cyber community to learn from DoD leadership, academia, and industry subject matter experts to understand the path forward concerning cyber workforce readiness in support of operations in the information environment. Interested participants can register for the Summit via the following link: https://lnkd.in/d_R5_s-x

On Thursday, 07 November 2024, Mr. Mark Gorak, Principal Director for Resources and Analysis and Ms. Chimia Carr-Nelson, Branch Chief, Strategy Implementation, Workforce Innovation Directorate, provided FY24 accomplishments, updates, and the way forward in a media roundtable hosted by the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. This media roundtable focused on the status and outlook of the 2023-2027 DoD Cyber Workforce Strategy Implementation Plan. Read more at: https://lnkd.in/dfn6ihpR https://lnkd.in/e2CgUqgC