Connected Aviation Today • 22nd February 2022

How the FAA’s $5 Billion Dollar Investment Will Help Create a Modern Aviation Industry

At the recent ATCA Annual Conference, business and government leaders came together to share what the future has in store for the aviation industry. Among those leaders was Teri Bristol, Chief Operating Officer of Air Traffic Operations for the FAA, whose keynote speech extolled the successes that the industry has had despite the many challenges facing it. Bristol also noted that recent government legislation, specifically the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), included a number of provisions

GovCyberHub | Network Security is National Security • 17th February 2022

How a Zero Trust Methodology is Helping to Redefine Government IT According to DLT’s Don Maclean

Government IT teams are worried and for good reason. Confronted by the rising threat of sophisticated cyberattacks, they are looking at an uncertain future and wondering if they have the best tools to defend their systems. When defenders create new technology, attackers defeat it. This has resulted in numerous high-profile attacks against critical infrastructure, supply chains, and more.

But what will it take to combat this threat? According to Don Maclean, Chief Cybersecurity Technologist at D

GovCyberHub | Network Security is National Security • 15th February 2022

Government Cybersecurity 2022 Priorities from Quest’s Chris Roberts

Government cybersecurity is at a critical junction. Faced with the rising threat of cyberattacks against physical supply chains and critical infrastructure, government agencies and organizations are looking for ways to safeguard their networks while still providing citizens with the service and access they expect from a modern organization. We saw this in 2021, with a number of high-profile breaches against organizations that comprise America’s critical fuel, food, and utility supply chains. Wer

GovCyberHub | Network Security is National Security • 10th February 2022

Quest’s Chris Roberts Shares Four Tenets for Securing Government Networks in 2022

Experts anticipate that cybersecurity will be just as large of a challenge and a priority for government networks in 2022 as it was last year. Ultimately, as government agencies have embraced digital transformation initiatives that have fundamentally altered how they operate, malicious actors have adopted more sophisticated attack methods and leveraged the increasingly digital nature of government operations to execute more successful and impactful cyberattacks.

With both experience and opportu

GovCyberHub | Network Security is National Security • 20th January 2022

3 Ways That a Whole-of-Nation IT Approach Can Challenge Ransomware Attackers in 2022

Recently the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT), known for being, “the cybersecurity think tank,” released a paper titled, “Ransomware Weaponized.” Diving into the nature of modern ransomware, the organization wrote extensively on the need for a wider and more diversified approach to combatting ransomware referred to as a “Whole-of-Nation” IT approach. But what exactly does that approach entail?

A “Whole-of-Nation” IT approach requires everyone in the entire “nation” to be

Modern Battlespace • 28th December 2021

2021 Best of The : Defense Industry Updates on Waveforms, Open Systems, and PC21

Throughout 2021, there have been many innovations in the field of military communications. From updated expectations from military leaders to the ongoing efforts to find better ways to facilitate faster interactions, the ability of the defense industry to remain at pace with the ever-changing modern battlespace was on full display.

As the nation began to find its footing in the post-pandemic world, military and industry stakeholders demonstrated what they are looking to prioritize in the near f

Connected Aviation Today • 20th December 2021

2021 Best of the Best: Aviation Industry Executive Spotlights

The year 2021 was a time of innovation, overcoming challenges, and adapting to a new normal on the road to recovery for the aviation industry. Looking back on how the industry evolved and changed, there was a tremendous amount of effort from all sides of the aviation community to not just survive but to adapt, innovate, and thrive.

Connected Aviation Today has resurfaced several of our top-performing pieces of content from the site, as a part of our annual retrospective. Each article features i

Modern Battlespace • 16th December 2021

The Future of Waveform Modernization and the Trends Defining Defense Communications

Through 2021, trends that were established in 2020 remained and evolved to further drive innovation in the defense industry. These changes, in large part due to the ongoing digital transformation spurred by the pandemic, have placed renewed emphasis on the role of communications between teams. Throughout 2021, military leaders have come together to talk through how the battlespace is evolving and how to maintain overmatch, when faced with new competitors. As threats to communications systems gro

GovCyberHub | Network Security is National Security • 9th December 2021

Three tips to secure government IT data from Quest’s Chris Roberts

There is a rising star in the world of IT and cybersecurity, it has been on the rise for years, even decades, but recent events have propelled it to even grander heights. Having a grasp on this element can make cybersecurity more effective and provide a better level of operation for any agency. However, its use remains somewhat of a mystery as government IT learns what to do with it, and perhaps more importantly how to safeguard it. We are, of course, referring to data, the functional lifeblood

Modern Battlespace • 3rd December 2021

I/ITSEC 2021: Top Military Training Priorities and the Future of Simulation Training

I/ITSEC 2021 has now come to a close and after a week of panels, discussions, expositions, and demonstrations there is a lot to discuss. From the future of simulation technology to the role of VR/AR/MR/XR in training, attendees learned more about what the industry has been working on in the last year. Perhaps more important, however, were the insights shared from service leaders about their military training priorities and how industry can support them.

Quoted in the show daily, Capt. Dan Covel