I was pleased to be asked to be part of a webinar sponsored by Government Executive this Thursday at 2:00pm EST and even happier when Pat Howard, the CISO from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission accepted an invitation to join me.
The webinar, moderated by Adam Ross, the Managing Editor from the SANS Institute, will focus on [...]
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Webinar on Cybersecurity: Building Secure Federal Systems
March 8th, 2010 · No Comments · cyber-security, government business, scada
Tags: cyber-security·government executive·nrc·nuclear regulatory commission·powertek corporation·SANS Institute·secure federal systems·webinar
Management of Change Conference, May 23-25, Philadelphia, Be There or Be Unchanged
March 6th, 2010 · No Comments · government business
This year I was lucky enough to be allowed to be one of the Workshop Co-Chairs for the Management of Change Conference, sponsored by ACT-IAC; with two wonderful co-chairs Goldy Kamali, the Goddess of FedScoop!, and Valarie Burks, from the Department of Agriculture.
In this entry I wanted to give a Workshop committee update, encouraging readers [...]
Tags: act-iac·cio·citizen engagement·green·green it·human capital·management of change·moc·philadelphia·powertek corporation
Ch-ch-ch Changes, or Why I Decided to Join Powertek Corporation
February 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment · government business
I recently accepted a position to serve as the Chief Operating Officer at Powertek Corporation (www.powertekcorporation.com). Powertek is an 8(a) woman-owned small business involved with all aspects of information technology, including business engineering and program management. Nancy Scott, President and CEO, and Samar Ghadry, Executive Vice-President, are both talented and delightful leaders I look forward [...]
Tags: 8a·csc·powertek corporation·small business·us department of transportation·woman-owned
The Big Bang Theory Hearts Firefly
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments · 2009 china solar eclipse, Entertainment, Firefly, Serenity, government business, movies, travel
For those who knew me when I was the CIO at the US Department of Transportation, you will know that I held a monthly lunch with a small band of fans of both the TV show Firefly, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefly_(TV_series), and the movie Serenity, http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/serenity/.
For references to this, see the end of the interview I gave for [...]
Tags: big bang theory·cio·Firefly·geneva·large hadron collider·Serenity·us department of transportation
Technologies to Watch in 2010
December 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · government 2.0, government business, sensors
Recently Wyatt Kash, the Editor in Chief for both Government Computer News and Defense Systems, wrote me a note saying that GCN was working on an article about technologies to watch in 2010 and that he wanted my two cents.
Naturally I had more than two cents worth of thoughts about the issue and most likely [...]
Tags: cyber·government 2.0·government computer news·second life·security·sensors·virtualization·wyatt kash
Final Version of SCADA Presentation
December 9th, 2009 · No Comments · cyber-security, government 2.0, government business, scada, sensors
This is the final version of the SCADA presentation I made yesterday at the Security SCADA Summit, http://www.iqpc.com/Event.aspx?id=223390.
Secure SCADA – Dec 2009 a
The presentation consists of two parts.
Part I was prepared by me and talks about the economic basis associated with the impact of the Internet, wanders through a number of topics I like to [...]
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SCADA Conference Presentation
December 6th, 2009 · No Comments · cyber-security, government 2.0, government business, presentations, scada, sensors
I am one of two representatives from CSC speaking at a SCADA Conference on Tuesday.
My focus, as usual, will be on the strategic reasons behind the movement to SCADA. Oops, perhaps I should back up. SCADA is an abbreviation for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. It usually is used as a catch-all term dealing with computer [...]
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An American In Brasilia
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · government 2.0, government business, hockey, international
So the first part of my time in Brasilia is finished, the two day conference on eGovernment. I did my presentation earlier today, here is the updated version modified with suggestions from my last blog entry and tweet:
International Experiences with Integrated Services – United States
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What I Learned at NASA Ames
October 29th, 2009 · No Comments · government business
I had the pleasure of meeting a number of the people CSC has in place supporting NASA Ames. Having visited both the NASA JPL and NASA Ames facilities over the last few months, it is exciting to see the great work being done in both locations. It is great to be where it really DOES [...]
Tags: nasa·nasa ames·nasa jpl·rental cars
Social Networking & Cybersecurity
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · cyber-security, government 2.0, government business
Earlier today, October 28, I was priviledged to give a talk at the National Defense Industrial Association about Social Network & Cybersecurity.
My focus was to review why Social Network has taken off in the last few years and what implications for the future based on those conclusions. I also briefly reviewed Cloud Computing using some [...]
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