Zero Trust: Transforming Cybersecurity -- Understanding Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration

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Date:  June 15, 2023 

Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. ET (10:00 - 11:00 a.m. PT)

CLPs: 1.0

Who Should Attend:  Government, Military, and Industry at all levels who want to learn about the principles of zero trust and its role in innovative cybersecurity solutions.

Speaker:  Mr. George Alves

Description:  Understanding cyber threat is critical throughout the DoD's Zero Trust (ZT) capabilities and activities.  It is especially critical as part of ZT Capability 7.5 - Threat Intelligence Integration.  From the Zero Trust Capability Roadmap: this capability requires integration of "threat intelligence information and integrate threat intelligence information and streams about identities, motivations, streams about identities, motivations, characteristics, and tactics, techniques and characteristics, and tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs)."  Discover how being "threat informed" is critical in the execution of your ZT capabilities and activities.  This webinar will assist DoD acquisition workforce and DIB contractors to integrate threat intelligence in their efforts of the ZT capabilities. 

Come join Mr George Alves to better understand our Zero Trust (ZT) cyber threat environment and integration of the threat intelligence capability into cyber defense. 

Biography:  

Mr. George Alves is a Cybersecurity Expert.  Although he recently joined DAU as one of the professors for Cybersecurity, he comes with over 35 years of DOD and Acquisition experience.  He holds a Master of Science in Cybersecurity along with various professional certifications.  Before coming to DAU, he served as the Information Systems Security Manager (ISSM) at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency under Department of Treasury overseeing IT/Cyber acquisitions and Information Systems Security Officers (ISSO) throughout several platforms to include on-premise and cloud environments.

He is a former Navy Civilian of 10 years to include being the Deputy CIO for Cybersecurity at Naval Sea Systems Command HQ in Washington Navy Yard, DC. He oversaw the entire NAVSEA enterprise comprised of over 2000 operational, developmental, and RDT&E networks, systems, and applications. He had a team of almost 40 civilians and contractors to include the first NAVSEA Cyber Scientific & Technical Intelligence Liaison Officer (STILO) in a position he created to integrate intelligence within Cybersecurity. He served under the three-star Admiral as the Authorizing Official Designated Representative within the Risk Management Framework (RMF) process.

He is also a proud veteran retiring after 20 years of Navy active-duty service.