CYBERSECURITY

& Information Systems Digest

20 FEBRUARY 2024

CSIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.

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CSIAC WILL BE ATTENDING ADVANTAGE DOD 2024: DEFENSE DATA & AI SYMPOSIUM

Advantage DoD 2024: Defense Data & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Symposium is a three-day cyber and modeling-focused symposium. Key topics include generative AI, large language models, data and analytics, enablers (such as tools for small businesses, collaborative platforms, hiring tools, utilizing other transactional authorities, etc.), and various artificial intelligence topics. Additionally, while the majority of the sessions conclude at 4:00 pm on February 22nd, an additional classified session focusing on adversarial AI capabilities begins at 08:30 am on Friday, 23 February and concludes at 4:30 pm.

FEATURED ARTICLE

AFWERX Autonomy Prime partners demonstrate autonomous flight capabilities, make history at AGILE FLAG

AFWERX Autonomy Prime Partners Demonstrate Autonomous Flight Capabilities, Make History at AGILE FLAG

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AFRL) – AFWERX Autonomy Prime partner Xwing Inc. made history by flying the first autonomous logistics mission as part of the U.S. Air Force exercise AGILE FLAG 24-1 at McClellan Airfield in Sacramento, California, Jan. 26, 2024. The flight was one of several autonomous demonstrations conducted during the exercise by Autonomy Prime partners…

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Guaranteeing AI Robustness against Deception (GARD)

Counter-AI Offensive Tools and Techniques

The Cybersecurity & Information Systems Information Analysis Center performed open-source research and obtained white papers and reports from numerous sources to include the Defense Technical Information Center Research and Engineering Gateway and Elsevier’s ScienceDirect.  Overall, the research shows that the best way to counter artificial intelligence (AI) offensive tools is with AI defensive tools.  The resulting research is described in detail.  This TI response report…

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FUTURE WEBINARS

CSIAC hosts live online technical presentations featuring a DoD research and engineering topic within our technical focus areas.

Uncomfortable Truths About Cybersecurity

Hosted by: Lynn Wallace

March 13, 2024 12:00 pm
DID YOU MISS OUR LAST WEBINAR?

UPCOMING WEBINAR

Cyber Security and Digital Data Protection Concept

Uncomfortable Truths About Cybersecurity

In this webinar, participants will drill into the history of cybersecurity and computer science and consider some first principles. Decisions made in the 1970s by the founders of both career fields have not been revisited since, ultimately resulting in the rampant risks faced today. While those with experience may understand these risks – sometimes only…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

2024 Cybersecurity and Technology Innovation Conference

The Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Cybersecurity and Technology Innovation Conference will explore the developments and challenges in cybersecurity, technology innovation, workforce development, and critical infrastructure protection. Speakers and attendees will include leaders from across the…

Black Hat USA 2024

Now in its 27th year, Black Hat USA returns to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas with a six-day program. The event will open with four days of cybersecurity training (August 3-8), with…

Cyber Security Training at SANSFIRE Washington, DC 2024

This event is focused on highlighting what steps are necessary to defend an organization from external threats before a breach occurs in today’s workplace. To accomplish this, 40 virtual or in-person cybersecurity courses are offered…

Graph Exploitation Symposium 2024

The symposium brings together leading experts from universities, industry, and government to explore the state of the art and define a future roadmap in network science. The themes of this year’s symposium are domain-informed models…

Voice From the Community

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Mr. Alex Karpinski

Computer Engineer

Alex Karpinski works for the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Ground Vehicle Systems Center under the Ground Systems Cyber Engineering’s Cyber Technology Development Branch, where he is responsible for informing and advancing the state of the art in vehicle cybersecurity. His background and experience include project management; cybersecurity; cyber defensive technology research, development, test, and evaluation; vehicle electronics and controllers; data bus networks; radio frequency signals and sensors; and artificial intelligence/machine learning.

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