Computer Network Defense (CND) and Security Operations in the Cloud

Examining the Intersection of Cloud Computing and Cyber Security, with emphasis on Data Fusion and Visualization for Dynamic Cyber Defense

On Tuesday, February 2 Admiral Dennis Blair testified that “in the dynamic of cyberspace, the technology balance right now favors malicious actors rather than legal actors, and is likely to continue that way for quite some time.”

"Sensitive information is stolen daily from government and private-sector networks and intelligence officials often find persistent, unauthorized, and sometimes unattributable presences on exploited network."

“We cannot be certain that our cyberspace infrastructure will remain available and reliable during a time of crisis."

The purpose of this conference is to continue and expand the dialogue begun at two earlier AFEI events:

• a half-day seminar on Government Cloud Computing which identified the need for brutal standardization and the opportunity for enhanced security in cloud computing environments; and a
• Cyber Security Data Fusion and Visualization Roundtable for cyber operations personnel from 11 Federal Departments and Agencies that began a cross-agency dialogue among Federal Cyber Operations Centers on cyber intelligence data visualization and fusion.

The objective of this conference is to bring into focus the intersection of security and cloud computing.  Questions to be addressed during the day include: 

• Can a cloud environment be designed to be more secure than current network environments;
• How can organizations become more predictive and less reactive in CND;
• How and to what extent analysis can be automated;
• How to integrate disparate data;
• How to link cyber events to business and mission;
• What sources of intelligence can be brought to bear; and
• What extant obstacles to information sharing for shared situational awareness need to be overcome?

Sponsored by:

National Security Cyberspace Institute

Georgia Tech Research Institute

Syngress