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Following the long-anticipated release of the National Cybersecurity Strategy, federal agencies are looking at new ways to prioritize cybersecurity investments, develop the federal cyber workforce, deploy zero trust architectures, tackle technical debt and improve software security. Hear from federal cyber leaders about what’s next in cybersecurity as they adjust cyber priorities to align with White House directives and meet mission needs.
Winston A. Beauchamp, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Department of the Air Force, comprised of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force. He assists the Chief Information Officer in leading two directorates and supporting 20,000 cyber operations and support personnel across the globe with a portfolio valued at $17 billion. He provides oversight of the Air Force’s Information Technology portfolio including the Information Technology investment strategy from networks to cloud computing, Enterprise policies, information resources management, IT innovation initiatives, information assurance, and related matters for the Department of the Air Force. He delivers cyber security, and enforces Freedom of Information Act and Privacy Act laws, and integrates Air Force warfighting and mission support capabilities by networking and securing air, space, and terrestrial assets.
Amy Kluber is editor-in-chief of GovCIO Media & Research. Previously she managed two aviation publications at B2B media company Access Intelligence. She was nominated for The Innovation in Aerospace Journalism & Publishing Award for launching and hosting an aviation podcast. Prior to that she wrote news scripts and produced videos for the network Newsy. Follow Amy on Twitter: @amykluber
She earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Having traveled around the world since an early age, she grew up a U.S. Army brat born in Vicenza, Italy, and spent most of her youth living in Seoul, South Korea.
In her free time, you may find her at Disney World.
Ron Nixon is the Federal Field CTO and CISO at Cohesity, where he supports sales, engineering and product development efforts. Ron has held senior technical management and CTO roles with General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) where he managed the defense cybersecurity program and supported over 200 programs. Ron also held CTO roles at CSRA and NES Associates supporting customer enterprises for commercial, defense, and government markets. Ron is a 23-year US Army veteran where he supported IT and cyber operations for Joint, Special, and Conventional operators and retired as the Senior Warrant/CTO for Operations at Army Cyber Command with direct global support to 1.4 million users in both strategic and tactical environments.
