Click HERE to view the recorded presentations from the symposium.

Join the conversation with Defense, industry and academic experts to emphasize the need and value of Zero Trust to national security and plan the way ahead.

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently published several documents to provide guidance to secure and defend DoD information, systems, and infrastructure using Zero Trust principles. Acknowledging that protecting and securing the DoD information enterprise is not solvable by technology alone; it requires a change in mindset and culture. Success depends on increased collaboration among academia, industry and government.

Zero Trust is the foundation necessary to counter major cybersecurity threats. It’s an approach that focuses on protection of data and verification at each step of an online interaction. Zero Trust provides an additional protective barrier to a network breach and protects the data within the networks and information systems.

When: April 4-5, 2023 9:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Eastern

This virtual event is sponsored by DAU, MIT Lincoln Laboratory and the DoD Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office (ZT PfMO).

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If you encounter any issues registering, please email ztsymposium@ll.mit.edu.

Day 1 – Tuesday, April 4

9:15-9:25 | Jim Woolsey, Defense Acquisition University (DAU), Keynote

9:25-9:45 | Jeff Gottschalk, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory, Keynote

9:50-10:50 | John Kindervag, Win the Cyber War

10:55-11:25 | Justin Stolpman, US Air Force, Zero Trust & Resilience

11:25-11:40 | David McKeown, Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Information Office, Cyber, Keynote

11:45-12:00 | Jeff Thomas, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Keynote

12:30–1:00 | Timothy Morrow, Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute, Zero Trust & Mission Engineering

1:05-1:55 | Academic Panel, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University APL, Carnegie Mellon SEI, Southern Methodist University

2:00–2:15 | The Honorable John Sherman, DoD Chief Information Officer, Keynote

2:20–2:50 | Steve Pitcher, DoD Joint Staff-J6, Zero Trust Threshold Performance

2:55–3:25 | Marty Schlacter, Gartner (invited)

3:25–3:55 | Col Gary Kipe, DoD Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, Zero Trust Strategy

4:00–5:00 | DAFA Panel, Chief Information Officer, Defense Information Systems Agency, National Security Agency, Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Joint Staff-J6

Day 2 – Wednesday, April 5

9:15-9:45 | Daniele Catteddu, Cloud Security Alliance, Intro/Keynote

9:45-10:00 | Lt Gen Robert Skinner, Defense Information Systems Agency, Intro/Keynote (invited)

10:00-10:30 | Kevin Brink, Navy Federal Credit Union, Zero Trust Case Study

10:35-11:05 | Karen Uttecht, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Zero Trust Case Study

11:05-11:50 | Industry Panel, Cloud Security Alliance

12:20-12:50 | Randy Resnick, Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office, Keynote

12:50-1:20 | Ben Koontz, Army Cyber Center of Excellence, Zero Trust Activity

1:25-1:55 | Dr. Andrew Grotto, Stanford, Zero Trust & Policy

2:00-2:15 | George Finney, Southern Methodist University, Project Zero Trust

2:15-2:45 | TBA, Keynote

2:50-3:20 | Dr. Anurag Dwivedi, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, Zero Trust for Weapons Systems

3:25-3:55 | David Voelker, Navy, Naval Zero Trust Design Concept

4:00-5:00 | Department of Defense Panel, Representatives from Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard