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Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) is a leading organization dedicated to fostering collaboration between government, academia, and industry to drive the adoption and integration of emerging technologies within the federal government. Established to bridge the gap between these critical sectors, ATARC provides a unique platform for technology leaders and innovators to share knowledge, explore new ideas, and solve pressing challenges.
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Jun 27, 2022 • 20min
Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and Special Guest, Barbara Morton, Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Join this episode of Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith featuring special guest, Barbara Morton, Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to hear conversations regarding her prior career experience and story before joining as Deputy Chief Veterans Experience Officer at VA, the role that digital transformation is playing within her organization, her thoughts on an effective customer experience, and details about upcoming projects in the VA.

Jun 27, 2022 • 1h 35min
In the Nic of Time with Nat Natraj, Co-Founder and CEO of AccuKnox
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Nat Natraj, Co-Founder and CEO of AccuKnox as we discuss why KubeArmor and eBPF are essential for your baked-in security and runtime security, their new concept around policy templates supporting the MITRE ATTACK framework and STIGs, and why open-source and CNCF are essential to their success and what challenges they see in this current market.

Jun 16, 2022 • 2h 2min
In the Nic of Time with Special Guest Chris Hughes, CISO & Co-Founder, Aquia
Join this episode of In the Nic of Time with Special Guest Chris Hughes, CISO & Co-Founder, Aquia where they discuss the current state of DoD Software Factories and their spread across the government, supply chain risk, continuous accreditation, compliance as code, and how to build the right culture and training for your teams so we can all move at the pace of relevance.

Jun 15, 2022 • 35min
Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and Special Guest, Stuart Wagner, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, U.S. Air Force and Space Force
Join us for this episode of Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and special guest Stuart Wagner, Chief Digital Transformation Officer, U.S. Air Force and Space Force as we discuss Stuart Wagner's career history and how he became Chief Digital Transformation Officer of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, what is being implemented in the U.S. Air Force/Space Force to digitally transform operations and culture, and details about the next BRAVO Hackathon this month.

Jun 2, 2022 • 27min
Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and Guest, Ann Dunkin, CIO, U.S. Department of Energy
Join us for this episode of Digital Transformation with Jennifer Kenney-Smith and special guest, Ann Dunkin, CIO, U.S. Department of Energy as we discuss the following:
- The Journey towards becoming CIO
- What is being done for digital transformation in the DOE?
- How ATO has allowed DOE to deploy applications quickly
- Deploying a Low Code platform
- DOE's Playbook for scaling Digital Transformation

Jun 1, 2022 • 1h 50min
In the Nic of Time with Sanjay Nagaraj, Co-Founder, and CTO, Traceable.ai
Join this episode as we dive into the challenges around API Discovery, how APIs are changing in this modern DevSecOps world, the concept of Shift Left, Protect Right when it comes to API security, the tie back to DevSecOps and CI/CD, and finally Sanjay will share how he took two 2-member startups to large distributed teams!

May 25, 2022 • 1h 30min
In the Nic of Time with Megan Samford, VP, Chief Product Security Officer, Energy Management at Schneider Electric.
Join this episode as we will talk about Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Megan's genius idea of Incident Command System for ICS, why are ICS systems critical and what makes them different from traditional IT and learn more about what does the role of a Chief Product Security Officer entail!

May 19, 2022 • 1h 37min
In the Nic of Time with Prakash Sethuraman, CISO of CloudBees.
Join this episode fo In the Nic of Time with special guest Prakash Sethuraman, CISO of CloudBees as they talk about the security challenges in DevOps, how to find the balance between velocity and security, and Continuous ATO.

May 11, 2022 • 25min
Low Code Trailblazers Podcast - Building a Low Code Culture with Bill Bunce, and John Smith, Pegasystems
Join us for this special episode of Low Code Trailblazers with Bill Bunce, Enterprise Account Executive, Pegasystems as he sits down with he collegue John Smith, Practice Lead - Public Sector, Pegasystems to discuss building a low code culture in your agency.

May 11, 2022 • 35min
Keeping US Federal Agencies Ahead of the Latest Vulnerabilities with Joseph Lin, Palo Alto Networks and Guest Gerald Caron, CIO, Assistant Inspector General for Information Technology, HHS OIG
Join this episode of Keeping US Federal Agencies Ahead of the Latest Vulnerabilities with Joseph Lin, Palo Alto Networks and Guest Gerald Caron, CIO, Assistant Inspector General for Information Technology, HHS OIG as we discuss Attack Surface Management. Some of the questions you can expect our host to bring up during the discussion include:
Why are the most recent vulnerabilities (Zoho, log4j) so difficult to respond to?
What new technologies and processes are agencies adopting to make sure you stay ahead of attackers?
How has thinking evolved regarding “nice to have” vs “need to have” people, processes, and technology at disposal in “peacetime” and “wartime”?


