
ATARC Federal IT Newscast
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.
Latest episodes

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”?

May 10, 2022 • 1h 28min
In the Nic of Time with Mike Fraser, Co-Founder & CEO, Refactr
During this episode of In the Nic of Time find out what "ITasCode" is and how to shift cybersecurity left so they can be fully embedded into your development teams. They also discuss what cyber tools can facilitate that shift and lessons learned from selling his company to a larger organization.

May 6, 2022 • 1h 38min
In the Nic of Time with Zack Butcher, Head of Product, Tetrate
Join In the Nic of Time with Zack Butcher, Head of Product at Tetrate as we talk about why a Service Mesh is essential to your cyber posture, why Envoy is winning as a Policy Enforcement Point (PEP), the recent NIST 800-204 publication series, and what is Next Generation Access Control and why it is the foundation of JADC2/ABMS for data-centricity!

Apr 20, 2022 • 1h 38min
In The Nic of Time with Delegate Reid Novotny
Join this episode of In The Nic of Time with Delegate Reid Novotnyto find out what it is like to push cyber laws in the Maryland General Assembly? How did Colonel Reid Novotny ended up leaving the U.S Air Force for the Maryland Air National Guard and become a member of the Maryland General Assembly? As a former Chief of Staff for two DAF CIOs, what did he see? What were the challenges? What created the tremendous tech debt we have today in the Air Force and Space Force?

Apr 20, 2022 • 42min
The Modern Data Experience with Nick Psaki and Special Guest, Dr. Michael Segala, CEO, SFL Scientific
Join this episode of The Modern Data Experience with Nick Psaki and Special Guest, Dr. Michael Segala, CEO, SFL Scientificas they discuss the following topics:
The history and evolution of SFL’s efforts to date.
The evolution of the services SFL developed. Why the decision to select and deploy Artificial Intelligence Ready Infrastructure? What have the results been?
Interaction and integration of AIacross the government?
What's next? Where do you see the evolution of AI capability evolving in the government?
What are the challenges ahead?

Apr 14, 2022 • 1h 38min
In the Nic of Time on Tuesday with Special Guest Nathanael Coffing, Chief Security Officer, Cloudentity
In the Nic of Time on Tuesday with Special Guest Nathanael Coffing, Chief Security Officer, Cloudentity to talk about identity management, authorization, person entity vs non-person entity, open policy agent and more!