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How To Grow The Digital Warrior
Hosted by Dakar Interactive, Ipatriots, Homageusa at Microsoft Store The Fashion Centre at Pentagon City
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Hosted by: Dakar Interactive, Ipatriots, Homageusa 14

PROBLEM? 

There may be no country on the planet more vulnerable to a massive cyberattack than the United States, where financial, transportation, telecommunications and even military operations are now deeply dependent on data networking.

U.S. industry, government and military operations are all at risk of an attack on complex computer systems, analysts warn.  What’s worse: U.S. security officials say the country’s cyberdefenses are not up to the challenge. In part, it’s due to a severe shortage of computer security specialists and engineers with the skills and knowledge necessary to do battle against would-be adversaries. The protection of U.S. computer systems essentially requires an army of cyberwarriors, but the recruitment of that force is suffering.
“We don’t have sufficiently bright people moving into this field to support those national security objectives as we move forward in time,” says James Gosler, a veteran cybersecurity specialist who has worked at the CIA, the National Security Agency and the Energy Department. Read More

SOLUTIONS!

Security experts warn Congress is vulnerable to cyberattacks from digital intruders like hacker group Anonymous and China, which was named in a report this week as having successfully breached the security of some U.S. firms, read more

Digital Warriors, where are the next battlefields?

CYBER SECURITY, NEXT GENERATION WARRIORS

GENERATION Z,  IT PREPS FOR MOBILE BATTLES 

THE MAKING  OF A DIGITAL WARRIOR

A SPOTLIGHT ON 

Scheduled Panelists

Retired Brigadier  General Arnold Bray

Filiberto Gonzalez

Terrence Coles*via Skype

Sandra Campbell, Public Relations,  Tuskegee Airmen Inc. *via Skype

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Kevin Clark — Producer • Dakar Interactive

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