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Breaking Barriers: Women in Security Navigating Career Transitions P1 May 01, 2023

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Patty Cogswell, former TSA Administrator, moderated a lively, fun, and informative discussion Breaking Barriers: Women in Security Navigating Career Transitions as part of HSDF's Third Annual Celebrating Women in Homeland Security on March 30, 2023.
Today’s program is the first of a two part series looking at Breaking Barriers: Women in Security Navigating Career Transitions. This discussion was moderated by Patty Cogswell, former TSA Administrator, and features: Mary Ellen Callahan, Chief of Staff, Office of the Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; Kim Hutchinson, Assistant Administrator for Training and Development, Transportation Security Administration; and Tiffany Sargent, Chief Technologist for Cloud and Enterprise Sales at Intel Inc.
Listen as the panelists discuss their personal experiences in making career moves between the public and private sectors; what risks - real and perceived - they faced in those transitions; and other advice they have for women in security-related fields.
This program was recorded in conjunction with the HSDF policy symposium, Celebrating Women in Homeland Security on March 30th, 2023

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Chat with Hope Goins from the House Homeland Security Committee May 01, 2023

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Hope Goins, Minority Staff Director for the House Homeland Security Committee, discusses the 20th Anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security, the importance of diversity and inclusion for committee staff, and areas of bipartisan policy cooperation such as border security and cybersecurity. Hope Joins HSDF as a part of the Third Annual Celebrating the Women of Homeland Security on March 30th, 2023.

Bobbie Stempfley on Building Resilient Cybersecurity May 01, 2023

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Bobbie Stempfley discusses next steps for building better cybersecurity resilience through technology, people, and process with Megan Mance from the Homeland Security and Defense Forum.
Ms. Stempfley currently serves as Vice President of the Infrastructure Solutions Group and as the Business Unit Security Officer for Dell Technologies. She has had an incredible career spanning the public and private sectors, as well as academia.
During her time in public service, she served as Chief Information Officer of the Defense Information Systems Agency and as Deputy Assistant Secretary within the Office of Cybersecurity & Communications at the Department of Homeland Security, which was the precursor to CISA.
This program was recorded in conjunction with the HSDF policy symposium, Celebrating Women in Homeland Security on March 30th, 2023

Transforming the CBP Cargo and Trade Missions Feb 23, 2023

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Welcome to “HSDF THE PODCAST,” a collection of policy discussions on government technology and homeland security brought to you by the Homeland Security and Defense Forum.

Today’s program explores at How Technology is Transforming the CBP Cargo and Trade Missions

Former Executive Assistant Commissioner Todd Owen leads a discussion with the current CBP EAC Pete Flores and Dejero Founder Bogdan Frusina on CBP’s growing cargo and trade missions, how the increased cargo volume requires a combination of technology and manpower, and risk assessment and data integration efforts to support officers.

This program was recorded on December 8th, 2022

TSA and CBP introduce new touchless screening system at American airports P2 Feb 21, 2023

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Welcome to “HSDF THE PODCAST,” a collection of policy discussions on government technology and homeland security brought to you by the Homeland Security and Defense Forum.

Today’s program is the second of a two part series looking at How TSA and Customs and Border are collaborating to introduce a new touchless screening system at American airports.

Patty Cogswell leads the discussion with Neal Latta, Assistant Administrator at TSA,

Diane Sabatino, Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner at CBP, and Jonathan Alboum, Federal Chief Technology Officer, ServiceNow.

Listen in to learn about collaboration between CBP and TSA to facilitate a seamless curb to gate experience, the integration of biometric and screening data, the growth of expedited screening programs, and new innovation checkpoints at airports.

This program was recorded on December 8th, 2022

TSA and CBP introduce new touchless screening system at American airports P1 Feb 16, 2023

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HSDF would love to hear from you!

Welcome to “HSDF THE PODCAST,” a collection of policy discussions on government technology and homeland security brought to you by the Homeland Security and Defense Forum.

Today’s program is the first of a two part series looking at How TSA and Customs and Border are collaborating to introduce a new touchless screening system at American airports.

Patty Cogswell leads the discussion with Neal Latta, Assistant Administrator at TSA,

Diane Sabatino, Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner at CBP, and Jonathan Alboum, Federal Chief Technology Officer at ServiceNow.

This program was recorded on December 8th, 2022

How new technologies are being deployed to support border agents and secure the border P2 Feb 14, 2023

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Welcome to “HSDF THE PODCAST,” a collection of policy discussions on government technology and homeland security brought to you by the Homeland Security and Defense Forum.

Today’s program is the second of a two part series looking at How new technologies are being deployed to support border agents and secure the border

Luke McCormack leads the discussion with Ruynard Singleton, head of the Program Management Office at U.S. Border Patrol; Jeremy Ocheltree, Director of Custom and Border’s Innovation Team; Mark Bathrick from Dell Technologies, and Rob Oates from GDIT

Hear how CBP and the Border Patrol are using commercially available technologies to create new capabilities and enhance support for border missions; new efforts to enhance industry-government collaboration, and technology driven opportunities to reduce operation and maintenance costs and invest savings in other emerging technologies.

This program was recorded on December 8th, 2022

How new technologies are being deployed to support border agents and secure the border P1 Feb 09, 2023

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Welcome to “HSDF THE PODCAST,” a collection of policy discussions on government technology and homeland security brought to you by the Homeland Security and Defense Forum.

Today’s program is the first of a two part series looking at How new technologies are being deployed to support border agents and secure the border

Luke McCormack leads the discussion with Ruynard Singleton, head of the Program Management Office at U.S. Border Patrol; Jeremy Ocheltree , Director of Custom and Border’s Innovation Team; Mark Bathrick from Dell Technologies, and Rob Oates from GDIT

This program was recorded on December 8th, 2022

Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Process Automation at U.S. Customs and Border Protection Feb 07, 2023

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Welcome to “HSDF THE PODCAST,” a collection of policy discussions on government technology and homeland security brought to you by the Homeland Security and Defense Forum.

Today’s program looks at Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Process Automation in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency.

David Aguilar chats with CBP’s Chief Technology Officer, Sunil Madhugiri , and Jay Meil from SAIC’s AI Innovation Factory on new requirements to amplify mobile edge computing at the border, data sharing and governance issues, AI use cases, and the impact of AI in support of agents on the frontlines.

This program was recorded on December 8th, 2022

Emergence of a Digital U.S. Border Patrol Feb 02, 2023

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Welcome to “HSDF THE PODCAST,” a collection of policy discussions on government technology and homeland security brought to you by the Homeland Security and Defense Forum.

Today’s program looks at the Emergence of a Digital U.S. Border Patrol

Mark Bathrick, a senior Executive with Dell Technologies and the former Director of the Office of Aviation Services in the Department of the Interior, joins Megan Mance from the Homeland Security and Defense Forum for a discussion on the emergence of a new Digital Border Patrol.

This program was recorded on November 28th, 2022