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ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Barbara Humpton, President and CEO of Siemens Corporation and Amit Yoran, Chairman and CEO of Tenable, as part of ITI’s Bridge for Innovation event series, which focuses on how good policy and new technologies are crucial to solving today’s most daunting issues. Their conversation discusses the technology industry’s impact and how technology and good policy [...]
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ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Nate Tibbits, Senior Vice President, Global Government Affairs & Public Affairs at Qualcomm, to analyze the impact of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, its role in closing the digital divide and boosting state and local cybersecurity, and how the tech industry can help administer the law’s resources and investments. Listen to the podcast on Apple [...]
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Federal contractors play a vital role in ensuring the U.S. government has access to the innovative technology solutions necessary for mission performance. So do those who serve as federal contracting officers within agencies. The acquisition of today’s modern products and services—especially complex information technology solutions—requires highly sophisticated and well-trained teams with superior [...]
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When I touched down in Brussels last month, it had been 19 months since my last in-person trip to the EU capital. Within that time, the unprecedented global pandemic has highlighted the importance of the technology sector in powering how we work, learn, and interact together. For example, the shift online allowed me to host virtual meetings and events with Brussels-based EU officials, even when I couldn’t [...]
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From raising the debt limit and funding the federal government to passing a defense authorization bill, the U.S. Congress has a packed agenda to accomplish before the end of 2021. Among these priorities, lawmakers should also seize a historic opportunity to finish work on the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), a bipartisan bill that passed the U.S. Senate earlier this year. This bill is essential [...]
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Governments and business entities from around the world are gathering at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. There, the COP (the Conference of Parties) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is assessing the measures required to achieve the goals of the UNFCCC 2015 Paris Agreement, which aim to mitigate climate [...]
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November 12 marks six months since the Biden Administration issued the sweeping Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO), setting a milestone in the advancement of a coherent federal strategy to optimize cyber risk management. With the Executive Order’s release, the Biden Administration put down a marker to elevate the importance of cybersecurity. The EO directed all agencies to [...]
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ITI’s Gordon Bitko, Senior Vice President of Policy for Public Sector, and EY’s Scott Smith, Principal of Cybersecurity, break down the concept of Zero Trust, its importance, its role in the Biden Administration’s EO, and how industry can help the government adopt this security approach. Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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On 12 October 2021, ITI hosted a hybrid panel event, “What’s Next for the Transatlantic Trade and Technology Council (TTC)?” at Euractiv Studios. The event was moderated by ITI’s President and CEO Jason Oxman and featured a live panel debate and a keynote speech from European Commission Executive Vice President, Margrethe Vestager. Speakers Margrethe Vestager, Executive Vice President, European Commission [...]
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ITI President and CEO Jason Oxman speaks with Harley Geiger, Senior Policy Director at Rapid7, about industry’s role in advancing cybersecurity globally, the Biden Administration’s approach to addressing the evolving cyber threat, the importance of securing critical infrastructure, the intersection of security and privacy, and more. Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify [...]
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