ATARC Federal Cloud Computing Summit | January 13, 2016
The ATARC Federal Cloud Computing Summit was held on January 13, 2016 at the Washington Marriott at Metro Center in Washington, D.C.
- White Paper from MITRE-ATARC Cloud Collaboration Symposium
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Jonathan Alboum, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Matt Goodrich, FedRAMP Director, U.S. General Services Administration
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Sara Mosley, Chief Enterprise Architect, Network Security Deployment Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Program Manager, Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Wu Feng, Director, SyNeRGy Laboratory/Professor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering/Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, School of Engineering and Applied Science, George Washington University
Government Chair
Jonathan Alboum, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Industry Chair
Doug Bourgeois, Director, Deloitte
Industry Chair
Anil Karmel, Co-Chair, NIST Cloud Security Working Group/Founder and CEO, C2 Labs
MITRE Chair
Justin Brunelle, Lead Application Developer, MITRE
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and ATARC Cloud Technology Showcase
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Visionary Keynote
Jonathan Alboum (speaker presentation), Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture
9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Visionary Panel – Federal Cloud Computing in 2016
As Cloud Computing continues to gain traction within the Federal Government, what is the Cloud outlook for 2016? This panel will examine the Cloud tools and trends we can expect to see in agencies over the next 12 months and discuss the impact Cloud Computing is expected to make on the government during the upcoming year.
Moderator
Frank Konkel, Editorial Events Editor, Government Executive Media Group
Panelists
Tony Cossa, Director of Cloud Strategy and Policy, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Michael Hermus, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Frank Konieczny, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Air Force
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Government Briefing – Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative
Sara Mosley (speaker presentation), Chief Enterprise Architect, Network Security Deployment Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Program Manager, Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Visionary Panel – Using Cloud to Enhance the Government Mission
As the Federal government continues to develop Cloud capabilities, how are individual agencies utilizing the Cloud to better accomplish their mission? This panel will examine Cloud success stories and discuss Cloud tools, services and utilities that provide for greater efficiency within an agency.
Moderator
Molly Walker, Executive Editor, FierceGovernmentIT
Panelists
Joe Paiva, Chief Information Officer, International Trade Administration
Mark Schwartz, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Chad Sheridan, Chief Information Officer, Risk Management Agency, U.S. Department of Agriculture
11:00 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Visionary Panel – Cloud Technology of the Future
Cloud Computing is picking up tremendous momentum in both the government and private sector, but what new technologies on the horizon will impact clouds of the future? This panel will examine the art of the possible, discussing research and development in cloud computing, cloudlets, virtualization, data centers, storage and high performance computing.
Moderator
Dan Mintz, Senior Advisor, ATARC/Program Chair, Information Systems Management, University of Maryland University College
Panelists
Jeff Davenport, Software Engineer, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Wu Feng (speaker presentation), Director, SyNeRGy Laboratory/Professor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Shakir James, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, University of the District of Columbia
Suresh Subramaniam (speaker presentation), Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering/Interim Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, School of Engineering and Applied Science, George Washington University
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Government Briefing – FedRAMP
Matt Goodrich (speaker presentation), FedRAMP Director, U.S. General Services Administration
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
ATARC Cloud Technology Showcase
–>Cloud Technology Showcase participants
Break hosted by immixGroup
1:00 p.m. – 1:05 p.m.
Afternoon Kickoff
Industry Chair
Anil Karmel, Co-Chair, NIST Cloud Security Working Group/Founder and CEO, C2 Labs
1:05 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.
ATARC Cloud Innovation Lab Project Briefing
Moderator
Tom Suder, President, Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
Greg Mundell, Director of Sales, CliQr
Katie Lewin, Former Director, Cloud Computing Program, GSA
MITRE-ATARC Cloud Collaboration Symposium
The MITRE-ATARC Cloud Collaboration Symposium features discussion and white-boarding between government and industry subject matter experts in a small-group setting. The outcomes of these sessions will be compiled in a White Paper with recommendations to the government.
1:40 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Logistics for MITRE-ATARC Cloud Collaboration Symposium
MITRE Chair
Justin Brunelle, Lead Application Developer, MITRE
1:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Cloud Collaboration Sessions
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Break for Out Brief Preparation
4:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Session Out Briefs
4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
ATARC Reception
CLOUD COLLABORATION SESSION CHALLENGE AREAS
1. Planning for Cloud Migration: Fail Early and Often
- How can we identify low-risk, high-reward legacy systems for cloud migration?
- How can we fail gracefully during migration, and learn from the failures?
- What tools can be incorporated into the migration process?
- How can we overcome the “loss of control” and licensing challenges of migration?
Government Lead
Jimmy Jones, Program Analyst, U.S. Department of Transportation
Industry Lead
Greg Mundell, Director of Sales, CliQr
MITRE Lead
Howard Small, Principal Software Systems Engineer, MITRE
2. Cloud O&M: Challenges and Solutions
- What is most suitable for private cloud versus Cloud Solution Provider management?
- How can current O&M processes shift to handle new developments in the cloud domain?
- Does current O&M need to change to take full advantage of cloud (and if so, how)?
Government Lead
Sara Mosley, Chief Enterprise Architect, Network Security Deployment Division, U.S. Department of Homeland Security/Program Manager, Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative
Industry Lead
Dr. Jeff Wootton, Senior Sales Engineer, Delphix
MITRE Lead
Mano Malayanur, Group Leader: Data Center Operations and Optimization, MITRE
3. Architecting Future Clouds
- How can the government adapt to the next disruptive cloud technology?
- What prediction mechanisms can help prepare government practitioners for adapting to new technologies?
- How can the government help direct the research and development of the next great cloud technology?
Government Lead
Greg Fritz, Project Director, U.S. Army
Industry Lead
Adam Alphin, Director, Supplier Enablement Services, Coupa
MITRE Lead
Duy Huynh, Senior Modeling and Simulation Engineer, MITRE
4. Adapting Cloud to Technology
- How can the government leverage other emerging technologies (e.g., IoT, mobile) to support cloud models (e.g., hybrid, private, public clouds)? How is cloud impacting the adoption of emerging technologies?
- How can networks (government-only and commercial) adapt to enable cloud interoperability?
- What is the role of cloud computing in the technology refresh cycle?
Academic Lead
Wu Feng, Director, SyNeRGy Laboratory/Professor, Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech
Industry Lead
Chet Hayes, Chief Technology Officer, InfoZen
MITRE Lead
Demetrius Davis, Lead Systems Engineer, MITRE
5. Standards and Best Practices for Security and Privacy Management in the Cloud
- Discuss Security as a Service
- Discuss FedRAMP High Baseline and Trusted Internet Connections for application hosting in the cloud
- Identify security challenges and potential mitigations to software-defined networks that utilize clouds
- Identify benefits and challenges of security within government-only clouds (e.g., benefits of privacy versus challenges of commercial cloud provider interoperability)
Government Lead
Joe Paiva, Chief Information Officer, International Trade Administration
Industry Lead
Federico Simonetti, Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Extenua
MITRE Lead
Bob Natale, Principal Systems Architect, MITRE
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
1. Participants come prepared to:
- Break out into teams
- Contribute and participate from specific domain/experience
- Write ideas on the table space whiteboard
- Share ideas and build off each other’s contributions
- Attend and complete session that you have signed-up
- Support the moderator and team members
- Create sets of best practices to support the event’s objectives and goals
- No business development
2. All discussed material must be publicly releasable
- No Classified discussions
- No proprietary discussions
3. None of the discussions or artifacts constitute Government direction, nor should be interpreted as official Government position
The host organization is the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center. ATARC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides a collaborative forum for government, academia and industry to resolve emerging technology challenges. ATARC also introduces innovative technology from academic research labs to the Federal government and private industry.