Episode 67: Cyber, Communications and Collaboration in Defense: Insights from Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn (Ret.)

Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn (Ret.) is the former Commander of the US Defense Information Systems Agency. He joins guest host AT Ball to share his insights on establishing cyber as domain, the role of technology in collaboration and communication, and the importance of understanding the needs of those in the field.

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Microsoft’s Generative AI Cyber Defense Program for Public Sector

How Microsoft is partnering with public sector entities to implement an AI-centric cyber defense program that can protect their digital ecosystem and enable digital transformation.

Adopting Artificial Intelligence in Defense Organizations

Defense and intelligence organizations are eager to adopt AI and harness the transformative capabilities to achieve security and attain mission success. Read this article by Microsoft’s General Manager for Defense & Intelligence and learn about the steps to take to start your AI adoption journey.

The Necessity of Hyperscale Cloud in Defense

New report that shares insights into the need for defense and intelligence organizations to adopt hyperscale cloud and build digital advantage.

AI Learning Companion

This learning pathway brings together a multitude of Microsoft resources to help you learn and grow in the field of Generative AI.

Cloud Migration Cost Management Resources

A cost management strategy is an essential consideration when migrating or operating in the cloud. Explore these resources to help you plan, operate and optimize your cloud environment.

Hyperscale Cloud Capabilities at the Tactical Edge

In the ever-changing global defense landscape, hyperscale cloud capabilities are emerging as a competitive advantage to support and transform mission outcomes. This paper shares Microsoft’s insights on how defense missions can deliver secure edge computing in remote or hostile environments.

Transforming Sub-Surface Operations

As the future of military operations evolve the need to embrace emerging and innovative technologies is crucial. Subsurface operations are a vital component to maintaining national security. This paper shares insights on how cloud-based technologies can help optimize traditional and emerging naval operations and defense strategies.

Episode 61: Digital Transformation in Modern Military Operations: Insights from General Bob Brown

With an overwhelming amount of information available in the world today, General Bob Brown discusses the need for advanced technology to make quick, informed decisions, and the significance of collaboration with allies and partners.

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Episode 58: Cybersecurity in an AI-Driven Landscape

Cybersecurity stands at the forefront of global concerns, and recent advancements in generative AI have opened new avenues for both progress and peril. Guest host Alvaro Vitta and Tom Burt, Corporate Vice President of Customer Security and Trust at Microsoft, delve into the insights from the 2023 Microsoft Digital Defense Report.

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How to Modernize Your Public Sector Security Operations Center

Take the training and learn about the importance of modernizing security operations centers (SOC) in public sector organizations and the steps involved in SOC modernization.

AI in the Public Sector

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the game for businesses and organizations of all types. Explore this collection and start imagining how AI can help your public sector organization.

Insights into Generative AI Technology

Continuing our series of insights into the use of generative AI in the Public Sector, Dave Sloan, Chief Technology Officer in Microsoft’s Worldwide Public Sector team shares more detail on the Azure Open AI Service.

Day in a life: Transforming the capability lifecycle

As the pace of global change accelerates, Defense organizations need to continually invest in enhancing capability. In this episode of the Day in a Life Series, current members of the Microsoft Worldwide Defense and Intelligence Team reflect on their days serving in the armed forces and discuss how digital transformation can help transform the capability lifecycle.

Day in a life: Optimizing decision advantage through digital transformation

Operating a military or defense command has become increasingly complex as the pace of global change accelerates. In this episode of the Day in a Life Series, current members of the Microsoft Worldwide Defense and Intelligence Team consider their days serving in the armed forces and discuss how digital transformation can optimize decision advantage.

Generative AI and the Public Sector

Artificial Intelligence is changing the game for organizations of all types. New advanced natural language processing capabilities have captured the world’s imagination. They have the potential to revolutionize both the way governments interact with citizens and how the sector addresses today’s challenges.

Day in a life: Empower personnel and modernize facilities

As they protect the nations they serve, military organizations must also support their personnel. Through digital transformation they can upgrade tools and facilities to meet the demands of a modern force. In this episode of the Day in a Life Series, current members of the Microsoft Worldwide Defense and Intelligence Team discuss how digital transformation can help empower personnel and modernize facilities.

Episode 48: Technology Trends and Decision Advantage in Defense

On this episode, guest host AT Ball speaks to Retired Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau, President of the Naval Postgraduate School. Rondeau offers an inside look into how defense organizations can adopt digital tools and adapt with emerging technology.

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Episode 46: Becoming a Digital Government: Lessons from Ukraine

On this episode, host Olivia Neal speaks to Gulsanna Mamediieva, of the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. She shares how the government has embraced digital transformation and digital identity, and how this has supported citizens during the war.

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Microsoft for Defense and Intelligence: Secure the digital defense ecosystem and improve interoperability

Learn more about how to achieve the necessary level of interoperability while ensuring that your data is secure.

Episode 45: Digital Collaboration in Defense: Using technology to enable secure cooperation

On the second episode of our Defense and Intelligence mini-series, guest host AT Ball talks to Perry Smith of Myriad Technologies. Perry shares an inside look into the technology that enables secure collaboration between defense organizations.

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Enabling Interoperability in the Future Operating Environment

Hear how organizations that are interoperable can respond with agility, leveraging technology to collect, analyze, and disseminate massive amounts of data.

Driving a cloud-enabled defense posture

Join this webinar to learn how cloud technology can help empower militaries to innovate at speed, improve operations, and enhance national security.

Modernizing the digital workplace for defense

Watch this webinar and explore how the future defense workplace can meet the needs and expectations of an evolving workforce, and how the hybrid model can improve collaboration, innovation, and well-being for defense workers around the world.

AI at the tactical edge for search & rescue operations

Learn how using artificial intelligence technology can help defense & intelligence leaders make near real-time decisions in critical situations.

Episode 44: Defense & Intelligence: Adopting digital engineering

On the first episode of our Defense and Intelligence mini-series, Microsoft’s AT Ball is joined by Rob Clifford, Chief Data Officer for BAE Systems, Maritime and Land Division. They discuss how digital engineering and cloud-enabled technologies support mission outcomes.

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Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2023

The 2023 Microsoft Digital Defense Report shares unique insights on how the digital threat landscape is evolving and what crucial actions can be taken now.

Cyber Resiliency in Government: Key Actionable Insights from the 2022 Microsoft Digital Defense Report

Worldwide Public Sector Security Lead Alvaro Vitta breaks down the 2022 Microsoft Digital Defense Report as it relates to cyber resiliency and outlines four core pillars and actions that governments must take action now on to protect their digital ecosystems.

Episode 38: Cybersecurity, Compliance and Cloud: Lessons from Singapore

Yeo Beng Huay leads the Governance Planning and Policy Division in GovTech, Singapore. Her team plans and formulates policies, standards, and guidance for government ICT and smart systems, and provides data driven management of compliance and risks.

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Episode 37: Military Lessons on Cyberdefense

Dr. Marcus Thompson is a retired Major General and former Head of Information Warfare for the Australian Defense Force. On the second episode of our cybersecurity mini-series, Dr. Thompson talks with Alvaro Vitta about best practices for protecting sensitive data and why making risk-based decisions is so important.

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Defending Your Data

Learn how Microsoft responds to data protection, privacy, and residency requirements. Through a collection of learning modules, webpages and articles you will learn about: data protection and privacy, data classification, data residency, data governance and compliance, how to optimize government operations with Azure, and how Microsoft secures our own datacenters.

Secure Identities and Access

Learn about the important role that digital identity plays within your digital transformation journey. Through a collection of learning modules, webpages, articles, videos, and blogs you will learn about: secure identities, identity and access management, permissions management and decentralized identity.

Learn How to Implement Zero Trust in Your Public Sector Organization

As public sector entities continue to embark on their digital transformation and cyber threats continue to increase, having a Zero Trust security strategy is now more essential than ever before. In this collection, learn more about the importance of a Zero Trust strategy and how to implement it.

Defending Ukraine: Early Lessons from the Cyber War

This Microsoft report outlines five early lessons we can learn from the war in Ukraine and steps we need to take to ensure protection of democracy’s future.

Episode 36: Cyber Resilience in Government

Tom Burt is the Corporate Vice President of Customer Security and Trust at Microsoft. On the first episode of our Cybersecurity mini-series, Tom tells Alvaro Vitta about the trends he’s seeing, working with the government in Ukraine on cyber defense, and how public sector organizations can be better prepared for future attacks.

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Episode 30: Restricted data in the cloud

Rear Admiral António Gameiro Marques is the Director General of the Portuguese National Security Authority, which includes the National Cybersecurity Center.

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Report from Gartner®: Top Trends in Cyber Security, 2022

Around the world Microsoft experts are working constantly with governments and public sector organizations to tackle cyber security threats.

World Bank Report: Government migration to cloud ecosystems

The Microsoft Public Sector Center of Expertise is proud to have supported the development of World Bank’s new report, Government Migration to Cloud Ecosystems: Multiple Options, Significant Benefits, Manageable Risks.

Lessons from a year of ‘Public Sector Future’

Discover lessons learned from Olivia Neal, Director of Microsoft’s Public Sector Center of Expertise, as she reflects on one year of hosting the ‘Public Sector Future’ podcast.

Episode 15: Data Curation for Sharing and Crisis Response

Professor Dame Angela McLean is the Chief Scientific Adviser for the UK Ministry of Defence. She was appointed to the role in 2019. McLean is a Professor of Mathematical Biology in the Department of Zoology at Oxford University and Director of The Institute for Emerging Infections of Humans.

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Episode 12: Taking defense and intelligence to the cloud edge

Mike Schrock is the Vice President of Global Alliances at Thales, leading work on technology initiatives involving the intersection between cloud technology, data security, public trust, digital payments, and society.

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