ECS’ Joanna Dempsey on accelerating response with unified data

Joanna Dempsey, Vice President of the Cyber Security and Infrastructure Security Agency Portfolio at ECS, discussed the benefits of a centralized search and observability strategy in breaking down data silos, eliminating technical debt, and accelerating service delivery. She highlighted the development of a scalable operational visibility platform for CISA to protect federal assets and enhance threat intelligence and incident response. Dempsey also addressed the evolution of zero-trust architecture, emphasizing its role in verifying identities and behaviors, especially as machine identities outpace human ones, and predicting a significant impact on security landscapes due to AI-enabled adversaries.