Groover Labs institutional member Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Kansas will host its next Innovate & Elevate Series on February 16 at Groover Labs.

With Cybersecurity being a top priority for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the defense industrial base (DIB) facing increasingly frequent, complex cyberattacks the need to strengthen and safeguard DoD info becomes more important than ever.

To ensure that contractors and subcontractors are meeting the cybersecurity requirements for nonfederal systems processing controlled unclassified information, the DoD developed the CMMC Program.

This event will provide insights to validate your company’s participation in the CMMC program to maintain eligibility to work with the DoD.

Details:

Event: Intro to Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Compliance

Date: Wednesday, February 19th

Time: 13:00 – 15:00 (1 PM – 3 PM) CST

Location: Groover Labs – Defense Innovation OnRamp Hub: Kansas Office

About: With Cybersecurity being a top priority for the Department of Defense (DoD) and the defense industrial base (DIB) facing increasingly frequent, complex cyberattacks the need to strengthen and safeguard DoD info becomes more important than ever.

To assure that contractors and subcontractors are meeting the cybersecurity requirements for nonfederal systems processing controlled unclassified information, the DoD developed the CMMC Program.

This event will provide insights to validate your company’s participation in the CMMC program to maintain eligibility to work with the DoD.

About your speaker: Dave Carpenter

Dave Carpenter is a business-focused senior executive with over 20 years of military, government consulting, and private industry cybersecurity leadership experience in program management, strategy, policy development and implementation, proposal development and delivery, process improvement, cross-functional management, team leadership, and collaboration.

Most recently, he was an active Air National Guard Cyberspace Operations Officer, supporting Headquarters Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) as the Division Chief, Communications and Cyberspace Operations (A63) where he developed cyber operations strategy and mission-focus for Great Power Competition, leading the largest geographical area of operations in daily cyber operations and deployed communications. Before that role, he was a squadron commander for the 177th Information Aggressor Squadron and the 127th Cyber Operations Squadron, executing Red Team Operations and Cyber Vulnerability Analysis and Hunt mission-sets.

Additionally, Dave was the Vice President for Federal Operations for Securicon, LLC, a Virginia-based cybersecurity firm supporting Federal, Military and Commercial Clients. His teams advised multiple federal agencies on information security, risk and compliance, and security architecture solutions to secure federal systems, applications and networks. Further, he worked in the aerospace and defense sector for a tier 1 aerostructures manufacturer as the Integrated Business Team Manager for New Programs, and as a Global Risk Management Program Manager.

He is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and a Project Management Professional (PMP), and has a degree in Management Information Systems from Oklahoma State University.