Federal Executive Forum Defense and Homeland Cloud Computing in Government Progress and Best Practices 2024
Nov 20, 2024
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Scott Anderson
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Alicia Hurt
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Jeff Marshall
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Balaji Sobraman
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George W. Lamb
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Reshe (Roche) Deloche
Scott Anderson, Verizon solution architect focused on edge, connectivity, and PolyCloud. Alicia Hurt, Splunk strategist for federal cloud security and observability. Jeff Marshall, DISA director running DoD hybrid cloud and mission enablement. Balaji Sobraman, TSA IT leader driving cloud-smart, DevSecOps, and touchless travel pilots. George W. Lamb, DoD cloud modernization lead for JWCC and software modernization. Reshe Deloche, DHS director steering multi-vendor multi-cloud migration. They discuss hybrid and multi-cloud strategies, edge and connectivity, observability and security, cloud operational priorities, and predictions for AI-driven, serverless futures.
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DHS Ten Year MultiCloud Modernization
- DHS executed a 10-year enterprise multi-vendor, multi-cloud migration to modernize infrastructure and improve security and efficiency.
- The multibillion-dollar lift moved data centers to private and public clouds and required sustained personnel and funding commitments.
JWCC Scaled Commercial Cloud For DoD
- JWCC gave DoD consistent contracts across four major commercial cloud providers and has driven $1.3B in cloud consumption.
- DoD is shifting from access to operational consistency: FinOps, security stacks, infra-as-code and software modernization across services.
Build Security And FinOps Into Cloud From Day One
- Implement zero trust and cloud-native security controls up front rather than retrofitting them later.
- Adopt FinOps, CI/CD, IaC, container orchestration, and a data governance/mesh to enable speed-to-impact and cost visibility.