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Georgetown & Your IT Career


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Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy

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Joshua Meredith

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Episode #583
Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy
Date: January 29, 2019
Moderator: John Gilroy
Guest: Joshua Meredith, Assistant Dean, Analytics, Technology & Security MPS Programs at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #583

'“Our ethics classes allow our students to look at problems differently” Joshua Meredith, Assistant Dean Georgetown University School for Continuing Studies Click To Tweet
your it career

Today’s guest is Joshua Meredith, Assistant Dean, Analytics, Technology & Security MPS Programs at Georgetown University School of Continuing Studies.

Many listeners are working in mid-level technical positions in the government or for a contractor.  They are looking to advance their career and are considering many options – doing an MBA, doing a degree in Systems Engineering, or perhaps a Master’s Degree in Technology Management.

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Origins and Future of Data Centers


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origins and future of data centers
Jim Miller, James Leach, John Gilroy, and Claude Jennings first podcast

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Episode #001
Inside Data Centers
Date: January 29, 2019
Guests: James Leach, Vice President Marketing RagingWire Data Centers and
Rich Miller, Founder & Editor Data Center Frontier
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Inside Data Centers

' . . .it's no longer about a data center. It's about data center campuses. We're right in the middle of a 78-acre data center campus' James Leach Vice President Marketing RagingWire Data Centers Click To Tweet

You can go to Wikipedia and read about data centers and you never get the feel and texture of what has happened in the past three decades. This is a short podcast that takes a couple of real people who have seen data centers evolve from small clusters to huge centers that handle unbelievable amounts of data.

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Federal IT and a Flexible Perimeter Cyberdefense


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Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy

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Perimeter Cyberdefense

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Episode #581
Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy
Date: January 22, 2019
Moderator: John Gilroy
Guest: Michael Friedrich, Chief Architect- Federal Cyxtera
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #581

'When it comes to cybersecurity . . the new perimeter is the person' Michael Friedrich, Chief Architect, Cyxtera Technologies - Federal Click To Tweet
Perimeter Cyberdefense

Our guest today is Michael Friedrich, Chief Architect, Cyxtera Technologies – Federal. Today’s interview has a focus on perimeter cyberdefense. He has a background in senior engineering positions in organizations like SAVVIS, Terramark, Verizon, and IBM.  Many of the projects he was involved with included agencies like F.B.I .GOV and Whitehouse .GOV.

Because of this experience, he has a unique ability to expand on the concept of cybersecurity and zero trust.  People who have been involved in networking for their careers know that the Virtual Private Network (VPN) has been around since the mid-1990s.  During the discussion Michael states that the VPN was a great solution in its time, but cybersecurity has moved on.

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Zero Trust & Federal IT


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Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy

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Episode #580
Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy
Date: January 8, 2019
Guest: Patrick Sullivan, Director, Security Technology and Strategy Akamai Technologies Akamai
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #580

'Publicly accessible applications roughly – 40% of traffic will be automated . . . some will be scanning for vulnerabilities' Patrick Sullivan, Director, Security Technology and Strategy Akamai Technologies Click To Tweet
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Patrick Sullivan Director, Security Technology and Strategy from Akamai starts off 2019. Most listeners know about Akamai because of its decades-long reputation for improving speed of delivery of Internet services world-wide.  Well, today’s Akamai has taken advantage of its position as a leader in cyber security as well.

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Federal TechTalk: Top Ten Shows [2018]


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After twelve years on Federal News Radio, it seems reasonable to take a look a year’s worth of interviews and let listeners know what is popular. Below are the top ten shows from 2018 on Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy.

federal tech talk top ten shows for 2018

Some trends can be discerned. First, we had a great start — five of the top ten are from January and February alone. Perhaps this is function of sitting on the website and getting more value from Search Engine Optimization. A longer term analysis should be planned.

Cybersecurity was the focus of of four of the top ten. All you have to do is pick up a newspaper and that topic will be validated. Steve Bennet from SAS has stated that the federal government will be the largest producer of data in the years ahead — security of that data must be a priority.

One key takeaway is that the shows who were the most popular followed my lead in aggressive social media promotion. I did 65 Tweets for every interview, a blog, a LinkedIn status update, and inclusion in my weekly newsletter.

Organizations that participated in social media promotion seemed to land on the top ten — JG

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Transforming Security Through Visibility


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Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy

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security through visibility

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Episode #579
Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy
Date: December 18, 2018
Guest: Ellen Sundra, Vice President of Americas, Systems Engineering at Forescout Technologies, Inc. Forescout
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #579

'Before allowing access to a network, the app should be compliant' - Ellen Sundra, Vice President of Americas, Systems Engineering, Forescout Technologies Click To Tweet
security through visibility

Our guest today is Ellen Sundra, Vice President of Americas, Systems Engineering at ForeScout Technologies Inc. The discussion focuses on concepts related to managing IoT devices for federal agencies.  Ellen expanded on topics like the NIST cyber framework; CDM and C2C programs; and the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence.

She started off the interview with the logical starting point – finding out what is on your network. Ellen talked about agencies that performed this basic task and discovered many unknown devices, some reports indicate up to 60% more than previously known.

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