Project 38: The Future Of Federal Contracting

The Defense Department has a new industrial cybersecurity strategy in place to help contractors improve their data and network security postures with a particular focus on small businesses.DOD's emphasis on cyber through that strategy and beyond is an ongoing storyline that Lauren Williams stays on top of for Defense One, a sibling publication of Washington Technology.For this episode, Lauren explains the vision and goals of that new strategy in conversation with our Ross Wilkers.Lauren also provides a snapshot of what she found in the Army Applications Lab -- a technology incubator that the service branch stood up in 2019 to grow the network of startups it works with.The Pentagon wants to help boost cybersecurity for small contractorsMeet the Army’s tech incubator