Register to gain hands-on experience as you step into the role of a Security Operations Center analyst and respond to real-world attack scenarios. Whether you’re new to Splunk or looking to sharpen your threat detection skills, this immersive course is designed for all experience levels. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to enhance your expertise just ahead of GovSummit! 

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This is a Capture-the-Flag (CTF) style workshop where contestants play the part of a SOC analyst to solve a series of realistic security challenges. Participants will use Splunk Search, Enterprise Security, and SOAR to answer these questions as quickly and accurately as possible. The contestant with the most points at the end of the competition wins!

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Head to Registration to check in and pick up your event badge. Be sure to bring a valid government-issued ID—either a driver’s license or passport works great. Once you’ve got your badge, you’re all set to explore, connect, and enjoy everything GovSummit has to offer!

AI is reshaping how government agencies operate - accelerating modernization, improving efficiency, and helping teams focus on delivering mission outcomes and citizen services. Join public sector leaders from Splunk and Cisco, as they share how combining deep network intelligence with real-time security and analytics helps agencies build digital resilience across complex, distributed environments.  

Agencies need unified, AI-ready data – paired with automated security and observability – to break down siloes and keep pace with rising compliance demands. In an era where AI is already reshaping operations, incremental change isn’t enough, a new level of digital resilience is required.  Splunk and Cisco are your strategic partners in this transformation. 

Agencies need a modern platform for government resilience-- one that puts your data to work, enhances productivity and builds trust in AI. Explore our latest innovations designed to help you achieve your missions—faster, smarter and with confidence. 

For the Indian Health Service (IHS), cybersecurity is more than an IT priority-it is a matter of patient safety. Join IHS as they share how they protect 2.6 million lives across 574 tribes. Learn how the IHS balances complex legacy infrastructure with AI integration, fosters a culture of collective responsibility, and leverages real-time visibility to transform security from a technical blocker into a mission-critical enabler.  

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Immerse yourself in The Hub at GovSummit to experience firsthand the latest advancements in digital resiliency, featuring hands-on demos of AI-driven security, unified observability, and zero-trust architectures tailored for the public sector. This vibrant space offers a unique opportunity to engage directly with industry experts and sponsors, providing you with the actionable insights and strategic connections needed to accelerate your organization’s mission success.

Cyber threats don’t emerge in isolation—they follow the world around us. From natural disasters to financial shifts and cryptocurrency surges, real-world events are now directly shaping how and when attackers strike. By analyzing millions of newly registered domains there is a clear pattern: adversaries begin preparing infrastructure long before attacks hit dashboards and become visible.  

Dive into the SURGe research, analysis and case studies that correlate behaviors external events with internal telemetry. 

Learn how to rethink threat intelligence and stop attackers during their preparation phase, rather than their execution phase.  

As AI accelerates both innovation and risk, fraud is evolving faster than ever—targeting government agencies at all levels with greater scale, speed, and sophistication. From AI-generated phishing campaigns to rapidly deployed malicious infrastructure, attackers are exploiting moments of disruption to deceive, disrupt, and extract value. 

Join leaders from the U.S. Department of State, Simplex Solutions, and Merlin Group for a forward-looking discussion on how AI and advanced analytics are reshaping the fight against fraud.  

Learn how to build a more resilient, AI-powered approach to fraud prevention—one that combines real-time visibility, cross-agency collaboration, and intelligent automation to stay ahead of increasingly adaptive adversaries. 

Most people spend their careers trying to stay off the FBI’s radar. Bryan Seely? He wiretapped them—and the Secret Service—and then walked right into their office the next day to show them how he did it.  

We are thrilled to welcome world-famous ethical hacker, author, and former U.S. Marine Bryan Seely to the GovSummit stage. In this high-stakes keynote, Bryan bridges the gap between high-stakes hacking and the mission-critical world of government operations. Bryan will dive into the evolving role of AI in government, exploring how agencies can harness its power while maintaining the gold standard of governance, accountability, and trust.  

Whether you’re defending a SOC, managing agency risk, or just want to hear how a Marine outsmarted the feds to make them safer, this session is for you. Gain practical insights into managing risk, safeguarding systems, and enabling responsible AI adoption into environments where the stakes couldn’t be higher. 

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Join us for lunch and choose a discussion topic that matters to you. Network with female leaders, professionals and allies in the public sector industry, who understand your experience and are ready to discuss the challenges and opportunities shaping our industry. Click here view discussion topics and reserve your seat to participate.

Designed for higher education leaders at the forefront of digital transformation, you’ll connect with visionary peers and discover actionable strategies to navigate the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence in academia. Gain the knowledge and strategies needed to lead your institution confidently into the future—fostering innovation, agility, and resilience in the age of AI. Click here to view the detailed agenda of the program.

Discover how Cisco Secure Access transforms secure connectivity for the modern enterprise by delivering seamless, zero trust access from anywhere to any app. Learn how this cloud-delivered SSE solution simplifies IT operations with a unified console, enhances security with advanced threat protection, and improves user experience. Join us to explore how Cisco Secure Access reduces risk, boosts productivity, and accelerates your security journey.

Discover how deploying Splunk as a Service drives cloud modernization and helps agencies unify telemetry, automate compliance, and meet evolving national security mandates. Hear how integrated Cisco-Splunk solutions support Zero Trust, regulatory requirements, and resilient digital experiences across all public sector levels.

Explore how agencies are breaking down silos and modernizing SIEM operations to unify data, accelerate detection, and convert noisy alerts into actionable intelligence. Learn best practices for structuring cyber data pipelines and leveraging Cisco and Splunk to improve threat detection, compliance, and digital resilience.

In today's hybrid and cloud-first landscape, mission success depends on the reliability and performance of digital infrastructure-both inside and beyond agency boundaries. Join us to learn how ThousandEyes empowers government IT teams with real-time, end-to-end visibility into network health, application performance, and critical user experiences. Discover practical use cases and strategies for leveraging ThousandEyes to strengthen service delivery, accelerate incident resolution, and support secure, resilient government operations.

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Examine how AI and machine learning are transforming fraud prevention, cyber defense, while improving regulatory compliance. See how agencies leverage Splunk's transparent, auditable AI and Cisco's deep network intelligence to automate detection, triage incidents, and protect public trust-enabling faster, smarter, and more secure service delivery.

Explore how Meraki’s advanced cloud-based solutions are transforming government operations by enhancing network security, scalability, and management efficiency. Discover the integration of AI-driven analytics to optimize performance and support informed decision-making in public sector IT infrastructures.

Unlocking expected value from your technology investments requires operational simplicity and modernization. You can achieve 50% reduction in unplanned downtime, 98% change success, 5x faster deployments, and 40% productivity improvement. Discover how Cisco IQ and Services as Code are transforming customer experience through AI-driven Insights & Automation. This session will showcase real-world success stories-demonstrating how intelligent, automated solutions are driving efficiency and resilience in government IT operations. Join us to learn how your agency can achieve value modernization.

Learn how leading public sector organizations are driving operational efficiency and uptime by unifying network intelligence and analytics. Explore how Cisco and Splunk observability, agentic AI, and automated workflows empower teams to proactively optimize telemetry, predict issues, and ensure resilience for mission-critical services.

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