WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.182 My name is Emmet Eckman, but everyone knows me as Rusty. 2 00:00:03.182 --> 00:00:04.687 So, I'm the Director of Engineering 3 00:00:04.687 --> 00:00:06.550 for Northrop Grumman's Cyber 4 00:00:06.550 --> 00:00:08.731 and Intel Mission Solutions Division 5 00:00:08.731 --> 00:00:12.796 as a part of Northrop Grumman's Missions Systems Sector. 6 00:00:12.796 --> 00:00:16.375 line:15% Our analysts, they create reports that have been briefed 7 00:00:16.375 --> 00:00:18.487 line:15% to the President of the United States. 8 00:00:18.487 --> 00:00:22.413 line:15% So, we're impacting decisions that are made every day 9 00:00:22.413 --> 00:00:24.776 line:15% and keeping our country and our citizens 10 00:00:24.776 --> 00:00:26.158 line:15% safe around the world. 11 00:00:26.158 --> 00:00:28.103 So, we do have some contracts with 12 00:00:28.103 --> 00:00:29.752 the Department of Homeland Security, 13 00:00:29.752 --> 00:00:31.515 where we're providing cyber services, 14 00:00:31.515 --> 00:00:33.687 line:15% where we're doing just that for the federal government. 15 00:00:33.687 --> 00:00:37.160 line:15% Our analysts, our engineers, our cyber professionals 16 00:00:37.160 --> 00:00:40.460 line:15% are working every day to keep the most precious secrets 17 00:00:40.460 --> 00:00:44.070 line:15% that the government has, precious and secret. 18 00:00:44.070 --> 00:00:47.408 So, the Director of Engineering supports the staff 19 00:00:47.408 --> 00:00:50.607 and the 1,400 people that are in the division 20 00:00:50.607 --> 00:00:51.999 that are doing the actual work. 21 00:00:51.999 --> 00:00:55.230 So, I'm responsible for helping the senior staff 22 00:00:55.230 --> 00:00:58.136 and our Vice President and General Manager understand 23 00:00:58.136 --> 00:01:01.583 the impact of engineering decisions across the breadth 24 00:01:01.583 --> 00:01:05.166 of our contracts and our entire portfolio. 25 00:01:05.166 --> 00:01:07.826 The kind of decisions that I'm asked to look at are, 26 00:01:07.826 --> 00:01:10.308 "What are the skills that our workforce is gonna need 27 00:01:10.308 --> 00:01:13.800 line:15% next year, 18 months from now, 24 months from now? 28 00:01:13.800 --> 00:01:15.264 line:15% So, what are the certifications 29 00:01:15.264 --> 00:01:17.737 line:15% that we need our engineers to have? 30 00:01:17.737 --> 00:01:20.498 line:15% What kind of engineers are we gonna need in 18 months? 31 00:01:20.498 --> 00:01:22.023 How many are we gonna need? 32 00:01:22.023 --> 00:01:23.523 Where are we going to need them? 33 00:01:23.523 --> 00:01:26.171 What experiences do they have to have 34 00:01:26.171 --> 00:01:30.815 so that we can compete for and win government contracts, 35 00:01:30.815 --> 00:01:33.923 and then provide those services to our customers?" 36 00:01:33.923 --> 00:01:36.278 Yeah, so I can give you some examples from DHS 37 00:01:36.278 --> 00:01:37.777 where the Department of Homeland Security 38 00:01:37.777 --> 00:01:40.227 is asking for capabilities 39 00:01:40.227 --> 00:01:42.931 to provide cyber security services 40 00:01:42.931 --> 00:01:44.502 for all the departments and agencies 41 00:01:44.502 --> 00:01:46.491 within the federal government. 42 00:01:46.491 --> 00:01:49.396 So, the Department of Homeland Security 43 00:01:49.396 --> 00:01:52.063 line:15% has been appointed the authority 44 00:01:53.529 --> 00:01:55.795 line:15% for centralized cyber security. 45 00:01:55.795 --> 00:01:59.583 line:15% So they go to contractors, like Northrop Grumman, 46 00:01:59.583 --> 00:02:02.615 line:15% and ask for, "Can you provide us services, 47 00:02:02.615 --> 00:02:05.248 can you provide us systems, and can you provide us people 48 00:02:05.248 --> 00:02:07.016 to operate those systems?" 49 00:02:07.016 --> 00:02:11.262 And so that's the kind of RFP that we like to go after. 50 00:02:11.262 --> 00:02:13.055 We have to understand for our government, 51 00:02:13.055 --> 00:02:14.677 you know, when the government comes to us and says, 52 00:02:14.677 --> 00:02:16.596 "Is there a vulnerability in something? 53 00:02:16.596 --> 00:02:19.225 If there's a vulnerability, how do we identify that 54 00:02:19.225 --> 00:02:20.794 so that we can, then, figure out 55 00:02:20.794 --> 00:02:22.095 how do we prevent that vulnerability 56 00:02:22.095 --> 00:02:25.711 line:15% from being used by our adversaries?" 57 00:02:25.711 --> 00:02:27.703 line:15% Because there are bad people in the world 58 00:02:27.703 --> 00:02:29.827 line:15% who want to do things, who want to get at 59 00:02:29.827 --> 00:02:31.611 line:15% our government's crown jewels, 60 00:02:31.611 --> 00:02:33.378 line:15% and our job, along with the government, 61 00:02:33.378 --> 00:02:34.748 line:15% is to help them figure out ways 62 00:02:34.748 --> 00:02:36.180 to prevent that from happening. 63 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:38.347 It's really exciting work.