Overview

November 4
11AM PT, 2PM ET

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Attackers aren’t waiting for your security operations center to catch up.

AI is shrinking attack timelines from hours to minutes — and sometimes seconds — while many state and local government security teams are still piecing together identity, endpoint, network, cloud and other signals across disconnected tools. The problem isn’t a lack of security data. It’s getting the right context to analysts fast enough to act.

Join Government Technology for a practical look at the agentic SOC, an emerging operating model that puts AI agents to work on the repetitive, time-consuming parts of security operations. We’ll explore how agents can tune detections, enrich alerts, connect related signals and assemble pre-investigated cases while analysts retain control over policy, judgment and consequential response actions. You’ll also hear how this approach can help lean government security teams spend less time sorting through alert queues and more time on threat hunting and detection engineering.

Why attend:

  • See where AI agents fit in day-to-day SOC operations.
  • Find out how to cut through alert noise with automated enrichment and correlation
  • Learn how to keep analysts in control of high-impact security decisions

We are pleased to offer 1.0 continuing professional education (CPE) credits to those who attend the event. Carahsoft is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. For more information on the CPE credit we are offering, Carahsoft’s CPE sponsor (NASBA), and the submission process, please click here.

Speakers

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Bobby Suber

Sr Manager, Solutions Architecture, Elastic

Bobby Suber leads Elastic's Solutions Architecture organization for Global Public Sector. He works with government and education organizations to modernize security operations, improve operational resilience, and unlock the value of their data through cybersecurity, observability, and AI-driven analytics. His work focuses on helping agencies strengthen collaboration, reduce operational silos, and improve outcomes through unified data and technology strategies.

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Greg DeYoung

Regional Vice President, US SLED Central, Elastic

Greg DeYoung is a Regional Vice President at Elastic working with SLED organizations. With a 35-year career bridging the gap between public sector leadership and enterprise technology, Greg offers a rare 360-degree perspective on the challenges facing modern government and education institutions. Before transitioning to executive roles at Microsoft and Elastic, he spent two decades serving as a Public Sector CIO, where he was responsible for the digital infrastructure of complex, multi-stakeholder organizations.

Having managed the same constrained budgets, navigated the same legacy technical debt, and defended the same "open" perimeters as his customers, Greg brings immediate credibility to the conversation. He is known for his ability to bridge the gap between technical complexity and organizational impact—translating fragmented data silos and security vulnerabilities into actionable, executive-level strategies. He excels at helping agency heads and institutional leaders understand that modernizing a tech stack is not just an IT project, but a fundamental requirement for fulfilling their public mission.

At Elastic, Greg focuses on helping SLED organizations solve the "Data Paradox"—the gap between the massive expectations of how data can empower organizations and the reality of fragmented, unsearchable data. By converging Data, AI, Search, Observability, and Security into a single platform, he helps leaders transition from reactive, fragmented monitoring and response to a unified, AI-ready data foundation. By breaking down these traditional silos, Greg empowers public sector teams to defend against autonomous threats in real-time while delivering the frictionless, data-driven services that modern citizens and students demand. Whether facilitating executive dialogue or leading strategic initiatives, he bypasses vendor-centric pitches to facilitate candid, peer-driven discussions that help leaders become the strategic "Change Architects" their organizations require.

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Curt Wood — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Curtis M. Wood is a distinguished professional renowned for his exceptional leadership and innovative approach in the field of technology and public administration. With a career span of over four decades, he has made significant contributions to the development and implementation of cutting-edge solutions that have transformed organizations and improved service delivery.

In the public sector, Curtis most recently served as the Technology and Security Cabinet Secretary and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 2018-2023. In this role, he was instrumental in developing and implementing comprehensive IT strategies that enhanced operational efficiency, cybersecurity, and public engagement. His leadership was pivotal in modernizing legacy systems, adopting cloud computing, and fostering a culture of innovation within government entities.

Prior public sector executive leadership roles included serving as the Massachusetts Public Safety Undersecretary for Forensic Science and Technology with strategic leadership and oversight of multiple public safety agencies and operations, including the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the State Police Crime Laboratory, the Office of Technology and Information Services, the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services, the State 911 Department, and Statewide Public Safety Radio. He also served as the Commissioner for the Department of Criminal Justice Information Services and the Chief Parole Officer for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Curt began his long government career in 1975 with the state’s Department of Correction, serving in multiple custodial, investigative and administrative roles including being appointed the first-ever CIO for the state correctional organization.