“Never fail to distinguish what’s new, from what’s new to you.” This rule applies to a lot people when they think about innovation and technology in the government. At the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in addition to running the National Cybersecurity and Communication Integration Center (NCCIC), the US-CERT and the ICS-CERT, they work daily with companies from across the globe to share critical threat and vulnerability information. DHS also supports and provides funding for a broad range of cutting-edge cybersecurity research initiatives, from the development and implementation of DNSSEC to sponsoring the use of open source technologies and from development of new cyber forensics tools to testing technologies that protect the nation’s industrial control systems and critical infrastructures. This is not your grandfather’s Buick! During this presentation Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity Mark Weatherford will talk about research and training opportunities, the growing number of cybersecurity competitions sponsored by DHS, and how they are always looking to hire a few good men and women.