In this video panel series, WashingtonExec interviews industry and public sector leaders to explore the challenges, innovations and initiatives shaping the government IT landscape. This video was originally recorded on July 1, 2026.
In this segment, WashingtonExec’s Amanda Ziadeh sits down with Matt House, acting associate director and capacity building and program manager of Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation at CISA; and Rick Bruno, senior cybersecurity program manager at MANTECH. Together, House and Bruno break down CDM’s transformation from a compliance-focused initiative to a mission-driven, operational cyber defense capability.
Panelists discuss the shift to real-time data pipelines, cloud-native environments and “as-a-service” delivery models, and what that means for agencies navigating an increasingly complex threat landscape. Tune in to hear how CDM is modernizing in place, standardizing data architectures and enabling more proactive, actionable cyber defense across the federal enterprise.