The Week Ahead: NCD Cairncross headlines Palo Alto Networks event; FCC meeting

National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross is a featured speaker at an annual conference hosted by Palo Alto Networks this week, while the Federal Communications Commission considers adding banning certain devices at a meeting through the equipment authorization process in a move to address national security risks.

The Palo Alto Networks Public Sector Ignite conference on Thursday features Cairncross and sessions on the Pentagon’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, post-quantum cryptography and artificial intelligence.

Other scheduled speakers include Brett Leatherman,...