"Resilient Mobility: Securing Global Logistics in an Age of Hybrid Threats" 

Our conference theme, “Resilient Mobility: Securing Global Logistics in an Age of Hybrid Threats”, reflects the reality that logistics is a contested mission. Adversaries target the deployment and distribution enterprise because it supports every joint and coalition operation. They can disrupt movement, deny access, corrupt data, or slow decision cycles, so mobility success depends on both physical execution and trusted digital systems.

Scott Air Force Base sits at the center of that mission. Scott AFB hosts teams responsible for global mobility planning, command and control, communications, and enterprise IT that connects the force. The St. Louis region also includes key partners that build and sustain capabilities that enable movement, power projection, and readiness, and when the mobility network is stressed, the impact is felt across on-base operations and the broader Midwest logistics and transportation ecosystem.

Hybrid threats increase the risk by blending cyber attacks, information operations, insider risk, supply chain disruption, and pressure on critical infrastructure. Threat actors probe the seams between bases, carriers, networks, vendors, and data sources, aiming to degrade mission systems, manipulate logistics data, and disrupt communications. Our conference theme aligns to what the Scott AFB and St. Louis communities do best…bringing together warfighters, enterprise IT, cyber, engineering, industry, and academia to strengthen resilience through redundancy, visibility, secure interoperability, and rapid recovery across the end to end chain.

What we want to drive during the conference:

  • Strengthen mission assurance for mobility systems and networks
  • Prioritize secure, reliable communications and command and control that stays available under stress
  • Improve data integrity and visibility so leaders can make fast decisions with confidence
  • Build cyber resilient operations for logistics platforms, mission apps, and enterprise services
  • Advance supply chain risk management for hardware, software, and service dependencies 
  • Increase interoperability across DoW, allies, and mission partners without increasing risk
  • Improve continuity of operations and recovery planning for mission critical logistics workflows