Julia Donley
Vice President of Global Supply Chain, Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen has made great strides in securing its supply chain over the past year, and Julia Donley said this has truly been a firmwide achievement.
Donley and her team work closely with the Enterprise Technology Services & Solutions team to ensure they’re closely watching the latest cyber threats and looking for ways to strengthen capabilities like continuous monitoring.
They’re also actively working to launch additional continuous monitoring solutions that help them to more quickly track down details about potentially compromised technology and provide insights into their supplier security posture.
“ETSS works in lockstep with Julia and the global supply chain team, and it’s been an incredibly productive partnership,” said Booz Allen Chief Information Security Officer Amanda Cody. “Booz Allen can’t support its federal government clients’ vital missions without a resilient supply chain, and it’s our teams’ joint mission to govern and protect it.”
Why Watch
Donley’s team is hyperfocused on monitoring the ecosystems of the businesses it works with worldwide, so it can spot anomalies and get ahead of threats. It could involve cyber vulnerabilities in a software product recently bought or an upstream issue with a supplier that might affect Booz Allen’s operational resiliency. For both their client work and their own internal operations, it is more important than ever to connect the dots and understand what’s going on.
“Change is always a constant when it comes to the supply chain and procurement: You’ve got new regulations that affect both prime contractors like Booz Allen and the hundreds of small businesses with which we work, and you have innovative technologies like AI that we need to make sure is being used responsibly,” Donley said.
“Then there’s Booz Allen’s continued shift into offering differentiated technology solutions, which affects everything from our contracts and pricing to what we offer our clients and how we build our workforce. Navigating all this change is complicated and challenging, but that’s what makes my role and work exciting.”