Join Blackboard on September 21, at 11:00am, EST for an engaging conversation where David Casaceli, Railroad Safety Specialist-Technical Training at the Federal Railroad Administration discusses how the FRA approaches training and utilizes Blackboard Learn to deliver education and training.

First defined over two decades ago, zero trust has substantially picked up steam in recent years. President Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity has taken it a step further by codifying zero trust as the Federal Government’s security architecture of choice. Nearly every agency desires to achieve zero trust, but the gap between their existing environments and the ideals they read about leave most st...

The transition to Agile development is complex and challenging, especially for legacy programs. Where do you start and what obstacles may exist? Agile and DevSecOps are often touted as silver bullets to accelerating delivery of mission winning capability. These modern development and deployment methodologies offer many benefits, but navigating their implementation requires a data-driven understanding of which applications will benefit the most...

Join CrowdStrike for a Join CrowdStrike for a deep dive into the nation-state threat landscape of China. Joshua Shapiro, CrowdStrike’s public sector threat intel SME, will give a brief on the broader geopolitical context for the latest Chinese cyber activities, an overview of the primary threat actors responsible for Chinese offensive cyber operations, and these actors’ TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures). He will also share...

Roll up your sleeves and connect with top cybersecurity experts for this virtual hands-on collaboration project. Walk away with a framework that you can implement immediately and learn how to crowdsource solutions for your next crisis. Join us on October 14-15, 2020, to discuss your FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) in this new normal. This is more than your typical webinar - #CyberExperience #NoFUD Overview: Speed, agility, and a new underst...

Have fun and support our military service members! Sonatype is hosting an exciting trivia competition to bring together members of the government DevSecOps community! This event is FREE to attend but pre-registration is required in order to gain access to: Live virtual networking event Find out who will be the champion, test your trivia skills Support a great cause! Are you interested in joining or creating a team? Contact adowney@sonatype.com...

Today, agencies are striving to improve their application security programs, while at the same time, not slowing down the development, delivery, and deployment of their software applications. Can a balance be achieved between security and an organization’s (or agency’s) daily business requirements? We know it’s possible. Application Security (AppSec) Awareness Programs that are specifically focused on the development communit...

The recent shift towards DevOps makes it clear that Federal agencies are moving forward with adopting this operational model to facilitate the practice of automating development, delivery, and deployment of mission-critical software. While the traditional idea of a software release dissolves into a continuous cycle of service and delivery improvements, agencies find that their conventional approaches to software security are having a difficult...

One of the biggest threats to maintaining Continuity of Operations is a DDoS attack. Tom will discuss: (1) the evolution of modern DDoS attacks; (2) technical vulnerabilities of on-premise devices such as VPN gateways, firewalls and application servers to DDoS attacks; and (3) demonstrate the technical features of Arbor Edge Defense that enable it to be the first and last line of an automated perimeter defense

The flexibility and ease of deployment of SD-WAN has accelerated its deployment as new network edges emerge for large enterprise and government entities as MPLS continues to be prevalent within the Federal ecosystem. Tory will discuss: (1) Remote site monitoring solutions for MPLS; (2) Utilizing vSTREAM Family of Virtual Appliances for maintaining visibility in SD-WAN environments; (3) Deployment options for vSTREAM within uCPE of SD-WAN or Pu...