The National Intelligence Estimate on Climate Change released by the National Security Council in October of 2021 lists eight separate climate change effects, each of which portends impacts on food security: heat, heavy precipitation and flooding, drought, sea level rise, arctic ice melt, tropical cyclones, coral reefs, and biodiversity. As populations experience stressors over the production and consumption of food, the potential for mass hum...

It’s never been more obvious that cybersecurity is critical to the missions of every organization across the public sector. As the nation looks to recover from a once-in-a-century pandemic and increasing and more sophisticated cyberattacks, the U.S. government must ensure that it can secure its networks and data against evolving threats and provide resilient services to Americans during this new normal. Join top public sector decision-ma...

ICIT 2021 Fall Briefing The 2021 ICIT Fall Briefing Series will be hosted on-line as a series of three weekly virtual events focused on cyber convergence or integrating physical and cyber security strategies. CISA suggests that business leaders develop a “…holistic security strategy that aligns cybersecurity and physical security functions…”. By bringing together top public and private sector leaders, ICIT is advancin...

A comprehensive and secure data strategy is essential for federal and state agencies to deliver on their missions. Data is the foundation for most emerging technologies and agencies are poised to transform the way they think about, manage and secure their agencies data.The SNG Live Virtual Speaker Series will gather IT decision-makers to discuss best practices and the progress they’re making around data strategy, and how it undergirds de...

The world is facing a digital boom with massive amounts of data generated each and every day. There’s 40-times more bytes of data than the number of stars in the observable universe. And soon, a vast majority of the global GDP will be digitized. So, now what? After an unprecedented year of increased remote work, more data is being produced than ever before. In the age of open data, where intelligent applications are running on hybrid pla...

In the face of a changing climate and the increased frequency and power of extreme weather events, the need to effectively manage natural disasters has grown more and more evident. There is a persistent need for emergency managers across the United States and the world to be prepared and equipped to respond effectively to the latest disasters to mitigate casualties and damage to property, infrastructure and ecosystems. The Disaster Management...

Advances in technology, such as microservices and containers, continue to transform how agencies operate. Event-driven architecture (EDA), a software architecture and model for application design, is quickly becoming a preferred method for capturing insights and communicating changes instantly for improved customer experience. EDA can aid the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in achieving a flexible system that can adapt to change...

At ACE21 All Virtual you’ll find opportunities to discuss timely water sector topics, innovations, issues and trends. The ACE21 All Virtual professional program will feature more than 80 hours of learning in six professional tracks, with the best-of-the-best, most sought-after presenters in the water community. ACE21 All Virtual includes: 80 hours of technical sessions featuring best practices, technology solutions, and new advances from...

Join us for a 4-part educational series on how event streaming enables legacy modernization and cost reduction. Our leading Apache Kafka experts will share how customers are improving customer experience and operational efficiency with a real-time data pipeline - eliminating the point-to-point connections and allowing your services to scale effectively and teams to work with one another. We will explore these topics and more: Rethink tradition...

Government agencies are constantly working to improve the citizen experience, but in the now-year since the COVID-19 pandemic forced users to interface more with their governments and higher education institutions from home, digital services have taken on a crucial role.State and local agencies, as well as higher education institutions’ investment in digital services provides for a citizen-centric approach to IT but also improves efficie...