As in almost every industry and discipline, the Covid-19 pandemic hit state and local governments hard. Some employees lacked tools for telework; many call centers faced backlogs, to name only a few of the challenges governments across the country faced this year. It’s clear: having a resiliency strategy to enable continuity of operations and minimize disruption is key when delivering essential services to citizens and delivering on the...

In this unprecedented moment, federal, state and local governments' missions are more important than ever. As agencies across the country operate with remote and in-person hybrid workforces, leaders must have the right technical solutions in place to keep pace with telework increases. How are agencies utilizing future networks and new technologies in the face of teleworking mandates? And how are federal, state and local IT communities collabo...

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) throughout the federal government has rapidly grown in the past few years, and so has the awareness of ethical issues associated with this new technology. AI systems can mimic or amplify human biases, can put human lives at risk, and can present new vulnerabilities to cyber-attacks. As is the case with many developing technologies in the past, human users have raised questions about the mistrust of these...

It is no secret State and Local governments are faced with a myriad of challenges while navigating the impacts of the 2020 pandemic. From highly remote and mobile workforces, to fraud mitigation and contact tracing strategies - there's been no shortage of planning for and beyond COVID-19. Not to mention the funding needs to execute these solutions. Join Okta customers and industry experts on October 14th at 10AM PT as we discuss the most press...

An event co-presented by ATARC and IRS with panels discussing: -Digitalization in Tax Administration -Modernizing Information Return Systems

Office 365 is an incredibly powerful tool for boosting productivity and facilitating collaboration, but ensuring secure agency collaboration becomes a bit more complicated when it comes to managing guest users and external sharing.Controls must be configured correctly and out-of-the-box functionality is one-size-fits-all within the tenant. Agencies must ask themselves the following important questions: How do I enforce external sharing policie...

New ways of working have emerged, both for citizens and the government agencies serving them. Agencies are reevaluating their technology needs during this pandemic time, and furthering their IT modernization, through DevSecOps. This panel will set out to discuss how advancements in DevSecOps lead to an increased visibility for security and push for further modernization in the Federal IT space. These topic experts will also discuss solutions f...

Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) have been very successful as an enterprise solution in the commercial world, but security concerns and the government’s former emphasis on working in offices has slowed its deployment in the public sector. Now, however, with large parts of the federal workforce working remotely, demand for access to the public internet has dramatically increased. Release of new interim guidance about TIC 3.0 a...

Closing the Gap: CDM’s Role in Telework in Government The Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program relies on automated tools to strengthen the cybersecurity of government networks and systems for agencies to continuously monitor their networks. Modernization of networks, while maintaining the security and risk mitigation capability of CDM, helps reduce the threat posture of government ag...

The ATARC Federal Zero Trust Virtual Summit presented by Duo Security is on September 22, 2020, from 1:30-3:45 PM EST. Don’t miss this gathering of cybersecurity topic experts as they discuss trending and relevant topics in Federal cybersecurity, including Zero Trust, Identity Management, and policy alignment. Hear how government agency team leaders are adjusting their team's policies, processes, and procedures, to help guide their emplo...