Recent high-profile cybersecurity incidents hitting both the federal government and the private sector show there's a long way to go in the cyber battle. For the U.S. defense sector, the stakes continue to rise as foreign powers and U.S. insiders seek to breach DoD and intelligence community systems. This webinar will feature experts who will discuss what’s ahead for cybersecurity.

Over the next five years, nearly one million servicemen and women will return to civilian life as our military drawdown continues. Most of these veterans will be between the ages of 18 and 24, and on average, 200,000 return to the workforce every year. Technology represents a career field where these veterans are likely to excel. These soldiers have a solid work ethic, exceptional communications skills, and a proven ability to work across cult...

The federal shared services landscape is at a turning point. The current supply of back-office shared services in the government is limited and challenged to meet the current demand, which does not even include the even larger demand that is developing as a result of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance, Executive Memorandum 17-22, directing agencies to divest back-office operations. This webinar will discuss how agencies are man...

The proliferation of digital technology has created an awe-inspiring number of new connections, products, services, and efficiencies that previous generations of analog humans could only imagine. Technology is evolving at a breath-taking pace. Tension exists between the operational necessity to maintain lumbering legacy systems and the imperative to invest in mission-critical systems through a modernized, open, agile enterprise. This webinar w...

Cloud computing, mobile devices, the Internet of Things, and the increasing digitization of information in a hybrid computing environment present new challenges to securing data and information, especially for government agencies. The cyber-threat landscape requires an ongoing and relentless focus on security, especially when considering that many current government security, privacy, and compliance policies were developed in an on-premises on...

The federal government produces and collects petabytes of information every day, from mission data to employee records to social media postings. Data governance issues such as protection of sensitive data, privacy, stringent encryption standards, and access for Freedom of Information Act requests are serious considerations when moving data to the cloud. This video webinar will look at a broad range of technological issues around securing and m...

General Gustave "Gus" Perna, Commander of the Army Materiel Command, repeatedly stresses readiness as the Army’s most fundamental priority. Defined broadly as the ability of the U.S. armed forces to perform their required missions, whether against near-peer or asymmetric threats, “readiness” is shaped by many factors. These include the ability and well-being of military personnel and the availability and performance of milita...

The White House report on efforts to modernize government technology provides a roadmap to help government more rapidly leverage American innovation. The draft advises agencies to reallocate funding from obsolete legacy IT systems to modern technologies, cloud solutions, and shared services, using agile development practices. This webinar will discuss how agencies are utilizing technology modernization to rapidly adopt industry innovation, min...

Government mobile users are being targeted by hackers who are seeking an avenue to attack back-end computer systems that contain the data of millions of Americans. Security operations centers now deal with a variety of cyber vectors including man-in-the-middle attacks, errant apps, adware, ransomware, and attempts to root mobile devices. A recent study by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says threats to mobile devices range from those...

The Administration is calling for sweeping transformation of the federal government’s technology, led by a broad mandate to replace all paper-based forms with easy-to-use, mobile-friendly digital experiences. Research estimates that the cost of every manual document process is 42 times the cost of conducting the same process digitally. Challenges with paper-based forms include poor citizen and employee experience, inefficient manual work...