Every year, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are raising the FISMA requirements to achieve the ultimate goal of “Near-Real-Time System Security Awareness” and “Ongoing Authorization.” Additionally, they are making available automated security solutions to improve our protection and security awareness for our systems. How do you project, plan and program for these requir...

About the Event 930gov is the end-of-year learning exchange for Government IT, Management, and Acquisition professionals. This free, one-day, multi-track conference is where government technical communities gather to: Benefit from over 20 sessions for five technical communities Finalize your year-end strategic buying decisions Learn better ways to network and hear what’s new Tap Into Five Government Communities The power of 930gov is tha...

In October 2015, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the General Services Administration (GSA) announced the first-ever government-wide operating model for shared services, including the establishment of the Shared Services Governance Board (SSGB) and creation of the Office of Unified Shared Services Management (USSM). See official White House announcement. On May 4th, OMB issued guidance to agencies on Improving Administrative Funct...

In 1996 Congress enacted the Clinger-Cohen Act, which after becoming law, instituted a process across the federal government that required Chief Information Officers to implement technology in the context of an Architecture. By 2002 OMB was leading the effort to identify opportunities to simplify processes and unify work across agencies with the goal of maximizing technology investments to deliver a more citizen-centered, customer focused gove...

Every year, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are raising the FISMA requirements to achieve the ultimate goal of “Near-Real-Time System Security Awareness” and “Ongoing Authorization.” Additionally, they are making available automated security solutions to improve our protection and security awareness for our systems. How do you project, plan and program for these requir...

If you are in a Federal Agency, Military, or supporting contractor organization, you can successfully and effectively meet your FY2016 FISMA requirements by understanding the FISMA trends and proven successful, security strategies and solutions. Attendees will be provided: System deployment strategies to prevent OPM type attacks, like "air-gaps" and "connect-and-protect", Automated solutions to support "ongoing authorizations", Simple manageme...

March 2014, DoD adopted the new DoD RMF process to ensure the security of their information systems and to replace the Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP). Dr. Ron Ross, the key architect of the DoD RMF process, will be keynoting this seminar to provide his insight on the issues and the implementation of this process. This seminar is for DoD personnel and supporting contractors and vendors. Note: DGI...

Meet Your 2015 FISMA Requirements: 2015 Metrics, Evolving Continuous Authorization Capabilities, Cybersecurity Calendar, and RMF Tool You can successfully and effectively meet your FY2015 FISMA requirements by understanding the FISMA Trends, Rising Needs and Solutions and creating your own management tools. These are what this course is about. Individuals who took our FISMA courses in the past three years will find this course evolved with the...

Background The Administration is taking action to deliver improved customer service across the Federal enterprise. In April 2011 the President issued an Executive Order requiring each agency to develop a customer service plan that identified implementation steps for their customer service activities. More recently, Cross-Agency Priority Goals were announced in the 2015 Budget, including delivering world-class customer services to citizens by m...

March 2014, DoD adopted the new DoD RMF process to ensure the security of their information systems and to replace the Defense Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP). This 2-day course will provide attendees with an understanding of the six step DoD RMF process, their new responsibilities, and related documents. Additionally, attendees will learn processes and strategies provided that will allow them to accurate...