The amount of data used by organizations has been exploding -- 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last four years alone, and much of it is unstructured. It's not just the amount of data that presents challenges; the types of data being collected are changing and coming from everywhere: sensors used to gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos posted online, transaction records...

Information security training in Baltimore, MD from SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training. Attend SANS Baltimore 2016 and choose from 10 hands-on, immersion-style security training courses taught by real-world practitioners. Don't miss the new SEC578: Cyber Threat Intelligence course, which will train you and your team to detect, scope, and select resilient courses of action in response to intrusions and data breac...

This year's theme is "Federal Systems Legacy Systems Modernization: Oxymoron or Get a Move On?" Most federal departments and agencies are burdened with a large portfolio of legacy technologies that dampen the pace of innovation needed to transform agile service delivery and improve cybersecurity. The pressure on agencies to successfully modernize their systems is increasing from the Administration, Congress, and the Government Accountability O...

Hydrologic hazard curves are critical flood loading inputs for dam and levee safety risk assessments. Over the past decade, some Federal agencies have developed and applied new tools and data sets to estimate hydrologic hazard curves, which are graphs of peak flows, volume, or reservoir stages versus Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP). Hydrologic hazard curves provide a full probability distribution for the flood hazard, covering the range of...

SANS, the global leader in cybersecurity training, is bringing six of our information security training courses to the Pacific Northwest, October 3-8, 2016. This new event will feature hands-on, immersion style training courses for those new to information security, as well as highly seasoned security professionals. All courses are taught by real-world practitioners and leading experts working in security today. And many of our courses are ass...

This event has a rich history of providing the "latest and greatest" developments in fraud detection and prevention, internal controls and more; together, we can find solutions, and make a difference in our workplace and the government finance profession. The agenda includes a range of timely and valuable information including: fraud detection, data analytics, improper payments and risks with government payment cards. More than 95 percent of s...

Securing our Organizations and Critical Infrastructures in Alaska!SANS is bringing our renowned cybersecurity training to Alaska! Join us in August for a week of hands-on training and compelling bonus sessions while taking in breathtaking views and experiencing the great Alaskan wilderness. SANS Alaska will feature two hands-on, immersion-style security training courses taught by real-world practitioners August 21-27, 2016 in Anchorage.Take IC...

Overview: This one day Potomac Forum workshop will focus on taking organizational CDO/EDEs to the next level within their respective organizations, based on lessons learned and best practices. In order to be effective, CDOs require specific prerequisites or risk becoming casualties. Paramount among these is the need for an organizational data strategy. Without a well understood and organizationally accepted data strategy, governmental organiz...

Here are the top 5 benefits to attending this year’s summit, “Transforming the Citizen Experience”: It's FREE! – We know your budget is tight, so don’t miss out on this free educational opportunity. Improve the citizen experience – Most agencies think they know the information citizens want and how they want it, but only 45% of citizens would agree. Learn strategies to raise overall citizen satisfaction. Net...

Enterprise Architecture has become one of the pillars of the federal IT world to help make operations run smoothly, seamlessly and maneuver easily. No matter what technology is touted, or how service oriented and agile the applications are -- especially cloud-based or SAAS environments -- technology systems must be designed and implemented to support the business or mission and enable processes. If integrated IT systems don't work or fail, the...