Cybercrime has transformed into a sophisticated, billion-dollar industry, and high-risk targets need to develop a security posture that can scale to the volume and maturity of cyber-attacks being carried out against enterprise organizations. Join this session to hear from Mike Walls, a US Navy officer with combat cyber operations experience, who will share insights on how to keep your organizations' data secure against the most persistent and...

It has been four years since the US federal government launched its 'Cloud First' mandate as a means to enabling significant cost savings for federal agencies. Today, many of these agencies have seen the cost benefit and are beginning to move critical business and mission workloads to the cloud. With this new paradigm, comes an increased need for cloud service providers that have an in-depth understanding of the FedRAMP’s rigorous securi...

We are in the midst of another technological era. The "Digital Age" holds many parallels to the industrial revolution with multiple breakthroughs in manufacturing, inventions and workforce changes. As we sit on the cusp of remarkable innovations, this new "Digital Age" will be powered by data. Open Data programs are being used to drive new economic opportunities, re-imagine service delivery and empower citizens to act on authoritative data whi...

2:00 - 2:30pm U.S. Eastern. Learn how the government is using iCohere solutions to extend meetings and conference online and support professional development. As featured on GovEvents. Host: Lance A. Simon, CGMP CVEP

The Freedom of Information Act, enacted in 1966, was the first law that gave Americans the right to access the records of federal agencies. FOIA establishes a legal right of access to government records and information on the basis of the principles of openness and accountability in government. In 1974, after the Watergate scandal the act was amended to force greater agency compliance. In 1991 the General Accounting Office reported over 1.9 m...

As more government agencies transition to the cloud, it's important to understand the requirements, what your specific needs are, and what's available to you. Leveraging strong infrastructure, networking, and open source foundations, Red Hat and Cisco have partnered to create an enterprise-quality open cloud solution for government. Specifically in this training you will learn: Cloud challenges your government peers are facing How open cloud s...

The collaboration platform of choice among government employees with increasing needs to work across department and across agencies to support essential government services is the cloud. Register today to join our FREE webcast and discover how you can create the best environment to support government collaboration! Attendees will hear best practices and lessons learned for building collaboration strategies that are both effective and efficient...

Red Hat CloudForms - Manage Your Virtual, Private, and Hybrid Cloud Infrastructures Focused on gaining control of your virtualization environment? Need to build and manage a private or hybrid cloud? Red Hat® CloudForms can meet your needs today with a comprehensive management platform to do both. As your needs change, CloudForms evolves, protecting your investment and providing a continuum of capabilities as you progress toward Infrastruct...

Using Results-Based Budgeting to Secure Budget Requests and Improve Agency Performance Federal agency leaders and budgeting professionals face continued uncertainty moving into 2014 as budget pressures increase. As a result, agencies are forced to fight for every dollar. Justifying budget requests is made easier when budget allocations are tied directly to agency performance metrics. Utilizing a results-based budgeting approach allocates funds...

Government Cloud Brokerage: Who, What, When, Where, Why? Presented by FedInsider, WTOP, and Federal News Radio 1500 AM, this complimentary one-hour video training webinar will explore the Administration’s establishment of the Cloud First policy and how agencies are taking full advantage of cloud computing in order to maximize capacity utilization, improve IT flexibility and responsiveness, and minimize cost. As agencies seek to combine...