Big changes are coming with the third phase of the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Even as agencies continue to work on the first and second phases, the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services are laying the groundwork for CDM Phase 3, with its focus on providing much greater and timelier insight into what’s happening on the network—and providing the tools for rapid response and recovery. GSA has alr...

Modernization is accelerating government’s digital transformation. Smart devices, emerging technologies, automated processes, cloud, mobile, IoT – all connected and programmable. This is the modern era of government – and the new, elastic, attack surface to defend. How can agencies efficiently adopt Cyber Exposure, an emerging discipline for managing and measuring every aspect of your modern computing environment to accuratel...

The security challenges facing the U.S. are well-understood; the return of Great Power competition, marked by a resurgent Russia and a confident China; instability in the Middle East; rapid technological change that outpaces policy and practice; proliferation of information and the deluge of data. With this increasingly complex environment, actionable intelligence is critical. The ability to streamline data from various sources, amongst severa...

The 3rd Annual Billington International Cybersecurity Summit on March 21 in Washington, D.C. at the National Press Club, will attract over 400 attendees at the leading forum on global cybersecurity in the nation’s capital. Global cyber attacks and threats have increased at an unprecedented rate. Just in the past 12 months cyber attacks have escalated in terms of their global scale, impact and rate of spread as demonstrated by the WannaCr...

**SAVINGS: GovEvents members receive 25% off tickets using the code "GovEvents" before March 1.** Join us for our next CXO Tech Forum on March 15 at the brand new Wharf Dockmaster Building at DC's SW Waterfront. Learn how government leaders have reached out to America's leading technology companies to modernize government agencies and embrace an innovation culture.The forum will feature innovation and technology experts from NASA, the Nationa...

Join GovernmentCIO Magazine on Dec. 14 at the House of Sweden for an evening that explores the current state of A.I. in government and its potential to change the economy, the workforce, and society writ large. The forum will feature A.I. experts in government, academia, and industry pushing the boundaries of A.I. technologies and the ways it could revolutionize government. The evening will include a networking reception at one of Washington's...

Blockchain technology could be a game-changer for government cybersecurity. This distributed ledger system, which first gained prominence for enabling the digital currency Bitcoin, has the potential to help agencies address long-standing cyber gaps in key areas of their operations and services. If anything could hold blockchain back, it is the assumption that its potential is limited to financial transactions. The technology made Bitcoin feasi...

This 12th Annual Homeland Security Week will bring together top homeland security leaders from government, industry and academia to dive into current challenges and future requirements necessary for numerous government agencies directly or indirectly responsible for U.S. homeland security. Through interactive keynote presentations, large scale panel discussions, project updates, case studies, and intimate roundtables, we’ll facilitate a...

Defense Daily’s 10th Annual Open Architecture Summit, taking place October 19, 2017 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., will focus on how Open Architecture (OA) is the key to maintaining legacy platforms and a vital foundation to implementing future programs. In 2017, open architecture is firmly set in our government and industry’s plans for the future. This year, the Open Architecture Summit will focus on: Common and C...

We’ve seen all of the cyber headlines this year – new policies emerging, old policies evolving, the cyber workforce is multiplying, and rapidly growing connected devices are complicating governance. While the Federal government is focused on security, new adversaries and attack vectors still emerge hourly. What are the early grades on the new Administration’s response to the growing cyber threat? How can collaborative tactics...