The public sector needs modern and scalable alternatives to legacy PBXs. In many cases, Microsoft Teams is becoming the preferred alternative since so many are already leveraging it for video calls, screen share, chat, and file sharing. The recent health crisis has dramatically accelerated this adoption and IT teams suddenly have a trained user community, ready and willing to expand their use of Teams to include making and receiving phone call...

A true least-privilege security model requires users, processes, applications, and systems to have just enough rights and access—and for no longer than required—to perform a necessary action or task. While organizations are increasingly effective at applying the “just enough” piece using privileged access management (PAM) solutions, they have largely neglected the time-limited and persistent risk part of the equation. T...

TechNet Indo-Pacific is the largest event of its kind in the Indo-Pacific Rim. The conference focuses on the regional issues military leaders have identified, including full spectrum cyber operations as adversaries leverage cyberspace to conduct operations below the threshold of conflict. TechNet Indo-Pacific features speakers and discussions about the area’s challenges and how industry and government can collaborate. Exhibitors demonstr...

More than any other operations, homeland security missions call for coordinated and end-to-end collaboration. Success depends on preparing for the unknowable, preventing the unthinkable and planning recovery from the unimaginable. To assist in the process, AFCEA International brings together the people in charge of ensuring success--from subject matter experts to frontline responders--for three days of open discussion about the various aspects...

The Symposium has been rescheduled for February 6, 2019. That vital systems and processes sustaining critical urban infrastructures in the US are at great risk of repeated cyber attacks is undeniable. There is little debate that national level cyber security strategies must make this risk a top priority. Fortunately, innovative work is already underway and instructive findings are available for review and decision-making. The City of Houston,...