ATARC is excited to be hosting the 2022 GITEC Emerging Technology Conference on May 1-3, 2022 at the Graduate Annapolis in Annapolis, MD! This in-person educational symposium will examine cutting-edge technologies enabling the Federal Government to modernize its IT infrastructure.This event will provide collaboration opportunities between IT thought-leaders within government, academia and private industry. During the event there will be panels...

Cyber-attacks and other disasters pose a constant risk to the IT operations of government agencies. The damage inflicted by these disruptions range in levels of severity and leave critical data and IT investments at risk for every hour of downtime. Preparing for a potential disaster may seem extreme, but thinking ahead and creating a plan for how to respond can make all the difference. A trustworthy modern data protection solution enables agen...

With the hybrid workforce here to stay, state and local governments are faced with the challenge of protecting critical data from a distance, oftentimes over networks and applications that are unsecure or unapproved. By taking advantage of ideal conditions, attackers can breach government networks, access critical services, and steal citizens’ data. In recent years, the damage caused by ransomware has been unrelenting and unprecedented....

The ATARC Women In Tech Virtual Summit is on March 1, 2022 from 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM ET. This event will feature women from within the STEM field as they talk about what it took for them to get to where they are today, and what steps need to be taken to further the advancement of Women in STEM.You can expect to hear detailed conversations about what challenges they faced as they entered the STEM workforce as women, and the progress that has bee...

Tune into this event as Federal CIO’s dive into the Cybersecurity Executive Order and what it means for their agencies. What best strategies do these CIO’s have for ensuring that they’re able to fulfill the guidelines outlined in the document? Hear from Federal CIO’s as they discuss how Government agencies have had to adapt to the new workforce, as well as where they see the future of IT Modernization going. Also hear F...

High-profile software supply chain attacks, such as SolarWinds and Kaseya VSA, have shed a glaring light on the disparity between agencies’ perceptions of security within their cloud infrastructure and the reality of supply chain threats that can impact business catastrophically. The federal government has responded with an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, guidance such as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructur...

Join this webinar to learn how modern application security tools help agencies cover more of the software development lifecycle to improve security posture and achieve compliance. Topic experts will discuss DevSecOps processes and how government agencies are improving communication and enabling security adoption to produce more secure web applications.

DevOps solved the Developer and Operators conflict, although forgot other essential folks of the delivery lifecycle: Security, Compliance, and Audit. DevSecOps is an excellent reminder that security must be “DevOps’d,” but compliance and audit are missing. No need for any more DevSecAuditComplianceOps buzzwords. Let’s simply talk about Continuous Authorization. It’s best to think of continuous authorization as Zer...

With the shift to a hybrid workforce, agencies have had to accelerate their digital transformation. This shift has led to a massive influx of valuable data on the web that has become increasingly difficult to manage and track. Many organizations aren’t equipped with adequate security to prevent data theft and fraud, and most consumers lack the awareness that would help them safeguard their own digital identity. Threat actors have taken a...

Emerging Technologies are evolving at a faster pace than ever before, especially as agencies aim to implement Zero Trust Security. Throughout the adoption and integration of Zero Trust principles into any cybersecurity strategy comes with many challenges and questions, agencies must turn to emerging technologies to help with the adoption and integration process of Zero Trust.