With the COVID crisis keeping people out of the office and working from home, this webinar focuses on the challenges unique to the intelligence and national security workforce as it pivots to increase and expand the use of telework. The discussion will focus on teleworking at the DOD and the IC during the COVID crisis, including the technology challenges and resources, opportunities to perform classified work in non-traditional environments,...

With high profile breaches threatening operations, ransomware attacks on the rise, and a myriad of laws and regulations guiding cybersecurity initiatives, federal, state and local governments have prioritized shoring up their cyber defenses across the board. However, as organizations work to enhance their cybersecurity, how can they ensure these efforts are effective and in compliance with federal standards and regulations? During this webcast...

It’s clear. Cyber will be on the frontlines of future wars. To prepare, the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community and Cyber Command are channeling the power of AI to protect against potential cyber attacks by teaming up to better standardize data collection. During this panel, Nextgov and Defense One will gather tech experts to discuss how battles will be fought by training AI to handle cyber attacks.

Zoom bombs, fishy texts, demanding emails: COVID-19 has revealed the capabilities and infrastructure not yet in place to support a fully remote state and local government workforce. This webcast will explore how federal, state and local officials have leveraged budgets, policies, and personnel to respond quickly to cybersecurity threats during the massive shift to working from home. We’ll investigate what it’ll take to put the rans...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. As many vital government services and data move online, the protection of government information and infrastructure from looming cyber-attacks is more important than ever before. Initiatives across Colorado, such as READYColorado and the National Cybersecurity Center, show that the best fortification strategy is developing a robust...

As the federal government shores up its systems and workforce, agencies must avoid defending against yesterday's cyber threats. New technology can make phishing attempts harder to detect and have users questioning the authenticity of data, images and information. To explore tomorrow’s technology and threats, Defense One and Nextgov are teaming up for the first-ever Cyber Summit on November 19 in Washington, DC. Join us to hear federal an...

IT modernization has never been more critical to supporting government’s mission, or more challenging. Although Congressional and executive mandates offer frameworks for technology leaders, agencies still face an uphill battle to aligning the technical infrastructure, funding mechanisms, and skilled workforce necessary to truly modernize government. At this half-day summit, Nextgov will explore these different elements of IT modernizati...

Nextgov Prime: Data, Cybersecurity and the Government of Tomorrow will provide federal IT influencers with insight into the key challenges of managing, leveraging and securing data and tackling emerging cybersecurity threats in 2015 and beyond. Prime will convene technology CXOs, innovators and rising stars to explore ideas and discuss solutions around big data and data management, cybersecurity and more. 7:30 – 8:30am Registration ...

Big data is changing the business of government. Many agencies have turned to a platform-based approach that bundles big data tools like analytics and information management software together. This innovative approach to managing an ever-growing deluge of disparate data, allows agencies to simplify their IT landscape and make the most of their limited budget dollars. Across government, technology is doing the analytic legwork in a simplified a...

Securing government networks is growing ever more challenging as agencies face a growing variety of threats on one side and shrinking IT budgets on the other. Now more than ever, agencies need to turn to innovation to enable them to deal with threats of every type in a cost-effective way. They also find that even as they do so, the landscape of cybersecurity is changing around them. In the third installment of the Cybersecurity Series, we...