This hands-on workshop guides you through the creation of a headless CMS (Content Management System) employing a secure and versioned RESTful API. Embrace industry best practices as you fortify the API's security with JWT tokens and leverage the power of cbSecurity (coldbox-security.ortusbooks.com). Throughout the workshop, we emphasize the principles of Behavior and Test Driven Programming, ensuring comprehensive automated testing covers ever...

Hands-On Cyber Security Training in Baltimore Celebrating 35 Years of Cybersecurity Excellence Elevate your expertise with cyber security training at SANS Baltimore Spring 2024 (April 28-May 3 ET). Led by industry-leading instructors renowned for their deep knowledge and practical insights, this event offers unparalleled, live access to your favorite cyber experts. Filled with hands-on labs, simulations, and exercises designed to equip you wit...

The Biden Administration is considering finalizing two rules on sustainability and climate disclosures in the federal procurement process: the Supplier Climate Risk and Resilience Rule and the Sustainable Products Procurement Rule. This webinar will focus on the importance of these rules for safeguarding national security and mitigating the federal government’s climate-related financial risk. This webinar will feature national security e...

Generative artificial intelligence (genAI) has arrived with the force of a tsunami across the federal government. In October, Executive Order 14110 on the safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of AI established the broad outlines for how agencies should evaluate and implement their AI use cases. Now the Office of Management and Budget has issued a memorandum directing agencies to institute governance and risk management processes g...

How might we implement the Integrated Value Network (IVN) framework in the wild? Our first challenge is to communicate what data is available and how it answers basic questions; we will do this by addressing key themes from the January kickoff survey. Hear from invited panelists as they discuss their use cases to address policy challenges using this “Moneyball” approach. We invite attendees to share their ideas and implementation o...

A Practical Approach to A-123 Compliance Programs Join us for a unique, interactive workshop that "walks you through" the latest update of The Green Book which now conforms to the Internal Control Integrated Framework (COSO 2013). This training is focused on the current Standards for Internal Control in the Federal Government as detailed in the Green Book. This 18 hour CPE course provides you with the tools to implement a compliance program th...

Welcome to the USAF Agile Combat Support, Modernization Summit ’24, SE / Vehicles / ATS, taking place from April 30th to May 2nd, 2024. As we stand at the forefront of an era defined by great power competition, this summit embodies our collective resolve to ensure that our armed forces remain unmatched in their power projection capabilities. It is here, at the nexus of technology and strategy, that we unite – military personnel, en...

As we explore a new era of hyper-personalization and intelligent technology, people have come to expect seamless, intuitive interactions with their favorite brands — and their government systems are no exception. Join us for the 15th annual Adobe Government Forum on May 1st in Washington, DC. Esteemed leaders from federal, defense, state, and local sectors — along with industry specialists — will delve into cutting-edge strat...

Federal agencies have been ordered to move toward zero trust architectures with alacrity, through Executive Order 14028 on improving cybersecurity and the Office of Management and Budget’s two memoranda, M-22-09 on meeting zero trust cybersecurity principles, and M-21-31 on improving investigative and remediation capabilities following cyber breaches. The Department of Homeland Security observed in its Zero Trust Implementation Strategy...

An Overview of FERS & Different Types of Retirement Types of service used for determining eligibility to retire under FERS Employee and agency contributions to FERS Military service and temporary time The FERS annuity computation Minimum age and service requirements Early retirement Deferred retirement and “postponed” retirement Understanding the Annuity Computation Amount of an annuity Length of service and unused sick leave H...