Join us for DC CyberWeek (October 16 - 20, 2017), a week-long SXSW-style festival in our nation's capital bringing together leaders, experts, and decision makers from the gov and tech communities. The festival features dozens of community events, complemented by core conferences and parties created by the festival organizer, CyberScoop. DC CyberWeek is about big ideas and coming together to make an impact on the greater good of our connected w...

Practice Makes Perfect:A Two-Part Webinar that Combines Hands-On Exercises, Discussions, and Instruction. Knowing when an export or reexport license is required under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) is critical to ensuring your company’s compliance with U.S. export controls and quite frankly, staying out of trouble. However, knowing how and when to use an available license exception under Part 740 of the EAR can be worth its...

CyberScoop will kick off DC CyberWeek with a networking event that brings together hundreds of cybersecurity decision makers, influencers and practitioners in the nation’s capital. DC CyberWeek attendees, hosts and sponsors will join government executives and decision makers to launch the week-long festival of cybersecurity networking and learning events.

At SANS Phoenix-Mesa 2017 (Oct. 9-14), improve your IT security skills, and stay ahead of the cyber adversaries who seek to harm your organization's assets. Learn from industry leaders teaching critical information and practical techniques in cyber defense, pen testing and security management to professionals on the front lines of cyber security.Take advantage of these opportunities to get the most out of your training:- Choose from seven info...

How to Get Analytic Modeling Off the Ground and Into Orbit The vast majority of BI professionals and big data enthusiasts are excited about the prospects of predictive analytics and data mining, but are fully mystified about where to begin or even how to prepare. Of those who did initiate a modeling initiative, an industry survey of predictive modeling practitioners reported that 51% of data mining projects either never left the ground, did no...

Strategies for Securing Digital Government Identity and access management is the linchpin of digital government. Whether interacting with internal employees or external constituents, federal agencies need the ability to create a trusted digital relationship—ensuring that interactions are secure, privacy is protected, and the user experience is seamless. It's a complex undertaking, because of the complexity of the federal IT environment,...

The pace of OFAC enforcement actions has increased slightly in 2017... While physical exports of U.S.- origin items make up only a portion of those cases, OFAC has continued to advance new theories of liability that threaten to expand the range of violative conduct for exporters and re-exporters in the United States and around the world. Most notably, in March 2017 OFAC reached its largest ever settlement with a non-financial institution ($100...

Cloud computing, mobile devices, the Internet of Things, and the increasing digitization of information in a hybrid computing environment present new challenges to securing data and information, especially for government agencies. The cyber-threat landscape requires an ongoing and relentless focus on security, especially when considering that many current government security, privacy, and compliance policies were developed in an on-premises on...

The CyberMaryland Conference is an annual two-day event presented jointly by The National Cyber Security Hall of Fame and Federal Business Council (FBC) in conjunction with academia, government and private industry organizations. The theme, “Leading the Cyber Generation,” captures the event’s intent to provide unparalleled information sharing and networking opportunities for development of cyber assets on both the human and t...

Modernization is no longer an option. As part of its effort to drive innovation and technological advancement, the Trump administration has established the Office of American Innovation, which will bring together the best ideas from the public and private sectors. One of its top priorities is to improve government operations and services—and IT is a key part of that. This event will bring together thought-leaders from government and indu...