The Watchful Eye: Mitigating Risk in the Cloud

Speakers:

  Stan Kaczmarczyk, Director, Cloud Computing Services (CCS) Program Management Office (PMO), Federal Acquisition Service (FAS), Office of Integrated Technology Services (ITS), General Services Administration (GSA)

  Chuck Aaron, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Resilience, Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

  Gunnar Hellekson, Chief Strategist, Public Sector, Red Hat

Robert Bohn, NIST Cloud Computing Program Manager & Reference Architecture Lead, Applied and Computational Sciences Division, Information Technology Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Focus:

Government agencies are adopting a Cloud First approach to do more with existing resources while rapidly opening up new ways to meet citizens’ demands to engage with agencies online. Using a pay-as-you-go model, agencies can now access a broad portfolio of middleware and services, and build sophisticated apps that can transform citizen engagement.

Despite the compelling need to innovate through cloud adoption, IDC estimates that two-thirds of IT professionals consider security their #1 barrier to migrating to the cloud. Vulnerabilities such as hacking and identity theft, privacy and ownership of data, records management, and insider threats are but a few of the stumbling blocks to securely migrating government systems to the cloud.

Join government and industry experts to explore the risks associated with moving to the cloud and methods to mitigate them.

This briefing will feature:

• Discussion of compliance requirements such as NIST’s Federal Information Security Act (FISMA).
• Government thought leaders introducing best practices in preparing their agencies for implementing secure cloud.
• Certificates awarding up to 3 CPE’s accredited by The George Washington University Center for Excellence in Public Leadership.
• In depth discussion of government’s path forward use tools such as Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) which governs the security authorization process for Cloud Service Providers (CSP).

Complimentary Registration

Please register using the form above, or call (202) 237-0300.

Participants can earn 3 CPE credits in Computer Science.

To receive CPE credit you must arrive on time and sign in on the CPE sheet (located at the registration desk). Certificates will be e-mailed to registrants. In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsors, 50 minutes equals 1 CPE.

Additional Information

Prerequisites: Previous experience or education in IT, and or web/app/systems development.

Who should attend?
Managers from Federal, State & Local, Military, Industry, and Education who are involved or interested in:
-    IT
-    Web Development
-    Cloud
-    Security   

Advance Preparation: Basic experience in IT and management recommended, but not required.

Program Level: Intermediate
Delivery Method: Group Live Training