Software Assessment & Asset Management: A Critical Tool for Agencies
Agencies throughout the federal government spend billions of dollars collectively on software to run their operations and achieve their mission. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) knows legacy systems are a major contributor to the problem, while the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets (SAMOSA) Act to overhaul software acquisition to cut down costs.
There is another nagging problem with how agencies acquire and use software – they don’t know enough about what software versions are in use, which software is no longer being used, where the holes are in software deployments, which packages are old and vulnerable, and what is being used that isn’t approved for government use. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released a binding operational directive on mitigating risk from end-of-support edge devices, which often have end-of-support software.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify how to leverage end-of-life/end-of-service support to clean up and consolidate the software used by your agency
- Delineate the procedures to remove duplicative software without interfering with systems operations
- Evaluate potential cost savings to be realized while focusing on active software deployments
Speaker Details
Jonathan Feibus
Acting Director, SDOD, OCIO,
NRC
George Hoffmann
Deputy Director and Deputy CIO,
CMS
Charalynn Macedo
Program Leader for Business Enablement,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Dave Klein
Sr. Sales Engineer,
Axonius Federal Systems
Michael Kennedy
Contributing Editor,
FedInsider
Event Topic
IT, Management, TechnologyRelevant Audiences
All State and Local Government, All Federal Government, National Guard, Air Force, Coast Guard, Navy, City Government, County Government, Municipalities, State Government, Central Intelligence Agency, Department of Agriculture, Department of Commerce, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Interior, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department of the Treasury, Environmental Protection Agency, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Communications Commission, Food and Drug Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, General Services Administration, Government Accountability Office, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Institute of Health, National Security Agency, U.S. Agency of International Development, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Office of Personnel Management, U.S. Postal Service, Veterans AffairsOther Agency
Office of the President (includes OMB), Other Federal Agencies, Judicial Branch Agencies, Foreign Governments/Agencies