Our theme of Using Data to Defend is more critical than ever, given the security challenges of moving customers and vendors online and supporting a remote workforce. The online conference will be held on January 12-15, 2021. FloCon 2021 focuses on using “big data” to solve difficult security problems. Its practical, practitioner-oriented sessions feature online training, presentations, and keynote speakers from the security and dat...

Risk managers must often sift through the cacophony of demands for resources and advocacy to identify a diverse set of risks to include in their organization’s risk register. These managers of cyber risk face this problem when trying to prioritize risks within the scope of their function, only to then turn to executives and justify the need for resources. OCTAVE FORTE, a new and upcoming Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process model dev...

For more than two decades, Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) has been instrumental in the creation and development of the field of software architecture. In our past webcasts, What Makes a Good Software Architect? and What Makes a Good Software Architect (2019 Edition)?, we have discussed what makes a good software architect. The range of knowledge and skills involved can be daunting, particularly given th...

In this webcast, as a part of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, our experts will provide an overview of the concept of cyber hygiene, which bears an analogy to the concept of hygiene in the medical profession. Like the practice of washing hands to prevent infections, cyber hygiene addresses simple sets of actions that users can take to help reduce cybersecurity risks. Matt Butkovic, Randy Trzeciak, and Matt Trevors will discuss what some...

Moving applications and data to the cloud has many benefits, including lower costs, accelerated computing speed, and the rapid provisioning of systems. The federal government is working to leverage the “anywhere, anytime” benefits of the cloud and has made cloud-adoption a central tenet of its IT modernization strategy. But choosing cloud services without becoming fully informed of the risks can also expose you to myriad commercial...