ICIT 2022 Rising Threat Alert: DDOS Attacks and What Stops Them When it comes to DDoS crimes, there’s no such thing as questions, just hidden answers. This virtual briefing will provide a crime scene investigation of today’s DDoS criminals. Answering questions such as how are attacks launched and why aren’t they getting detected and stopped in time? The panelists will continue the investigation by turning the lens to the vict...

In just a few short years, Robotic Process Automation has gone from a few scattered pilot projects to an essential tool deployed by dozens of agencies. Hundreds of thousands of staff-hours have been saved, and organizations are increasingly looking to leverage artificial intelligence to automate more-complicated workflows. Automation at scale comes with challenges, however -- from credential management to siloed systems to ensuring that outdat...

Constituents have grown to expect convenient and reliable online services and public sector organizations are increasingly looking to the cloud to find ways to strengthen security while improving digital services. But to do so properly — creating a trustworthy, user-friendly and frictionless experience for the end customer — these services must have identity management and cybersecurity ingrained into their DNA. Join top leaders an...

As DOD continues the roll-out of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, both government acquisition professionals and the contracting community are scrambling to understand and implement the certification requirements. Join us to learn the latest on what is required and what may be ahead for acquisition and contracting executives concerning cyber certifications and audits as government and industry experts share their insights...

Data management is king in crisis management. That proved true over the past year as government agencies and educational institutions with strong data strategies, hygiene and utilization were the most resilient during the COVID-19 emergency. Now, it's time to take the lessons learned from those organizations that best weathered the storm of the pandemic and share them in preparation for the inevitable next crisis, as well as to set the conditi...

Chief Information Officers (CIOs) are the stewards of a new type of currency – Data. For data to achieve its maximum value, we should look at the role of the CIO and the processes he/she oversees similarly to how we hold Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and even Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) accountable for an organization’s finances. There will be two parts of the webinar: The first will be a conversation with government data exe...

DescriptionRobust, accurate, timely, structured, and relevant data that provides a unified view is a necessary requirement for sound business strategy. Agencies and industry alike need to know how to identify and match, correct, implement identity rules, enforce adoption of taxonomies and analytics and reference data while also establishing and communicating information policies and mechanisms to ensure effective data use with policies, rules,...

USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe and Product Line Leaders to update industry on the progress of modernization efforts and its Agile transformation along product lines. To satisfy new customer demands, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) embarked on an organizational transformation to change how they deliver enterprise IT. This journey encompasses the New Ways of Working (NWOW) and new, scaled Agile practices with a focus on customer...

The Government Performance Summit (GPS) is the premier virtual live gathering for senior government officials and political C-suite executives, responsible for implementing government performance improvements and transparency efforts. This year's theme is Critical Success Factors: the areas of your agency that are the most important for success. With shrinking budgets and high public support needed, this is a time for innovation and shared exp...

The federal government has been working to update its policies, architectures and frameworks around digital identity for some time. OMB revised its Identity Credential and Access Management guide in May of 2019 and that National Institute for Standards and Technology has been working on an updated version of its guidance on security and privacy controls for information systems. Then, the pandemic hit, and all programs went into overdrive as ag...