According to Gartner, citizen-centric government requires fundamental changes in information technology. Cloud computing provides the critical infrastructure, mobile-devices reach individuals directly, data fuels information, and security and privacy are mandatory. How do military and civilian agencies embrace emerging technology to meet their missions? Join your military and agency peers to explore innovative strategies and technologies your...

AFCEA Washington, DC invites you to attend the 6th Annual Cybersecurity Technology Summit at the Capital Hilton on April 2, 2015. The summit is the marquee industry day of continuing education and networking for the cybersecurity community. The event brings together over 600 thought-leaders from multiple federal agencies, including DHS and DOD, the Intelligence Community, and others from industry. The event will tackle strategies for addressin...

According to Gartner, citizen-centric government requires fundamental changes in information technology. Cloud computing provides the critical infrastructure, mobile-devices reach individuals directly, data fuels information, and security and privacy are mandatory. How do military and civilian agencies embrace emerging technology to meet their missions? Join your military and agency peers to explore innovative strategies and technologies your...

The most well-planned attacks are often lengthy, stealthy and highly sophisticated in their use of intelligence gathering and the broad array of mechanisms employed. All these attacks, however, follow a number of common phases and characteristics that fall under the umbrella of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT), being defined here as those attacks that are well-researched, well-funded and having very specific objectives. By developing an under...

With nearly 30 years of security experience, we will explore privileged account management challenges facing Federal IT professionals today and highlight our unique methodology for controlling access to your mission critical information. You will learn how asset scanning and auto-discovery techniques can be used to proactively preempt attackers from exploiting privileged and service accounts. You’ll also learn how to create a positive en...

The threat of persistent and malicious cyber-attacks continues to rise, and the government is taking decisive action to ensure that cyberspace remains a national asset rather than a strategic liability. As agencies seeks ways to identify cyber-threat patterns and stem the tide of intrusive actions, training on the transformative leaps that current I.T. tools provide is needed. That’s why cybersecurity professionals are invited to spend a...

More than any other operations, homeland security missions call for coordinated and end-to-end collaboration. Success depends on preparing for the unknowable, preventing the unthinkable and planning recovery from the unimaginable. To assist in the process, AFCEA International brings together the people in charge of ensuring success—from subject matter experts to frontline responders—for two days of open discussion about the variou...

COMPLIMENTARY BRIEFING The Watchful Eye: Mitigating Risk in the Cloud Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Time: 8:00 - 10:30 AMCost: Complimentary Credits: 3 CPEs/CEUs 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...

In 2009, President Obama said, “America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity.” Despite efforts to improve the government’s ability to thwart cyberattacks, threats like malware, phishing, advanced persistent threats and zero day attacks are continuing to become more common. Cyber professionals are at the core of solving or at least curbing some of these serious issues. But who are these cyber...

According to Gartner, 50% of all network attacks will hide in internet traffic by 2017. This so-called SSL encrypted traffic is pervasive and while it can improve the security of data, it also bypasses most policy enforcement points. This creates a significant data security, privacy and compliance risk for government agencies. Indeed, hackers can evade 80% of agency network defenses by tunneling attacks in encrypted traffic. Our citizens and i...