The Government Contract Management Symposium (GCMS) is held annually by the National Contract Management Association (NCMA) in the Washington, DC metro area. Formerly intended for those in federal sector, it has grown to provide training for professionals in both government and industry contracting. This year's symposium consists of keynote addresses from cybersecurity and technology leaders, nontraditional panel discussions, 30 breakout sessi...

When medical device companies consider Agile development methods, they often run into the key criticism that Agile groups produce little to no documentation, and that Agile stands in contradiction to the lifecycle standards outlined in IEC 62304. In fact, those principles - have clear processes for quality management system, risk management process, software maintenance, configuration management, and problem resolution - actually augment rathe...

The VA has made amazing strides in the last year to ensure Veteran healthcare and benefits. Some challenges still remain, however, like eliminating the backlog of patients requiring care, raising the level of patient satisfaction, while simultaneously introducing new technology. The VA and industry experts will be discussing how to overcome these challenges at VA Healthcare 2017 this May. Join us as we discuss the future of healthcare and bene...

Back by Popular Demand! Top officials and experts from the government IT community return to the highly sought after Public Sector Innovation Summit. Join us to continue conversations on high-priority issues from cost-effective cloud security to mobility solutions and explore new areas of development including big security and transforming IT environments. As government IT functions continue to demand cost-effective, efficient and flexible ent...

The Security Through Innovation Summit will bring together top thought leaders and innovators from the Gov IT community and feature sessions and breakouts on cloud managed security services, automating cyber readiness, industrial control systems and the impact of IoT, FedRAMP, continuous diagnostics and mitigation, and host-based security systems.

Join SANS at this innovative Summit as we focus on enabling organizations to build effective cyber threat intelligence analysis capabilities. Most organizations are familiar with threat intelligence, but have no real concept of how to create and produce proper intelligence. The 2017 Summit will focus on specific analysis techniques and capabilities that can be used to properly create and maintain Cyber Threat Intelligence in your organization....

Offense informs Defense!SANS Pen Test HackFest Training & Summit is coming back for another year of mind blowing and exciting hands-on learning opportunities! This year's HackFest Summit features two days of leading talks from top experts and then six days of hands-on, immersion-style pen test training in one of our nine courses to choose from!! Learn and develop your offensive techniques as you strive to better defend your environment. Wh...

While serving as the Army G-6 and CIO, Lt. Gen. Robert S. Ferrell once referred to the Joint Information Environment as an “operational imperative.” JIE, while not a formal program, is a driving force behind DOD-wide efforts to modernize networks, strengthen security, and improve the flow of information across the individual services and in the joint environment. JIE reflects a broader interest in providing a cohesive framework to...

Why not get your Cybersecurity training close to DC at SANS Northern Virginia - Crystal City 2016? We are bringing our top courses and instructors to make this the perfect training event for you! Gain the skills and learn about the tools you need to protect your organization from security breaches and attack risk.Put the skills you'll learn to practical use and join more than 79,000 GIAC certified professionals who use their training to keep t...

SANS Security Operations Center (SOC) Summit: As we see regularly in the news, the number of successful data breaches continues to increase. Adversaries seem to have the upper hand, as many organizations fail to effectively detect and quickly respond to these breaches. Over 80% of all breach victims learn of a compromise from third-party notifications, not from internal security teams, and are often caught by surprise. As a result, executives...