THIS BRIEFING IS FOR SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS, GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA. In America and indeed across the globe, cyberattacks have risen to be a top national issue, with cyber-threat crossing the line to perpetuating violence in real life. Hacker groups, criminal organizations, and espionage units worldwide have access to powerful, evolving capabilities, which they use to identify, target, and attack. Government plays a pivotal role in maintaining the...

This summit is the region’s premier event in marketing, technology, communications and media. This one-day event will bring together over 350 marketing and communications executives to discuss high-level issues through a series of panels, keynotes, presentations and networking. The event is co-produced by two of the most respected news organizations of their kind in the region: Potomac Tech Wire, the region’s source for technology...

The 2015 Synergy Forum brings together government and industry practitioners driving our collective technology futures. This is a multi-disciplinary event examining the emerging mashup of physical and digital worlds. Attendees include policy-makers, architects, program managers and influencers in the federal government and the most forward thinking engineers, architects and innovators in the American technology ecosystem. Organized by the anal...

This course provides students insight into documented insider threat cases, recent studies conducted on the insider threat, current government and industry guidance and best practices, as well as technical actions that can be taken to prevent, detect and handle the Cyber Insider Threat in their organization. Topics covered in this course include: What is a Cyber Insider Threat? Motivations of the Cyber Insider Threat Types of Cyber Insider Thr...

Join INSA for a Leadership Dinner with the Honorable John O. Brennan, Director, Central Intelligence Agency on Tuesday, April 28 at the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner in McLean, VA. Director Brennan will deliver keynote remarks related to the key challenges and opportunities facing the CIA, the IC and our nation. Following dinner, Director Brennan will participate in a discussion and take questions from the audience. Highlights will include: Key...

As government agencies pursue OMB’s Cloud First policy, Federal CIOs are taking a hard look at issues like vendor lock-in, contract incongruity, data ownership, and reporting and policy compliance. Coupled with the Federal CIO’s recent Digital Services Playbook with its Default to Open mandate, agencies are looking to move to the cloud using more agile, open approaches. This briefing will discuss the use of modern technologies such...

Held the second Tuesday of every other month, GEOINTeraction Tuesday is a casual networking event where you can develop new relationships, exchange ideas and discover business opportunities. Each event features a guest speaker from the Defense, Intelligence or Homeland Security Community who shares their views on current issues and answers audience questions. If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to [email protected]

According to Gartner, 73% of the world’s enterprises are using or planning to adopt big data platforms and analytical tools to better understand their operations, outcomes, and opportunities. This megatrend is driven by the increasing awareness of public and private sector organizations that technology and expertise are essential to unlock the value of the data they use, regardless of format or source. Few enterprises benefit more from i...

Federal Networks has become the most important government-wide conference focusing on net-centric solutions to the government's biggest challenges. Whether it's strengthening our nation's defense, defending against cybersecurity threats, or providing top quality care for our nation's veterans, the government is turning to the next generation of network technologies to ensure mission effectiveness and operational efficiency. Federal Networks br...

The Federal health IT strategic plan promises to provide tools to help strengthen health care delivery in alignment with national strategies to improve health including safety, quality, prevention, and reducing disparities. This briefing will bring government thought-leaders to the table to talk about plans to leverage interoperability to foster the technological advancement of health information exchange and improve the quality of care for Am...