"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." - John Muir Digital connectedness makes us vulnerable. Cyber threats are one of the defining perils of our time. They threaten national and economic security and are aimed at governments, corporations, organizations of all types, and individuals. Personal devices, shopping, entertainment, telecommunications, manufacturing, supply chains, enterp...

Transforming the use of enterprise architecture to improve performance and mission effectiveness. PURPOSE ODG’s March Workshop will showcase how Government organizations have incorporated agile EA and outcome-driven methodologies to drive operational efficiencies and enhanced performance in support of their agency’s mission and arrive at a baseline of agile EA attributes. In particular, the workshop will examine how emerging applic...

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...

AGILE IN GOVERNMENT Mutual Adaptation Adapting agile to acquisition and acquisition to agile Scaling, Contracting, Governance, Measurement The purposes of this event are: develop better understanding of how agile software development methods can be fit within prescribed processes of government acqusition to discuss the changing technology of modern information-intensive businesses and the implications these have for evolving Government approac...

As evolving methodologies of cyber espionage and disruption continue to grow in scope and sophistication, the federal government has sought to bolster its defenses through the implementation of a standardized cybersecurity framework, influenced by drivers such as FedRAMP, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the Continuous Diagnostics Mitigation (CDM) program, which are designed to enable the detection and elimination of threats in real time....

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...

How can Federal agencies better manage enterprise IT? By making better use of software tools and applications to drive efficient operations. Where can you learn how to do that? At The 2014 CA Technologies Government Summit. Plan to attend thought-provoking sessions, innovative product demos, and learn from colleagues who will address three drivers for agency software management—today and tomorrow: Expansion of DevOps to Support Agency Co...