State and local governments are focused on securing data around everything from citizen records to critical infrastructure plans. As public sector organizations continue to become hyper-connected, gaining complete enterprise visibility to truly understand your risks becomes extremely difficult. Systems are expensive to scale, legacy technologies lag behind the changing environment, and silo applications reduce visibility and increase risk. Vie...

4th Annual Identity Management Symposium Advancing Biometric and Identity Activity Solutions Apr 18-19, 2017 The Mary M. Gates Learning Center, Alexandria, VA The 2017 Identity Management Symposium will provide valuable information on the current and prospective initiatives that the U.S. Government supports to advance identity and access management practices for greater defense and security. With a keen focus on access management, this Symposi...

Information security training in Orlando, FL from SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training. SANS 2017 returns to Orlando, Florida offering more than 40+ hands-on, intensive cyber security training courses all taught by the industry's top instructors. Regardless of the course you select, SANS promises that you will be able to use what you learn as soon as you return to your office. Take advantage of these opportunities...

Unprecedented Counterintelligence Threats: Protecting People, Information and Assets in the 21st Century INSA Counterintelligence Symposium At this unique event, “Unprecedented Counterintelligence Threats: Protecting People, Information, and Assets in the 21st Century,” senior officials from the public and private sectors will provide insights into these threats and identify effective ways of addressing them. Among the conference...

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.

Compliance is key to success as a government contractor. On April 6, 2017, Holland & Knight LLP and its partners will be hosting an afternoon program and networking reception focused on compliance strategies for success. We hope you can join us for an informative program and great networking opportunity. Sessions Include: "Cyber Security - Threats and Opportunities in Federal Contracting" Mary Beth Bosco & Eric Crusius (Holland ...

Have you heard of the Zachman Framework, but only know what others tell you or what you have read from less than authoritative sources such as Wikipedia? Would you like to know a little bit more? Well join us Thursday (6 April) at 12PM Eastern Daylight Time for an overview of the Zachman Framework. We will cover the essential structure and concepts of the framework during this 40-minute presentation. We will also take your Questions after the...

Engineering the future of software Most software development conferences focus on increasing your skills by providing technical sessions in a single track for architects. The O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference focuses on technical breadth as well as depth—the entire conference delves into the varied facets of the role of software architect. Understanding the tradeoffs, technology options, and engineering practices is critica...

The smart cities industry will be worth an estimated $400 billion globally by 2020. With the UK targeting a 10% share of this overall total, the urban technology revolution could provide a massive boost to the national economy. These innovations could also vastly improve the lives of the millions of British people living in urban areas. Experts predict that the smart cities of the future will monitor air quality to reduce pollution, use real...

In today's modern world, the power grid serves as the backbone of the United States critical infrastructure sector. The Utilities responsible for this tremendous responsibility have to constantly adapt to new and emerging challenges, many of which were never imagined during the creation of the current power grid. It is financially impractical to pursue every solution simultaneously. Rather, grid owners and operators need identify new technolog...