Government agencies are looking for ways to decrease their costs and deploy systems more quickly. Luckily, cloud computing can enable them to commit fewer resources to day-to-day tasks like maintenance, so they can focus on more important things, like improving services and increasing innovation. While there are still some challenges, there are several benefits agencies can recognize by moving data and software into a cloud environment. Join u...

Why growth in your IAM environment can lead to less security and chaos: Optiv and our partners invite you to an informative lunch to learn about why adding more IAM can reduce risk and chaos to your security environment. Breaches increased in 2016 by forty percent despite increased spending on security. Compromised credentials and insider threats continue to be a leading cause. If you’ve been taking a reactive approach to security, it's...

The theme of the 126th AMSUS Annual Continuing Education Meeting is “From Battlefront to Homefront” in recognition of the wide range of skills and specialties which must work synchronously to care for those who go in harm’s way, as well as for their families. CJCS Henry Shelton once said, “Battlefield medicine neither starts nor stops at the edge of the battlefield.” Medical response at the point of injury differs...

Our 4.5 day course covers current and relevant IT Security Topics from Cloud and Mobile Computing to Forensics Analysis and Wireless Security to Facilitated Risk Assessment and IT Legal Issues.You will: Learn Threat and Risk Assessment from the inside out with a case study showing what others have done and the lessons they have learned Interact with Network Leaders in the IT Security Community and Interact and Network with leaders in the IT Se...

Local councils work with a wide variety of private sector suppliers and partners to deliver essential public services to their communities. However, the way that councils are governed and controlled, how decisions are made and where the finance comes from is very different from the private sector. Therefore, a solid understanding of such matters is essential for any private sector organisation seeking to do business in the local government mar...

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) team and the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC) will host a DCOI Technology Resources Summit on November 20, 2017 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at GSA Headquarters in Washington, D.C.Margie Graves, Acting U.S. Chief Information Officer, will open the event with a Visionary Keynote, and there will be three panel discussions that focus on data cen...

What do IT pros and the Justice League have in common?They love technology and loathe bad guys. Join Force 3 and Cisco as we unite for an afternoon of superheroes, cinema and cybersecurity. After a brief overview of Cisco Stealthwatch, stick around for the premiere of “Justice League,” starring Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jeremy Irons and more. In a world where threats never stop and hackers never sleep, who will protect your network?...

The Government Contractors Association is a professional, public organization designed to facilitate business owners and non-profits in winning federal contracts through education, resources, and relationships. When you join GCA, you get a FREE Quickstart 3 hour bootcamp that explains what government contracting is and how to get your piece of the American pie. In addition, we educate our members on how to utilitze the tools & resources of...

To enable specialist counter-terrorism operators & commanders, as well as planners, policy and decision-makers from the government, military and law enforcement communities to understand and employ the gamut of overt and covert capabilities and options required to defeat suicide bombers in permissive and hostile environments, - across the strategic, operational and tactical threat spectrum. Suicide IEDs have become one of the terrorists...

Open First: Building a Foundation for Choice and Security The demands-and opportunities-for government IT are at an all-time high. And open source collaboration provides the strongest foundation to help agencies meet critical demands in a smart, efficient way. Community-powered innovation gives us the most out of emerging technologies-whether it's modernizing applications and infrastructure, speeding application development, moving workloads t...