Keeping up with cyber threats is a continual and time-intensive process. Cyber threat intelligence helps organizations gain a grasp on their threat landscape and respond to emerging threats more quickly and effectively. But threat intelligence is only useful if it’s real intelligence and not just data. Join your peers from across the country at our Threat Intelligence 2017 Summit to learn how you can use threat intelligence to understand...

If you think you're immune to cybersecurity issues, think again. Go ask Equifax, or ask anyone affected by the "Wanna Cry" ransomware earlier this year, how important is cybersecurity? Join us for cocktails on November 7th as we discuss how cybersecurity affects your government contracting organization. You'll hear several nuggets of inside information and meet the expert members of the KISS - Keep It Simple Solution™ Government Contract...

Despite recent state legislation legalizing the use of marijuana, pot use is still illegal on federal facilities. This presentation and discussion will cover: The intersection between state laws legalizing marijuana use and federal contracts; The current status of federal law and “Drug-Free Workplace” clauses in federal contracts; The implications for employees that are obtaining and retaining security clearances; and Best practice...

DIY Encryption Classification 2017 Edition All registrants receive an encryption classification questionnaire! We are offering a webinar on creating your own encryption questionnaires to use to classify your products. In August, the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) significantly changed the Information Security section of the Commerce Control List (Category 5 Part II) as a result of the 2016 Wassenaar Arrangement decision to rewrite cert...

Does your agency have the processes in place to remain efficient while complying with rapidly changing policy and regulation? Join Bizagi for our first Public Sector Forum to find out. The all-day event will be held at the beautiful Mandarin Oriental. Network with leaders in government, attend meetings to discuss hot-button topics, and enjoy delicious meals and refreshments. At the end of the day you'll enjoy our closing networking session wit...

2017 has turned out to be the watershed year in Asia Pacific (APAC) export controls... Malaysia released an overhaul of its strategic trade regulations and the Philippines finalized the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) for its Strategic Trade Management Act (STMA). On January 1, 2018, Thailand will go live with its new export controls along with its published draft of “Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Act.” Perhaps the bi...

Our second annual Duty of Care Conference held in United States brings together c-suite and human capital professionals along with global mobility service providers to understand the legal financial, and security issues surrounding the sponsor’s responsibility to inform and prepare employees, students and consultants while on cross-borderer assignments and travels. We are hosting authentic talks and workshops in one of the premier hotels...

Vanguard Security & Compliance™ is the most intense knowledge-based educational forum for information security and compliance professionals from public and private sectors. Highly regarded experts from Vanguard, IBM and private industry will present the most current information and instruction about cybersecurity threats and protection, configuration and compliance in a proven format structured to deliver the highest quality learning...

Practice Makes Perfect:A Two-Part Webinar that Combines Hands-On Exercises, Discussions, and Instruction. Knowing when an export or reexport license is required under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) is critical to ensuring your company’s compliance with U.S. export controls and quite frankly, staying out of trouble. However, knowing how and when to use an available license exception under Part 740 of the EAR can be worth its...

The pace of OFAC enforcement actions has increased slightly in 2017... While physical exports of U.S.- origin items make up only a portion of those cases, OFAC has continued to advance new theories of liability that threaten to expand the range of violative conduct for exporters and re-exporters in the United States and around the world. Most notably, in March 2017 OFAC reached its largest ever settlement with a non-financial institution ($100...