For more than three years, Federal agencies have been encouraged to consider the Cloud First. Although cloud computing is expanding across government enterprises, there are a few fundamental considerations that surface in nearly every discussion on the topic. As with most new technology implementations, security is an over-arching concern, and the cloud is no exception to this norm. There is another area, however, that often gives agency prof...

Federal Government enterprises are focused on IT transformation many believed unthinkable when the first official strategy for cloud computing was announced by the Federal CIO. Today, cloud-based applications and storage are being implemented across agencies and hosted computing is deemed a critical component to sustainable, affordable, and flexible future infrastructures. Data center consolidation, virtualization, mobile strategies, big data...

Join your colleagues for an overview of risk-based identity verification, methods for detecting fraudulent activity, options for identity proofing, and specific initiatives focused on strengthening individual identity credentials for reliable system and information access. Attend this Executive Briefing to learn: A review of milestones reached for the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC)—and what’s next fo...

The business of government is becoming more complex, increasing the demands being placed on federal agencies. New executive priorities must be addressed. Agency-wide initiatives need to be supported. A growing number of regulatory requirements must be met. This translates into a number of challenges for federal CIOs and their staffs, including the need to consolidate, standardize, and modernize their IT infrastructure, meet security mandates -...