Improve your business acumen by taking the first-ever education program specifically designed for tomorrow’s business-minded technology leaders. The TBM Executive Foundation course provides senior IT leaders and finance managers the essential knowledge that drives business transformation within IT by running a successful Technology Business Management (TBM) program. Over 800 IT and Finance leaders have already participated in the course...

Please join us on January 30 to learn how VMware enables organizations to transform security by providing a ubiquitous software layer across application infrastructure and endpoints. As people, devices, and objects become more connected, IT organizations need to secure each and every interaction between users, applications, and data—however and wherever they are connecting. They need to do it in an environment that is constantly changing...

The underlying theme for this one-day workshop is how to secure key functionalities of government in a less disruptive, more resilient way against various threats and to sustain trust. On the one hand there are well-known but intensifying threats to the public sector, such as malware, spyware and in particular APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats). In addition, there are new categories of threats imminent through a myriad of new attack vectors st...

WSC Turns 50: Simulation Everywhere! The Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) is the premier international forum for disseminating recent advances in the field of system simulation. In addition to a technical program of unsurpassed scope and quality, WSC provides the central meeting place for simulation practitioners, researchers, and vendors working in all disciplines in industry, service, government, military and academic sectors. From experim...

Blockchain and its Potential in Government Training Workshop: A Primer for Government Executives, Managers, and Staff Commonly described as the "next great disrupter," Blockchain technology is the “new Internet”. While there are challenges associated with widespread use, its potential is drawing heavy interest and investment from both commercial and government leaders around teh world. Primarily known as the technology underlying B...

The speed and pace of cyber threats by state and non-state actors are bombarding DoD network defenses and threatening to undermine the United States' technological military advantage. The recent elevation of US Cyber Command to a unified combatant command demonstrates the resolve to embrace the changing nature of warfare in order to maintain US military superiority across all domains and phases of conflict. This ever-changing face of war has c...

Latest Information on Government Cybersecurity and Implementing the President's Cybersecurity Executive Order (EO) Training Workshop This workshop will focus on the progress to date in implementing the President’s EO on Cybersecurity with emphasis on key requirement: identification of High Value Assets, implementation of NIST’s Risk Management Framework (RMF) and Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). The CSF and RMF are critical for the f...

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...

DevOps isn't infrastructure. It's not something you deploy and forget. With a complete DevOps strategy, agencies can begin the culture, process, and platform changes needed to meet new demands and modernize older systems. The result is an IT organization that can deliver applications and services quickly and innovate faster. Topics to include: What exactly is DevOps? How can we open our culture to new processes? What is the best way to automat...

SANS is recognized around the world as the best place to develop the deep, hands-on cyber security skills most in need right now. Network Security 2017 offers more than 45 information security courses taught by SANS' world-class instructors, with dynamic content on the hottest information security issues.In addition to SANS classroom training and development, you can also test your security defense skills at the Core NetWars Experience, DFIR N...