The Privacy + Security Forum breaks down the silos of privacy and security by bringing together seasoned thought leaders. Sessions and workshops are rigorous and deliver practical takeaways for all participants throughout the conference. Forum speakers engage the highly experienced audience in discussion, scenarios, and hands-on activities. Who Attends:Privacy Professionals Security ProfessionalsChief Information OfficersAttorneysAcademic...

Join us for two days full of workshops and sessions with Palo Alto Networks experts, as well as other leaders in the field. We designed these two-hour Hands-On Workshops, focused on our Next-Generation Security Platform, to give you an in-depth look at our products, feature deployment and implementation. You’ll need specific prior experience for some workshops, so please refer to the prerequisites for each. Cyber Range sessions provide t...

The President’s Management Agenda set out an aggressive plan for more effective and efficient government, and a key component of that plan is the modernization of agencies’ technology infrastructure. In a time of budget questions and manpower shortages, how do agencies deliver on this goal? This FCW Summit will explore how agencies have navigated the policy developments, the workforce challenges and look at who has delivered the be...

Cybersecurity consistently tops the list of concerns that federal and state and local executives face every day. It affects their spending and their hiring. It is a major undertaking, shifting from a security paradigm focused on perimeter defense to a network-, application- and data-level security that’s inextricably enmeshed in the network. Among the challenges, agencies must determine how much of the lift they will shoulder and how muc...

Putting New Tech into Action The government is often conservative about adopting new and cutting-edge technology—even when it funded the early development. The scale of the applications, the sensitivity of the data and the strategic importance of the agency missions have made federal IT executives cautious. Now a new generation of emerging technology offers particularly promising results—but what is mature enough to implement or pi...

Success in information security requires committing to a career of learning, from fundamentals to advanced techniques. To put you firmly on this learning path, join us at SANSFIRE 2019 (June 15-22), and get top-tier training from industry leaders addressing today's greatest cyber threats. Choose from more than 40 cyber security courses and learn valuable skills that you will be able to implement immediately. Cyber Security Courses Available at...

Chairman: John Pescatore, SANS Director of Emerging Security TrendsKeynote: Ashley Mahan, Secure Cloud Portfolio & FedRAMP Director Sponsors: AWS, IBM, Rackspace and Okta The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) has been a highly successful GSA initiative to enable government agency use of cloud services by providing streamlined approach to assessment, authorization and continuous monitoring. Providers of cloud servi...

Hosted by FedScoop, FedTalks is the largest annual gathering of C-level executives, experts and innovators from the gov tech community. In its 9th year, FedTalks brings together 1,200 of the country's most influential leaders from the tech industry and government for one day of discussion, exploring ways technology and people can transform government and our communities.

Since 2013, the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program has provided federal agencies with IT tools for countering cyberattacks on federal government networks. It is no surprise, however, that over the years attacks on government sites have intensified and become more sophisticated. In its new phase CDM DEFEND rolls out tools and services to create a tailored security strategy, as agencies face demands for more visibility and new enterpr...

The 2018 Federal Cloud Computing Strategy, Cloud Smart, lays out a long-term plan to help federal agencies migrate operations from on-premise legacy systems to the cloud. The goal is to use secure cloud infrastructures and enable more efficient operations, more reliable security and faster services. Register today to attend the Cloud Summit and hear seasoned IT leaders examine how organizations can best manage a migration to the cloud - before...