Examine how government and industry is adapting to the shifting landscape for cybersecurity Red Hat and the National Institute of Standard and Technology are co-hosting the third annual Cybersecurity Open Forum – Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, in Washington, DC. This in-person event will be an opportunity to hear from some of the brightest cybersecurity professionals to hear about the nature of cybersecurity vulnerabilities...

The state of New York and many of its cities are aggressively pursuing a strategic overhaul of the delivery of services to residents. For instance, the state’s 2022-23 IT strategic plan emphasizes improving IT resiliency in part by getting away from legacy systems, implementing an enterprise architecture, and improving demand management and service delivery, to name a few. The state recently unveiled its new statewide cybersecurity strat...

GIST24 explores the missions, strategies, and operational goals that government agencies face in delivering successful mission outcomes and meeting the needs and expectations of citizens and other stakeholders, and the major role that AI is playing. Gartner foresees a transformative shift in 2024, projecting that 60% of government investments in AI and data analytics will directly shape operational decisions and outcomes. GIST24 unravels pract...

Threat remediation encompasses a series of risk prevention steps to know how best to act when defending your surface systems from data breaches and financial disruption. This workshop is to help inform and advise SOC professionals on an agnostic, interoperable, risk adverse way to prioritize and measure the impact to your end-to-end incident response framework and act on ways it can be improved through trusted, targeted use of AI and Automation.

Cybersecurity is a cornerstone of the Biden administration’s priorities and has never been more important to securing the nation’s infrastructure and data from cyber threats than it is today. Government IT leaders must remain vigilant against near-constant cyber threats while maintaining legacy systems and securing a remote workforce. In this workshop, Nextgov/FCW will examine the most important trends in cybersecurity across the f...

The long awaited executive guidance on artificial intelligence has been released by the current administration and Federal agencies have wasted little time getting to work. With the frameworks outlined in the executive order, agencies have started implementing the guidance into their operational networks, recognizing the imperative of swiftly integrating AI-focused strategies to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of their cybersecurity m...

Public sector organizations continue to face a constant barrage of sophisticated cyber threats. And with new cybersecurity mandates and guidance — from recent executive orders to the release of the 2023 National Cyber Strategy — public sector leaders must make considerable decisions about their cyber enterprise that will have lasting impacts for years to come. On top of this, the emergence of novel security capabilities built on ma...

Florida is the third-largest state in the U.S. by population, and it continues to grow rapidly – from 2010 to 2020, its population grew by 14.5%. That kind of growth rate might be the envy of other states, but it also means increased pressure on the state government to deliver internet-based, user-friendly services for everything from child support services to renewing business licenses. To accomplish this transformation in state governm...

Zero Trust is a must for most federal civilian agencies in 2024, with the Biden administration’s directive for agencies to adopt at least some level of zero trust architecture by September. Faced with challenges in everything from automation and modernization to the hybrid work environment, today’s IT and cyber leaders aim to mitigate risk by adopting the latest zero trust security solutions to secure their endpoints and protect th...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is on a multi-year IT modernization journey – harnessing the power of new and emerging technologies to achieve mission-driven innovations, enhanced security, and delivery of improved access and care for millions of beneficiaries. CMS has done extensive work to date in cloud enabling applications and creating user friendly tools and enhancing security. The agency is now embarking on its...