Despite decades of science demonstrating that organizations with more diverse leadership perform better, women and minorities remain grossly underrepresented in management positions across the Federal Government. Building a diverse leadership team requires building equity into every career development decision that creates great leaders, from initial branch assignments in the military to lateral assignments in the civil service. Internal mobil...

For most agencies, the fall will mean a mixed bag of open offices and remote workforce. Agencies spun up solutions quickly for expanding and protecting networks and data, and now they are planning for supporting both approaches.What has worked for agencies with managed services and what is available to help as employees return to offices? Can collaboration tools substitute for face-to-face discussion? Are there scalable solutions that allow ag...

Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SD-WAN) have been very successful as an enterprise solution in the commercial world, but security concerns and the government’s former emphasis on working in offices has slowed its deployment in the public sector. Now, however, with large parts of the federal workforce working remotely, demand for access to the public internet has dramatically increased. Release of new interim guidance about TIC 3.0 a...

The NextGen Summit is the embodiment of what NextGen represents: inspiring government innovation and providing training and leadership opportunities for public servants. Since 2010, the two-day summit has inspired over 5,000 federal, state and local govies to be positive change ambassadors. This year, the NextGen Summit will be hosted virtually on August 19-20, 2020. Why does it matter to me? The NextGen Summit is a place to cultivate and enab...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. Every year, FDR Training has been the trusted source of guidance for thousands of EEO, HR, ER/LR, and legal federal practitioners, offering unparalleled training plus the opportunity to hear from agency leaders. The health and well-being of our community – that has been growing for more than three decades – is our top p...

One of the biggest threats to maintaining Continuity of Operations is a DDoS attack. Tom will discuss: (1) the evolution of modern DDoS attacks; (2) technical vulnerabilities of on-premise devices such as VPN gateways, firewalls and application servers to DDoS attacks; and (3) demonstrate the technical features of Arbor Edge Defense that enable it to be the first and last line of an automated perimeter defense

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New dates: 7/27-7/29/2020 World Congress is the National Contract Management Association's largest training and networking event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and academia. Join more than 2,000 fellow participants for networking and trainin...

The flexibility and ease of deployment of SD-WAN has accelerated its deployment as new network edges emerge for large enterprise and government entities as MPLS continues to be prevalent within the Federal ecosystem. Tory will discuss: (1) Remote site monitoring solutions for MPLS; (2) Utilizing vSTREAM Family of Virtual Appliances for maintaining visibility in SD-WAN environments; (3) Deployment options for vSTREAM within uCPE of SD-WAN or Pu...

Cloud migration is a complex endeavor for even the most experienced of IT professionals. Patrick will discuss: (1) The AWS “Well Architected Framework” whitepaper; (2) How Smart Data and NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Solutions can help improve operational efficiency, lower costs, improve performance, and build Security into any Cloud environment; and (3) technical best practices for monitoring cloud migrations and cloud implementations.

The Virtual Desktop Infrastructure continues to evolve its mission critical application status as organizations of all types realize the importance of enhanced user mobility and remote access. Paul will discuss: (1) Common challenges of access; poor user experience; and application issues; (2) How to use network visibility to understand and manage your VDI environment; and (3) Best Practices for Instrumentation.