Government wide pressure to reduce IT costs and optimize operations has led many agencies to embrace cloud computing. Despite the potential savings and improved efficiencies, securing the cloud remains a major concern. Cloud Computing Security can be defined as defending the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of agency assets (data, applications, infrastructure) using cloud services from both outside and insider threats. Securing the...

In a digital world where almost everything is connected, protecting the supply chain of products becomes even more critical to protecting the security of the data, the networks, and the people using those products. Several high-profile breaches have been linked to supply chain issues, and agencies have received multiple policy directives and guidance as they work to secure their large attack surfaces. A number of tools are now available to hel...

The official deadline for federal agencies to shift fully to electronic records management can be counted in days. On December 2022, the National Archives and Records Administration will stop accepting new paper records. The deadline is a concluding note in the federal government’s shift away from paper to fully digitized documents and records. Those goals, set by M-19-21 in 2019, not only demanded digitized records, but also called for...

Registration is Closed Enterprise-wide automation has become a necessity to keep pace with the evolving demands of modern IT. As security threats grow and workloads scale in complexity, federal government agencies require a simple but robust automation solution. Red Hat Ansible can help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) automate its workloads and secure IT environments by automating compliance and governance. Join Red Hat on Sept...

This hands-on virtual workshop is designed to familiarize participants with how to leverage Splunk to search security events. Splunk experts will provide users a way to gain familiarity with searching in Splunk, as well as introducing a set of commands that allow users to effectively examine their security events. We will leverage the popular Boss of the SOC (BOTS) dataset in a question-and-answer format. Join us for a virtual workshop where a...

Spreadsheets have been deeply presented in our lives for many years; many cannot imagine a day without them. Between formulas, pivot tables, broken macros, VBA codes, debugging, circular references, auto-recovery files, and endless versions on a shared folder... spreadsheets have their limits. Join Alteryx to learn how states are using Alteryx to: Reduce their dependence on spreadsheetsIncrease their productivity Deliver actionable insights fr...

Registration is closed Join us for a three-day Splunk CPT workshop series! Attendees can expect basic to advanced hands-on Splunk training to assist in future mission success. Time Session June 28 8:30am - 11:30am Kickoff & Splunk 4 Rookies: Splunk team will kick off what to expect over the next few days. Then we'll dive into Splunk 4 Rookies, an introduction to Splunk. 11:30am - 1:00pm Lunch & APT Falconer Demo: Grab lunch and come ba...

The annual F5 Public Sector Symposium is right around the corner and now is the time to save your seat before our popular event reaches capacity. Discover new strategies to ensure your mission-critical apps are always secure, available, and fast -- wherever they are. This year, we're bringing you an amazing lineup to help you gain relevant hands-on experience through tactical learning tracks, day-long technical boot camps, self-paced labs, and...

Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience North America will bring together leading stakeholders from industry, operators, agencies and governments to collaborate on securing North America. The conference will look at developing on the theme of previous events in helping to create better understanding of the issues and the threats, to help facilitate the work to develop frameworks, good risk management, strategic planning and implementation.

AI mimics human cognitive functions while machine learning is a component of AI, which involves the training of algorithms or models that then give predictions about data it has yet to observe. AI/ML and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) are meant to augment humans in the workforce, not merely replace people with autonomous robots or chatbots. To be effective, federal agencies must strategically organize around the right people, processes, and...