GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service Training (FAST2022) monthly conference series continues with Professional Services: Technical and Engineering Requirements on April 20th at 1 p.m. ET. Learn about best practices for developing requirements for technical and engineering services and tools you can use to make your acquisition a success Check out the full lineup of the FAST2022 monthly conference series at www.gsa.gov/fast.

Presenting a condensed, hands-on tour of the integrated power of Forescout to drastically reduce risk by removing security blind spots, streamlining accurate asset management and proactively combating threats, all while preserving network integrity, system uptime and patient service delivery. During the 90-minute virtual test drive, your instructor will run you through four laps to experience: Enterprise Visibility and Ransomware Response ...

Join Carahsoft January 31 - February 4, 2022 for a week of sessions featuring government, systems integrators and industry thought-leaders discussing topics such as cloud, security & compliance, application development, CI/CD and more! Hear insights from the following vendor sponsors: Anchore AWS Atlassian CloudBees Contrast Security Elastic F5 GitLab HashiCorp Red Hat Sonatype Splunk Tricentis Venafi VMware Save your spot and view the age...

ICIT 2021 Fall Briefing The 2021 ICIT Fall Briefing Series will be hosted on-line as a series of three weekly virtual events focused on cyber convergence or integrating physical and cyber security strategies. CISA suggests that business leaders develop a “…holistic security strategy that aligns cybersecurity and physical security functions…”. By bringing together top public and private sector leaders, ICIT is advancin...

USPTO CIO Jamie Holcombe and Product Line Leaders to update industry on the progress of modernization efforts and its Agile transformation along product lines. To satisfy new customer demands, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) embarked on an organizational transformation to change how they deliver enterprise IT. This journey encompasses the New Ways of Working (NWOW) and new, scaled Agile practices with a focus on customer...

As technology evolves, so do the threats to its security. The remote work shift caused by the continuing pandemic has pressed security teams to reassess how they verify and allow access. Zero Trust is a strategy, not a product, which reimagines the way access is granted to users, to data and to applications. Devices, which used to be central to identity, now include personal computers and home internet connections, which are not government iss...

The federal government has been working to update its policies, architectures and frameworks around digital identity for some time. OMB revised its Identity Credential and Access Management guide in May of 2019 and that National Institute for Standards and Technology has been working on an updated version of its guidance on security and privacy controls for information systems. Then, the pandemic hit, and all programs went into overdrive as ag...

IT modernization has been a federal priority for years, but many agencies still struggle to turn that goal into a practical plan of action. Securing multi-year funding is one challenge, but the fundamental obstacle is often the sheer complexity of transforming government-scale systems. Smart, successful modernization demands a holistic approach that addresses several essential pillars: security, network infrastructure, multi-cloud architecture...

The Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019 (GREAT Act) will require higher education actions to meet the federal government’s intent to modernize grant reporting. This will help researchers and government officials understand the topics being submitted, allow researchers to see if others are submitting the same requests, and will reward successful performances of grant recipients. Implementing data management...

The global information technology supply chain has been hit with a growing and unprecedented number of attacks as adversaries attempt to compromise systems with various forms of malware in an attempt to steal or compromise or hold for ransom sensitive information. Federal executives realized how complex the question of supply chain security was in 2017 when officials tried to implement the Department of Homeland Security’s order to remov...