Visibility. Transparency. Agility. Join us at GovProtect17 on June 21 for a one-day, collaborative discussion on how agencies can gain actionable insight into the increasingly complex security risks facing a modern government. We’ll dialogue on the critical need for transparency in strengthening agencies’ cybersecurity hygiene and posture. We’ll take a deep dive into vulnerability management and assessments for everything fro...

Securing a 21st century government – from the data center to the cloud to the web – means exercising greater control over the uncontrollable. The reality of today’s instant access, always-on world means that a lot can – and often does – go wrong. So, how can our government remain focused on combatting increasingly sophisticated cyber threats while accelerating service and mission delivery with integrated intellige...

2017 DATA CENTER BRAINSTORM - Data Center Optimization: The Piggy Bank for Federal IT Modernization In 2016, the White House pushed IT modernization to the forefront of Federal agencies’ agendas – with an updated Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) and the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) paving the way. 2017 brings a new Administration. IT modernization is still center stage of Federal IT agend...

Law enforcement agencies across government are leveraging IoT, sensor, and other custom data analysis to drive enhanced investigative operations. Big data analysis and collaboration tools are critical to today’s investigative agencies and program offices – improving incident situational awareness while enhancing targeted investigative processes that can be easily shared with a broad team. Join us on Tuesday, March 7th at the Newseu...

IoT – Unleash the Power of Big Data to Improve Government Outcomes More than any other tech trend, IoT will fundamentally change our society — from healthcare to law enforcement to environmental protection to transportation to defense. And, the implications for cyber security cut both ways. More than a pipe dream, IoT’s already in action in government. How are agencies deploying data normalization, analytics, and visualizatio...

Data centers get a bad rap. Too old, too many, too inefficient, too expensive – we’ve heard it all. But data centers are still the life blood of operations and missions in government, and aren’t going anywhere. With a renewed focus from both the Hill and OMB to reform IT and meet aggressive metrics, now is the time for IT leaders to accelerate data center transformation. How can agencies operate their facilities effectively a...

Cyber Marathon – Hitting The Wall? It’s been a year since the OPM breach — and the 90-day cyber sprint has turned into a cyber marathon. CDM and CAP Goals giving way to CNAP and CSIP initiatives in the front of the pack. FedRAMP appears to have stumbled getting out of the blocks. Which cyber initiatives will empower agencies to make the final kick to the finish line? And what efforts are the lactic acid in the government...

Delivering Next-Gen Threat ProtectionAs government embraces digital innovation, so do our cyber adversaries. Agencies must tackle the ever-changing threat landscape with next-gen cyber strategies. From the exponential increase of endpoints to new Federal mandates, agencies need to restructure and expand security strategies to detect and prevent cyberattacks.Join leading government, cyber, and industry professionals for an interactive one-day c...

The novelty of cloud is now reality across all corners of Federal IT. As the march toward modernization continues, we’ve seen cloud powering change and driving progress. Join MeriTalk for our fifth annual Cloud Computing Brainstorm on Wednesday, June 15th at the Newseum. We’re celebrating the five year anniversary of FedRAMP and the two year anniversary of FITARA with a full program featuring cloud professionals from across DoD, ci...

Join MeriTalk's Big Data Exchange for the third annual Big Data Brainstorm on Thursday, November 19, 2015 at the Knight Conference Center at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. From acting on real-time analysis to predicting the future, the power of data is limitless. Data analytics are transforming how agencies view the world and get things done, and forcing agencies to reevaluate how they store its data – the way data is protected is key t...