Cyberspace 2014 Symposium - A training and technology forum for government, industry, and academia On behalf of the military/industry community and the city of Colorado Springs, we invite you to participate in the AFCEA Rocky Mountain Chapter’s 16th annual CYBERSPACE Symposium. Last year we had record breaking attendance and a star-studded program, but this year promises to be even better. Why? Because while last year we lowered rates fo...

Social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube have become commonplace tools for government outreach. However, agencies are moving away from social media as an outbound communication tool and enlisting social media to help do many jobs better. Agencies leverage social media to reach underserved audiences during key initiatives who otherwise would not have paid attention to the referendum, get accurate information out more quickly...

Big Data is exponential growth of data being collected today. Last year IBM reported that 2.5 exabytes of data was being created on a daily basis. As massive amounts of information become more readily available, the government has the opportunity to transform this data into intelligence, enabling agencies to make better decisions and meet their mission objectives. In today’s budget-constrained environment, a Big Data strategy can help go...

As government moves to a more mobile workforce, demand for consistent and standards-driven application development and deployment has become even more critical – especially in an environment of shrinking budgets. It is important to develop cost-effective applications that are easily extensible for use on mobile devices, with the ability to be built once and tweaked for use across the enterprise. Agencies and the public both need to creat...

This August, the Administration’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) reached another milestone in the effort to create a common identity infrastructure for the Internet. A new pilot program from the US Postal Service promises a time when citizens will soon be able to access everything from federal health benefits to student loan information using a single ID and password. The project will create a cloud-servic...

Due to the government shutdown, the October 16 breakfast has been rescheduled for November 7. If you’ve already registered for the October breakfast your registration will be transferred. This August, the Administration’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) reached another milestone in the effort to create a common identity infrastructure for the Internet. A new pilot program from the US Postal Service pr...

On Sunday, September 29th, 2013 the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association of Northern Virginia (AFCEA NOVA) will host the first annual VIVA VETS! 5K Run/Walk for our Veterans. With support from our members and friends we give hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships every year and very much look forward to this fun and exciting addition to our yearly activities. For this event, all proceeds will go to the AFCEA Educat...

Please join us for AFCEA Bethesda's monthly breakfast to be held September 25, 2013 at the Bethesda North Marriott and conference center.

Join AFCEA Bethesda on August 8, 2013 for the Mobility Technology Symposium, a half-day education and training event, which will go beyond the business case for mobility and look at how agencies are developing and implementing emerging mobile technology to deliver the mission. The demand for mobility is all around us. With lowered budgets and new technologies, the need to do more with less comes at an opportune time. The trends we see today wi...

National security is continuously being redefined as awareness of the cyberspace domain evolves. Cyber threats and challenges grow every day. Successfully defending our networks requires a team approach. With this in mind, the Cyber symposium will engage the key players, including the U.S. government, the international community, industry and academia, to discuss the development of robust cyberspace capabilities and partnerships. www.afcea.org...