In the dynamic landscape of education, operational efficiency is key to providing quality learning experiences. Dive into the digital journeys of two school districts, the Boulder Valley School District in Colorado and Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida, and hear how they leveraged multitenant cloud solutions to drive efficiencies, optimize resource allocation, and enhance overall productivity. Attendees will: Gain valuable insights...

Stop Waiting for the Adversary It’s 2024. Ransomware is no longer new, the threats and risks are well known, the cases and payouts are public. Even with this ominous threats, why are security teams still caught off guard when their environments fall victim? It’s 2024 - the year we stop waiting for the adversary. In this 2024 Ransomware Summit, let’s explore all the angles. How ransomware actors find success, where they get in...

The right business applications can revolutionize government processes. Too many agency processes are still stuck in clunky, error-prone workflows of emailing various Word docs, Excel spreadsheets and PDF forms back and forth. For many government agencies, the idea of developing a custom solution can seem costly and daunting. But the city of Philadelphia has launched an innovative strategy for building and rolling out custom applications to he...

Our applications and APIs are the gateways to our most sensitive and valuable data. As such, application and API security has become more and more essential to protecting our organizations. On this webcast, SANS certified instructor David Hazar will review the results of our 2024 AppSec/DevSecOps survey, and provide insight into: The best way to provide API security Investment trends in automated testing technologies Which tests are more impor...

Join the Center for Digital Government on June 5 at 11am PT/2pm ET for a uniquely practical perspective on IT modernization. We’re bringing together IT leaders from cities and counties to explain how they’re addressing technical debt, updating critical systems and launching new services. Our 2023 surveys gathered detailed information from more than 100 cities and counties on enterprise computing initiatives, network modernization,...

AUSA’s Noon Report webinar series features presentations by senior Army leaders responsible for key programs and initiatives, as well as contemporary military authors who weave together the past, present and future story of the United States Army. AUSA’s Noon Report Webinar series invites you to join us on Thursday, 6 June 2024, at 12:00 EDT to hear a presentation by James Lechner, author of With My Shield: An Army Ranger in Somali...

Constituents want convenient, secure online government transactions via smartphones and laptops, but at the same time, bad actors are devising more clever schemes to impersonate real people and exploit online interactions. State governments stand in the middle as they attempt to provide frictionless digital services and make sure people are who they say they are. Join Government Technology and Socure for an in-depth exploration into the rapidl...

Achilles Systems, a fictitious IT service provider to human resources teams in medium and large businesses, has fallen victim to an attack in which sensitive customer data and, potentially, customer networks, have been compromised. Achilles has a small security team who has historically focused on basic controls and compliance. However, it seems clear this attack was the work of a sophisticated adversary capable of circumventing the controls i...

As cloud security controls mature, it’s common to find that a wide variety of security controls and configuration capabilities are melding into a single platform or service fabric, in addition to the cloud provider infrastructure. Ranging from CNAPP to CSPM to CWPP and beyond, controls that cover the pipeline, workload security, cloud environment configuration, IaC templates, and runtime (and much more) are starting to evolve into a much...

Adversaries targeting critical infrastructure systems (power grids, water management systems, heavy manufacturing, oil and gas refineries and pipelines, etc.) have demonstrated detail technical knowledge of control system components, industrial protocols, and engineering operations. These skilled and brazen adversaries continue to launch a combination or Ransomware and targeted ICS tailored attacks against the safety and reliability of critica...