FBC is excited to announce the New Mexico National Labs/DoD IT & Cyber Day! Given the ongoing Covid-19 restrictions, FBC has come up with a unique and effective way for your company to educate and network with your customers from throughout the federal government.The New Mexico National Labs/DoD IT & Cyber Day will be a one-day event comprised of educational presentations from industry to government. This event will be promoted to vari...

As strategic and heavy airlift continues to drive expeditionary capability – the market capitalisation of this mission critical sector continues to grow. Delivering ‘boots on the ground’, as well as military support to civilian authorities in the recent COVID-19 epidemic, means that there has never been a more important time to view how armed forces, industry and governments are developing this force multiplier. Highlights fo...

Eight years in, the Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program has matured and broadened its offerings significantly. The focus now is on deploying a threat intelligence framework for governmentwide use, integrating the AWARE risk-scoring algorithm and rolling out of security orchestration automation and response (SOAR) to automate vulnerability detection and defensive cyber operations. More extensive and sophisticated use of data in dashboa...

LEAP HR: Government is your chance to hear from the disruptors rethinking HR at all levels of government sharing the most radical stories of HR transformation delivering a measurable ROI and walk away with the practical, truly transformative people strategies you can replicate in your own organization. Only at LEAP HR: Government 2019 you could've discovered: In a target-rich, but resource-poor public sector operating environment how can feder...

Transforming the IT infrastructure for an agency is a complicated task that requires coordinated and effective decision making, buy-in from key executives and detailed data and security strategies -- not to mention funding for new technology or the move to managed services. This FCW Summit will discuss new policies and guidance that will govern these changes. In addition, agencies that are well into their modernization journey will share lesso...

Join the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab for its Insider Threat Day, hosted by the ISSA Central Maryland Chapter!This virtual event is part of September's National Insider Threat Awareness Month, sponsored by the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) and the National Insider Threat Task Force (NITTF). Throughout the month, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Department of Defense, the FBI, th...

Air-Underwater-Surface-Land UAS: Military spending for UAS is expected to grow as an overall percentage of large military budgets such as the United States, offering specialized drone manufacturers and software developers a tremendous opportunity. While drones will never completely replace soldiers, this debate is becoming less important in the current strategic climate. The Global Military UAV industry, is valued at US $30 Billion in 2019 and...

Registration is now open for BbWorld 2020! This is our flagship, annual conference where professionals like you come together to learn, share, brainstorm, network, and celebrate. This year, the event will be virtual and free. And, you don’t have to be a Blackboard customer to take advantage of this year's event. Our Government-focused track will help keep your agency mission-ready with online sessions addressing: Remote-learning best pra...

The question is no longer whether to move to the cloud; most agencies are already on that journey, and they acknowledge that cloud is an essential part of the modernization process. Many, however, have computing systems built over decades for very specific mission needs. Once the easy moves—like email—have happened, the path to the cloud for mission systems becomes significantly more complicated. Depending on the size and mission o...