Security Chapter: Paper Security vs. Real Security The federal government faces multiple threats daily from cyber criminals and nation states looking to attack critical infrastructure, steal critical data, and launch malware and crippling denial of services attacks. Meanwhile, an increasingly distributed, remote workforce scattered across the country requires more robust protection for the devices they rely on. In response, the federal governm...

At AFCEA Europe’s flagship annual event, actual needs, developments and solutions are discussed in the area of military C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computing, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance), and governmental Cyber Security and Defence from a European and transatlantic perspective. This unclassified conference brings together each year more than two hundred high-ranking experts and representatives from national a...

IT Transformation Chapter: Transforming the Business Using Technology Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, federal agencies broadened the adoption of cloud computing, robotic process automation (RPA), and “low-code” application development techniques to rapidly deal with disruptions and improve productivity. The ramp up of increased telework capacity is due for the most part to expanded use of cloud architectures and capabilities. Federal e...

Creating a Risk-Resilient, Agile Enterprise Young AFCEA Bethesda’s 13th Annual Senior Government Executive Forum brings together senior and emerging government IT leaders with industry to examine innovative technologies, techniques, and acquisition practices used to create a secure, modern, and responsive enterprise. The Senior Executive Roundtables In each breakout room, a Senior Government Executive and Emerging Government Leader will...

IT Transformation Chapter: Balancing Near Term Reality with Long Term Objectives As the COVID-19 outbreak began to spread, agencies found innovative ways to quickly transition to emergency response and remote work across many areas, including technology, workforce, cybersecurity, governance, and funding. Funds provided through pandemic relief legislation supported modernization efforts in agencies for the short term. Going forward, agencies wi...

Secure. Enable. Modernize. Building on Technology Advances to Keep Moving Forward. Throughout 2019-2020, AFCEA Bethesda's breakfast series has brought together thought leaders from across government to educate the federal IT community on best practices and adoption of technology required to achieve mission objectives. The 2020 Tech Summit will take a deeper look at the issues explored in those series, including cybersecurity; leveraging data v...

IT Transformation Chapter: Investing in Long Term Modernization to Drive Innovation Investments in long-term modernization are key to sustaining the drive for innovation across the federal government. Agencies really accelerated their modernization efforts in response to the COVID-19 outbreak. Ongoing dialogue with the Federal CIO Council will help agency leadership come up with new ways to sustain rapid innovation and accelerate digital trans...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been rescheduled and shifted to a virtual format due to COVID-19 concerns. New Dates: 7/29-7/30/2020 Achieving true public safety is bigger than any one agency or even one LEAPS discipline. Public safety happens in collaboration when modern technology allows for deep insights into information. Technical innovation has brought us artificial intelligence and machine learning embedded...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. The Digital Transformation Journey The June AFCEA Breakfast will serve as a bookend to the three chapters of Security, Automation and Modernization. To conclude the conversations, agency leaders will discuss how innovations in workforce, strategy, and policy in each of these areas must work together to support successful transforma...

AFCEA Washington, DC hosts luncheon programs featuring a panel of government and military leaders. Our programs draw between 150-300 senior officers and IT professionals from across the Department of Defense, armed services, intelligence and civilian agencies to discuss topics of interest to the DOD IT community, ranging from IT networks to mobility to cybersecurity to UAS/sensors. The goal of our monthly events is to foster better joint warfi...