As supply chain complexity continues to grow, so does the need for illumination and regulatory standards. Federal contractors need to be aware of the updated NIST guideline requirements and best practices for implementation.

DGI is proud to host this 18th annual event! As the volume of digital information continues to grow, the scope of electronic records management has expanded exponentially and is an increasingly critical issue for government agencies, particularly as it relates to providing secure storage, access and retrieval of government records. Key government and industry experts will once again discuss current technology solutions/requirements, policy upd...

A key component of Government CX success is leveraging available agency data to develop services which deliver an optimal, measurable, targeted, personalized customer experience. In this webinar we will demonstrate how one agency is utilizing data to implement digital services to improve internal and external CX. Topics covered include how CX projects are identified, teamwork required, digital service development and implementation, and associ...

It has been 11 years since the Cloud First initiative. Many agencies learned one of the keys to successful cloud migrations is providing a cloud solution that allows developers to quickly develop and deploy secure, cloud native applications using an open-source database. Having easy access to an integrated, high-performance analytics engine eliminates the need for complex, time-consuming, and expensive data movement allowing developers the abi...

The practice of architecture (enterprise, business, data, etc.) needs a services-based approach to provide business-outcome focused results. Architecture services communicate the business value of architecture to stakeholders concerned about issues such as cloud migration, improving citizen experience, cloud security, and more. Participants will learn how to organize architecture services into discreet plays to ensure delivery consistency. Ind...

How to Prevent & Manage Supply Chain Risks Last year foreign hackers secretly broke into a US-based IT security solution provider and added infected code into their software. As part of the company’s regular software update process, the company unknowingly forwarded malicious code, creating a backdoor to their clients' IT systems. Multiple government agencies and private organizations were impacted. The breach caught many of the Fede...

Staying Compliant Without Losing Agility Adhering to compliance regimes is more critical than ever. The need for robust control and compliance often conflicts with the desire for computing power and agility that the cloud offers. Altitude™ finally solves that problem by combining scalable cloud management with automated governance. It gives end-users guardrails – not speed bumps – so they can take full advantage of the cloud....

Cyber security policies have an avowed goal of improving cyber hygiene in the workforce. But outside of recommending a few best practices, such as asking people to use complex passwords, few government or private sector entities know what actions ensure cyber hygiene. The most widely applied solution remains security awareness training involving simulated phishing attacks in conjunction with some education to assess user readiness. But there i...

OVERVIEW By the beginning of 2021, NIST will have released the finals of many Risk Management Framework (RMF) standards: SP800-53 Rev 5 – Security Controls SP800-53B – Security Control Baselines, Privacy Framework SP800-160 Vol 2 – Systems Security Engineering SP800-161 Rev 1 – Supply Chain Risk Management SP800-171 Rev 2 – Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) and High Valued Assets (HVA) Revisions to the NIS...

COVID-19 forced Federal agencies to quickly respond to an explosive global crisis, while protecting their employees and serving constituents, all without face-to-face interaction. The government’s massive response effort resulted in a rapid, transformative impact on the workforce. Now that agencies have had a chance to refocus their response efforts from triage to recovery, one thing remains clear — agency operations and employee e...