Gartner predicts that by 2025, 85% of infrastructure strategies will integrate on-premises, colocation, cloud and edge delivery options, compared with 20% in 2020. With the shift to distributed digital infrastructure, agencies are rationalizing workload placement with an eye toward compliance, data protection, security, latency, resiliency, reputation, service continuity, location, availability and performance. This webinar will detail how age...

The first year of the federal data strategy’s action plan established a solid foundation for government to fully leverage data for the public good by practicing ethical governance, conscious design, and a learning culture. This 60-minute webinar will review how government agencies are achieving milestones for effectively using data as they implement the strategy over the next decade.

Ransomware attacks remain the top cyber-enabled crime seen by law enforcement agencies with the threat becoming increasingly targeted at cities, educational institutions, healthcare organizations, and extending to smart cities and devices. Ransomware attacks have multiplied dramatically since the beginning of 2020, accounting for a third of all recorded attacks in the past 12 months. Cyber criminals are stepping up their game by exploiting fea...

Federal agencies are threatened by increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks that target vital data and infrastructure. Phishing attacks have quadrupled since 2018, and session hijacking and insider threats can wreak havoc on an agency’s day-to-day operations. Traditional cybersecurity approaches leave agencies open to zero-day attacks, which can bypass firewalls, allowing malware to operate without detection. Bad actors are increasingly u...

The value and integrity of trusted federal data is critical to performing agency missions, delivering government services, and maintaining the public good. Data is particularly important in the current pandemic environment as government agencies, scientists, and the public work to understand and respond to COVID-19 using data-focused approaches. The need to protect, automate, and modernize government data is driven by a multitude of factors fr...

Financial-sector activities – such as consumer and commercial banking, funding, liquidity, and insurance services – were identified by the Department of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, as National Critical Functions. Those functions are so vital to the United States that any disruption, corruption, or dysfunction would have a debilitating effect on U.S. security, the national economy, and/or pub...

Like many other government agencies, the Navy has recently undergone massive cloud migrations. Delivering on-mission each day while this process occurs is a must as agencies shift from legacy systems to modern cloud solutions. Teams embracing the essentials of cloud computing – such as on-demand self-service, resource pooling and rapid elasticity – are 24 times more likely to be a lead performer when it comes to successful DevOps,...

The federal government’s shift to the cloud started more than a decade ago, as agencies started storing data in private cloud networks rather than in-house data centers. Continued cloud adoption encompasses three key pillars for success – effective security, timely procurement, and re-skilled workforce. This hour-long program will bring together thought leaders from the public and private sectors for a look at some of the challenge...

According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Zero Trust is the term used for “an evolving set of cybersecurity paradigms that move defenses from static, network-based perimeters to focus on users, assets, and resources.” As network locations begin to shift from on-premises to the cloud, security standards are changing to protect resources. NIST recently released their final version of Special Publication 800-207...

The effectiveness of Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO) directly impacts DoD readiness and lethality. The orchestration of thousands of tasks and moving components around the globe is no small undertaking involving parts inventory, logistics, and installation activities carried out by our warfighters. The high complexity of the MRO function can be managed through implementing digital tools such as artificial intelligence and machine learning...