The United States Air Force Contracting-Information Technology (CON-IT) program trusted an agile methodology and low-code automation technology to transform their legacy acquisition systems and processes in nine months. Watch a recent session from Appian World 2021 to hear from the US Air Force Chief of Contracting Business Systems, Lt Col Mark Wagner, about the Air Force CON-IT application built on the Appian platform. CON-IT is the Air Force...

Agencies modernizing their legacy systems are increasingly looking to the cloud for solutions that can help simplify and accelerate the process. Along with flexible, capable services, the cloud also offers a way to control costs and insure continuous network operations. As the migration to the cloud moves ahead, agencies are relying on multi-cloud, platform-as-a-service, as well as software-as-a-service solutions to help avoid the wholesale ...

During the course of the pandemic, government agencies have embraced hybrid cloud technologies, but they have faced challenges in managing and securing them. The Executive Order for agencies to develop a plan to implement Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) as part of their cybersecurity strategy runs in tandem with the federal “cloud smart” strategy. It’s not an easy combination. As agencies move to multi-cloud environments, an ag...

Although it got an encouraging $1 billion funding shot in the arm from the American Rescue Plan Act in early 2020, the effort to modernize and transform an aging infrastructure remains a complicated task that takes coordination, executive buy-in and detailed security and data strategies to make it work. The $1 billion set aside for the Technology Modernization Fund in the ARP smooths some modernization budgeting issues for agencies, which have...

Government agencies have huge pressure to serve their communities, stakeholders, and citizens every day. But, when case information is paper-based or locked away in data silos, it makes implementing new mission processes or new administrations' changes challenging, without a dynamic technology partner. In this session, Box is teaming up with Incapsulate and Nexlogica to enable digital case and application submissions for mission critical proce...

Agencies and corporations alike are facing an increase in supply chain attacks. Recently, these cyberattacks have succeeded in exfiltrating an alarming amount of data with extortion fees well beyond typical ransom prices. For agencies in particular, there are a number of critical cybersecurity priorities outlined by the federal government and recommended by vendors alike.One key area focuses on improving detection of cybersecurity risks and in...

Federal agencies must shift fully to electronic records management by December 2022, when the National Archives and Records Administration will stop accepting new paper records. Successfully making that transition entails far more than simply digitizing existing documents. Meeting the goals set by M-19-21 demands changes to current business processes, dramatically different approaches to content classification, new systems that are digital thr...

The General Services Administration is a hub for governmentwide IT modernization and acquisition, with best-in-class contract vehicles, in-house tech expertise, a leading role on cloud security and a wide range of digital shared services. GSA's internal innovations also hold valuable lessons for IT leaders at any government agency.In this Agency Spotlight webcast, FCW will explore GSA's tech-related priorities for FY2020, its plans for improvi...

Team Cymru commissioned Forrester Consulting to quantify the positive financial impact of external threat hunting using our Pure Signal™Recon solution.* This Fortune 100 client saved millions of dollars, over three years. See how Fortune 100 companies block attacks before they're launched and phishing emails before they're sent. See the value of extending your attack surface visibility to your entire third-party ecosystem. See how gainin...

Emerging technologies have always offered the promise of better, faster, cheaper processing and problem solving, but they also bring a host of challenges with them, from security and operational issues to privacy concerns. The past year has also shown that necessity remains the mother of invention, as agencies moved to adapt technology to remote workplace models, as well as roll out new services and capabilities demanded by the pandemic. Where...