The cybersecurity landscape for the U.S. government is continuously evolving. The U.S. government is embracing DevSecOps and paving the way for digital transformation. Free and readily available open source components allow federal agencies to save time and money and in many cases improve quality empowering innovation velocity. In today’s world, understanding what’s in your open source software supply chain is critical to national...

In 2021, President Joe Biden issued an executive order that mandated agencies to start planning for the migration to a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA). Since then, hundreds of tech companies have jumped on the zero trust bandwagon. Unfortunately, the market is now crowded with no shortage of overzealous misinformation and hyperbole. It is clear to us that the current zero trust conversation is not resonating with most organizations. For governme...

When the "Fix My Computer" social post went viral in early 2022, instead of dismissing or ignoring, the reaction from U.S. Air Force leadership was to embrace the idea that improving end user experiences and IT performance was critical for mission success. Join the Air Force's Chief Experience Officer (CXO) Col. Lloyd "Colt" Whittall for an engaging and informative discussion about how the Air Force has embraced the call to improve end user ex...

In future conflicts, military forces will be required to operate in smaller, mobile constructs, with increased awareness of their presence in the physical and electromagnetic domains. These units must be able to command and control without connection to an overarching network or the continuous need for satellite communications. Their networks must be node-aware, self-forming, and self-healing, with the ability to add and remove transports depe...

National Security Solutions (NSS) and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center have been working together to take Installation of the Future to the next level. NSS's ID2Access security solution protects people and resources at military bases, embassies and the nation’s most critical facilities. By creating a single, resolved and vetted identity for each person in contact with your organization—employees or visitors...

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions brought simplicity, scalability and more security for IT remote access use cases. This is long overdue for industrial cybersecurity. Traditional IT security approaches such as VPNs and Jump servers as well as IT security oriented ZTNA solutions have several limitations and complexity when it comes to providing streamlined and fully secure remote access for an Operational Technology (OT) environment wh...

The internet has evolved from a best-effort IP network for file sharing, email and browsing to a network at the center of a digital revolution in the way we live, work and play. Every sector — from industry and commerce to the federal government — now relies on IP networks for connectivity and everyone expects real-time responsiveness, secure connectivity and 100% reliability. Protecting data and interactions are more important tha...

he U.S. government is actively modernizing its legacy systems with an eye toward digital transformation, agility and workforce efficiency. This historic transition, complicated by the COVID-19 pandemic, requires significant cultural change and modern workforce models. In this webinar, you will be immersed in best practices from experts skilled at fostering a culture of innovation and peak performance. SAIC and Bluescape leaders will walk you t...

If you're interested in modernizing your software stack to containerize applications and orchestrate them with Kubernetes out to the tactical edge, you are not alone. In this exclusive RGS webinar for the AFCEA community, open source government technology experts will help you understand what you need and how to choose the right Kubernetes management platform for your agency. This webinar will cover: Docker and Kubernetes concepts and architec...

Government contractors are increasingly a prime target for cyber-attacks, ranging from phishing and social engineering to malware and ransomware. Cloud computing, remote working and traffic encryption expand the attack surface while making threats harder to detect. How do we improve our network security in the face of these challenges? Network detection and response solutions can help detect potential breaches and prevent attackers from disrup...