ISS World Americas is the world’s largest gathering of North and South American Law Enforcement, Intelligence and Homeland Security Analysts as well as Telecom Operators responsible for Lawful Interception, Hi-Tech Electronic Investigations and Network Intelligence Gathering. ISS World Programs present the methodologies and tools for Law Enforcement, Public Safety and Government Intelligence Communities in the fight against drug traffick...

The National Geospatial-Intelligence will be hosting the 2014 NGA Cyber Security Day at the NGA Headquarters in Springfield, VA. Featuring government and industry speakers, the focus will include such topics as continuous monitoring, cloud migration, software assurance, insider threat, wireless and mobility security, and emerging threats. NGA Strategy (from www.nga.mil): The global security environment continues to evolve at an unprecedented r...

The mining sector has recently been under the spotlight with the sector being crippled by industrial action, organised crime syndicates and illegal mining. Not only do these strikes cost the mining houses billions, but it also costs mine workers millions in salaries and ultimately, has a negative effect on the South African economy in the broader spectrum. ITC will be hosting the 2nd Annual Managing Mine Security Conference on 1 & 2 Octobe...

The purpose of Congress and the Intelligence Community is to provide a first-hand understanding not only of congressional process and procedure, but also the “culture” that is the United States Congress. Over the four days, participants will hear from- and be afforded the opportunity to ask questions of- Members of Congress, congressional staff, academic observers, interest groups representatives, and news media representatives. Sp...

In 2013, the President signed Executive Order 13636 to improve the cybersecurity of the nation’s critical infrastructure. One aspect of that order focuses on improving cybersecurity and resilience through acquisition. Come hear about plans to develop common cybersecurity definitions, conduct training, institute a risk management strategy, and implement baseline cybersecurity requirements in Federal acquisitions leveraging lessons learned...

Converting Big Data into Actionable Intelligence for the Business Mining companies investment into IT is due to multiply by 5 in the next 3 years and with every phase of a mining company’s value chain producing large amounts of data on a daily basis, big data analytics will certainly be a large part of this increase. A particular area of focus is real-time data acquisition and analytics in order to improve the day-to-day operations of a...

The speed, size, variety, and complexity of today’s datasets are all increasing exponentially, creating major challenges for organizations and agencies that want to siphon out actionable intelligence and insight from the noise. Fortunately, new technologies now allow even enormous and unstructured datasets to be analyzed more quickly and effectively to benefit the mission, delivering better information for decision-making and fraud detec...

How to Get Data Mining Off the Ground and Into OrbitA Free One-Hour Live, Interactive Web EventProduced by The Modeling Agency“Guidance & Results for the Data-Rich, Yet Information-Poor”Presented by TMA Senior Consulting Staffhttp://www.the-modeling-agency.com/data-mining-webinarWHAT'S COVEREDThe vast majority of BI professionals are excited about the prospects of data mining and predictive analytics, but are fully mystified ab...

Information sharing and information overload challenges continue to dominate operational and acquisition planning within the Department of Defense, Intelligence, Homeland Security, and Law Enforcement communities. Increasingly, government agencies are looking for the latest tools and capabilities in big data and predictive analytics to provide the means to analyze, exploit and share conclusions drawn from the seemingly overwhelming inputs fro...

The United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) invites you to its NRO Application Service Provider (NASP) Industry Advisory Working Group (IAWG) kickoff meeting Tuesday, Sept. 23, from 3 to 5 p.m. The government is in the process of defining the NASP operating model, technical architecture, and how and what it will procure. Help shape the government-industry ecosystem surrounding the NASP’s move to a Software Services Platf...