Since 1999, Data Connectors has facilitated the collaboration between cybersecurity professionals and solution providers. Today, the community is comprised of over 650,000 members and 200 active vendor partners. Members enjoy informative education from industry luminaries, innovative solution providers and government agencies such as the FBI, InfraGard, US Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security. Data Connectors brings live conf...

Since 1999, Data Connectors has facilitated the collaboration between cybersecurity professionals and solution providers. Today, the community is comprised of over 650,000 members and 200 active vendor partners. Members enjoy informative education from industry luminaries, innovative solution providers and government agencies such as the FBI, InfraGard, US Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security. Data Connectors brings live conf...

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate news headlines, your health, wellbeing, and safety - along with that of our clients, partners, employees and people in the communities where we live and operate - are always top of mind. To that end, we’re canceling our upcoming in-person OptivCon event in Minneapolis on September 22, 2021. This was a hard, but necessary decision to ensure we’re doing our part to limit the spread of CO...

With the 2017 international tax reform still in the rearview mirror, new and significant changes to the US international tax system are in the works, which may fundamentally affect how foreign-based multinationals choose to invest and operate in the United States. We’ll discuss: Current inbound-focused proposals and how companies might start preparing for potential change Guidance on latest US inbound tax reform changes so participants c...

Companies are increasingly being asked to lower their operating costs or find new efficient ways to deliver controllership services. How can organizations manage new risks that may be introduced when changing the way they deliver controllership? We’ll discuss: How to prepare for and develop a plan to manage risk through the operating model and other strategic changes How to maintain controls that may affect systems, policies, processes,...

Public utilities have a unique mission to ensure safe, efficient, and convenient access to our natural resources. With tasks ranging from operating power and pumping plants, updating the community on flood preparedness and mitigation measures, to engaging with a customer on billing or outage inquiries, utilities are constantly evolving to bridge the gap between the digital and physical worlds despite budget and resource constraints. Adobe's en...

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...

The Amplify conference is an annual multi-day event that brings together thousands of finance, accounting, and compliance professions. The conference hosts relevant sessions, keynotes from some of the top names in their respective games, and valuable networking with Workiva experts and sponsors. Workiva is dedicated to simplifying your most complex work. Our Amplify events are a chance to rally around a better way of working. Whether it be at...

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...

In conjunction with ACT-IAC, the C-SCRM community is pleased to kickoff of the new C-SCRM Acquisition Community of Practice (ACoP). A spin-off of the C-SCRM Cybersecurity Standards Innovation Group (CyberSIG), this new community of practice will focus on matters relating to Cybersecurity in acquisition. Our goal is to broaden the level of awareness and develop agency maturity in the areas of cyber-acquisitions and Information Communication Tec...