More than one-third of all cyber-crime incidents and security breaches are caused by insiders. These insiders have many motivations — financial, political, or even emotional — but the common factor is they all inappropriately access an organization’s critical-value data. While governments around the world have communicated the importance of addressing insider threats, real-world efforts have been patchy. It is easy to underst...

Danyetta Fleming, CEO, and Janice Pryor, Director of Training from Covenant Security Solutions have a roundtable discussion with JC Crane, a 45+ year veteran of one of the Intelligence Community "Big 5",on current Cybersecurity issues focusing on what businesses need to be doing today to protect their users, data and business operations. The group will discuss where there have been improvements and where there continue to be frustrations in ge...

Information security training in Tysons Corner from SANS Institute the global leader in infosec training. At SANS Tysons Corner 2015, SANS offers hands-on, immersion-style security training courses taught by real-world practitioners. The site of SANS Tysons Corner 2015, October 12 - 17, 2015, is the Hilton McLean Tysons Corner located in the center of Tysons Corner's technology corridor.SANS Tysons Corner 2015 is returning with outstanding, cu...

Individual users are more connected than ever before and they carry their smart devices everywhere – even to work. The rise in smart connected devices has also led to users who understand and know how to leverage these devices to streamline their activities. This combination of connectivity and skill can increase the risk of malicious intrusion at the desktop. Secure desktop switching is one solution that helps organizations and governme...

Join the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce and Odin, Feldman & Pittleman, PC for Coffee & Contracting, an informal networking breakfast with guest speaker. Guest speaker will be Antonio Doss, District Director of the Small Business Administration. Registration fees are $10 for Members, $20 for Future Members. If questions, please contact Ashleigh Dorfman, Events & Development Director at 703.707.9045 or ashleighd@restonchamber.org.

ICF International is hosting CyberSci Summit 2015, a premier science and technology workshop for U.S. government, academia, and industry professionals to explore and discuss cybersecurity trends, emerging technologies, best practices, and strategies around the toughest issues facing cybersecurity. Topics discussed at CyberSci represent key challenges for the cyber science, technology, and research and development (R&D) communities. Click...

Tickets Now Available! Join us on October 14th for the 28th Annual GCN Awards Gala at The Ritz-Carlton, Tysons Corner. Be there as we recognize the outstanding achievement of federal and state & local teams, who are working at a time when demands for high performance, security and a clear return on investment have never been greater. Your attendance at the 2015 GCN Awards Gala would not only show your support for these achievements, but al...

SANS is pleased to announce we have partnered with NERC to offer a pre-conference training course and CyberCity at Grid Security Conference (GridSecCon) 2015 on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at the Hilton Philadelphia Penn's Landing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. NERC's annual Grid Security Conference (GridSecCon) series brings together cybersecurity and physical security experts from industry and government to share emerging security trends, poli...

Information security training in Seattle from SANS Institute, the global leader in Cyber Security training. At SANS Seattle 2015, SANS offers hands-on, immersion-style security training courses taught by real-world practitioners and leading experts working in security today.The site of SANS Seattle 2015, October 5 - 10, is the Renaissance Seattle Hotel, located just minutes from Pike Place Market and upscale shopping, with stunning views of Pu...

Welcome to the 14th Annual SAS Government Leadership Forum. Today more than ever, data is interwoven in our lives. We know the positive, progressive things that big data enables. We’ve also seen the dark side, marked by cybercrime, fraud, privacy breaches and more. To make better decisions faster that lead to real change, it’s crucial that everyone involved in those decisions has access to the right information. SAS® makes thi...