Cyber threats are evolving at such rates that Federal training of cybersecurity practitioners are struggling to keep up. The continued cybersecurity push across government and industry, it is increasingly important for organizations to have proactive cyber plans in place. As the nation looks to recover from a once-in-a-century pandemic and increasingly more sophisticated cyberattacks, the U.S. government must ensure that it can secure its netw...

Can we design a more secure government? We’re already well on the way. Recent years brought monumental progress as agencies, and their partners worked tirelessly to design new security frameworks and overhaul existing ones. FedRAMP modernization and CMMC 2.0, emerging zero trust strategies, secure military networking via JADC2, executive orders, and agency roadmaps are among a host of deliberate steps to build resilience into our securit...

Cybersecurity and digital privacy concerns permeate every aspect of government and industry, driving geopolitical decisions and determining how organizations battle ransomware. Cyber is a critical component in the Ukraine war and informs how the U.S. confronts China's global influence. And the need for digital privacy protections has lawmakers pushing for new technology regulations. In the face of these developments, the brightest minds from a...

Leveraging both cloud and hybrid environments has become more prevalent as agencies transform how they manage data and work towards their cloud smart goals. This modernization allows flexibility and supports the operational needs of Federal agencies’ missions. Migrating towards a full cloud environment is not a new topic, as decades of work has been done to ensure that Federal agencies can utilize off-site storage securely, but there can...

The cyber threats public sector organizations face continue to evolve. And all too often, agencies and institutions are focused on securing against the threats of the past rather than planning for the next sophisticated attack. However, with the emergence of security tools built on machine learning, AI, predictive analytics and extended detection and response, that no longer has to be the case. Join leaders from across the public sector techno...

Building the Cyber Environs: Tools, Technology and Workforce The shift to digital, cloud, AI and other technologies has given rise to a variety of cyberattacks with an alarming cost. Government and industry continue to face critical security and risk issues with increased cyber threats, supply chain and cloud vulnerabilities, ransomware, phising, stolen credentials and identities, new sophisticated attack approaches and other cyber-types of at...

Modernization is a Journey, not a Destination. Federal agencies raced to update their systems and move as many programs as possible to the cloud during the pandemic. But federal leaders realize that modernization is a continuing process that includes, but is not limited to, updating IT equipment and data centers. It also means upgrading networks and connections, software and services, security, workforce, and acquisition processes. At this sum...

The IPMA-HR Annual Conference is back in person and will be better than ever! This conference is where public sector HR professionals meet to learn, grow, network, and exchange knowledge about the field to apply ideas and inspiration to your daily practice as leaders in public sector HR.The theme, Beyond All Limits of Public Sector HR, represents the need for innovative and cutting-edge solutions to the unprecedented issues we are currently fa...

Modernization is integral in the development of the Federal workforce as organizations fight to keep up with the private sector. Organizations and agencies need to begin to adopt more cutting edge technologies, such as automation of workflow processes, in order to be more forward-thinking and competitive. In order to fully reach a new potential within our Federal workforce, agencies need to center the implementation process as their goal. This...

Welcome to AGA's 2022 Internal Control & Fraud Prevention Training! The Internal Control & Fraud Prevention Training focuses on management’s responsibility for ensuring good systems of internal control, and the role of accountability professionals to minimize the risk of fraud, waste and abuse. Leaders in government and private industry discuss the latest discovery techniques, lessons learned and how governments are cooperating t...