Penetration Testing, Ethical Hacking, and Exploit Development training is coming to Austin, TX from SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training. "Hackers" - individuals who enjoy the intellectual challenge of creatively overcoming and circumventing limitations of systems to achieve novel and clever outcomes. If this sounds like you, you can't afford to miss SANS Pen Test Austin 2017. There will be six-days of nonstop in-...

Beth Killoran, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Technology and chief information officer at the Department of Health and Human Services, joins Federal News Radio for a free online chat on March 29th at 2 p.m. Ask questions in real-time during the chat or submit them in advance by emailing moderator, Executive Editor Jason Miller. Jason Miller also hosts Killoran on Ask the CIO the week prior to the chat – Thursday, March 23...

SANS ICS Security SummitChairman: Michael AssanteCPE Credits: 16Training Course Dates: March 22-27, 2017Summit Dates: March 20-21, 2017Join us for the 12th Annual ICS Security Summit where you'll participate in briefings by the industry's most seasoned practitioners as well as live demonstrations, the largest collection of hands-on challenges and simulations, and ICS focused immersion courses taught by the nation's best instructors.Learn what...

2017 DATA CENTER BRAINSTORM - Data Center Optimization: The Piggy Bank for Federal IT Modernization In 2016, the White House pushed IT modernization to the forefront of Federal agencies’ agendas – with an updated Data Center Optimization Initiative (DCOI) and the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) paving the way. 2017 brings a new Administration. IT modernization is still center stage of Federal IT agend...

Speaker Series Dinner Event - IT Modernization: Impacts on Capture and Proposals Tickets are now on sale for APMP-NCA’s February Speaker Series dinner event. The event will be held on February 22, 2017, at The Westin Tysons Corner. Our panelists will discuss the overall landscape of federal IT Modernization, as well as share insights and predictions on such topics as: Trends & potential for industry involvement in the planning ...

This educational one-day symposium will feature cloud & data center subject matter experts from the Federal government and academia participating on panels. (Cloud & Data Center Summit Agenda)The MITRE-ATARC Cloud & Data Center Symposium will discuss and white-board various cloud "challenge areas” and produce a White Paper with recommendations for the Federal government. The following challenge areas will be discussed: 1. Wor...

Cybersecurity training in Anaheim CA from SANS Institute, the global leader in information security training. At SANS Southern California - Anaheim 2017, SANS offers hands-on, immersion-style security training courses taught by real-world practitioners. The site of our training event, February 6-11, is the Anaheim Majestic Garden Hotel, located across the street from the Disneyland (R) Resort. Enhance your skills by taking advantage of SANS IT...

ASDSO members are called upon to communicate in many different situations: in presentations to colleagues, in testimony before regulatory bodies and legislative committees, and interviews with reporters. Whatever the circumstances, best practices can help to ensure that communication is as effective as possible. Participants will be asked to share experiences ahead of time that will be incorporated into the session, which will focus especially...

You are invited to attend SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2016 (CDI). SANS is the one educational organization known for developing the cybersecurity skills most in need right now. SANS Cyber Defense Initiative 2016 will feature courses in IT security, security management, IT audit, penetration testing, and computer forensics, including short courses that can be taken with a long course to enhance your training. Every course, evening talk, and s...

With networking one of the biggest bottlenecks to cloud adoption, this month’s DC Microsoft Azure Government Meetup will focus on Hybrid Cloud With ExpressRoute which provides a high-performance, private, and secure connection between your IT environment and Microsoft Azure. We are fortunate to have James Walters, director of Azure EcoSystem Networking for Microsoft Azure Government in town from Redmond, WA, along with Greg Adgate, VP Gl...