As evolving methodologies of cyber espionage and disruption continue to grow in scope and sophistication, the federal government has sought to bolster its defenses through the implementation of a standardized cybersecurity framework, influenced by drivers such as FedRAMP, the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and the Continuous Diagnostics Mitigation (CDM) program, which are designed to enable the detection and elimination of threats in real time....

GAO projects that 75% of the Federal government’s IT budget is spent maintaining legacy IT systems. That’s $62 billion for software and hardware that is time-consuming to maintain and difficult to adapt to today’s demands for greater transparency and citizen access. Government agencies are looking for a more flexible and agile IT framework. Application modernization, shared services, OMB’s Cloud First mandate, mobility...

GTRA's SecureGOV Council Meeting Invitation-Only Executive Collaboration. GTRA is an executive retreat designed to facilitate a thought provoking exchange of best practices and strategies among federal IT’s elite. Features of this meeting include: • No Tradeshow Floor • Intimate: 150 – 200 executives for quality relationship building • 50% of time spent collaborating in roundtables w/ 5-10 executives • No ...

Date: Thu, Dec 4, 2014 2:00 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour Accreditation: 1 CPE Cost: Complimentary Cloud-Driven Data Insights in Government Proactively addressing priorities and mitigating risk requires that leaders and staff have reliable access to all information so they can make decisions and swiftly respond to changing conditions. To enable this, agencies need to effectively manage several aspects of their Big Data—from how they store grow...

COMPLIMENTARY BRIEFING The Watchful Eye: Mitigating Risk in the Cloud Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 Time: 8:00 - 10:30 AMCost: Complimentary Credits: 3 CPEs/CEUs Focus: Government agencies are adopting a Cloud First approach to do more with existing resources while rapidly opening up new ways to meet citizens’ demands to engage with agencies online. Using a pay-as-you-go model, agencies can now access a broad portfolio of middleware...

Live! 360 brings together five conferences, and the brightest minds in IT and Dev, to explore leading edge technologies and conquer current ones. These co-located events will incorporate knowledge transfer and networking, along with out-of-this-world education and training, as you create your own custom conference, mixing and matching sessions and workshops to best suit your needs. Whether you are a developer who uses Visual Studio, SQL Serve...

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DSI’s Big Data for Intelligence Symposium is designed as an educational and training “Town Hall” forum, where thought leaders and key policy-makers across military and civilian organizations can come together for actionable discussions and debate. The symposium will focus on data analysis to support time-sensitive decision-making. The Symposium will focus on the following topics: Utilizing the IC Cloud to Improve Intelligence...

According to Information Week, 65% of IT directors cite agility to meet mission needs as the primary driver for cloud computing. Government agencies also benefit from the cost containment offered by acquiring infrastructure as a service, permitting deployment of savings to other, more mission-critical needs. As the rewiring of government continues, agencies break from the past by: Increasing computing efficiency through modernizing and virtual...