Find out about Scotland’s AI Strategy: Trustworthy, Ethical and Inclusive. Scotland’s AI Strategy sets out a vision for Scotland to become a leader in the development and use of trustworthy, ethical and inclusive AI. It sets the principles that will guide us, including the OECD’s AI Principles, and UNICEF’s Policy Guidance on AI for Children and identifies the actions we’ll take develop and strengthen our AI ecosy...

It is easy to say, “Never trust – always verify.” It is much harder to put that philosophy into practice, even though zero trust is the foundation of the Cybersecurity Executive Order released in May. It is unprecedented for an EO to be so specific in its cybersecurity directives. Despite the EO, there is no single way to approach zero trust implementation. The National Security Agency released some guidance in February about...

ATARC is excited to announce the nominees for its GITEC Emerging Technology Awards 2021. This year’s awards will focus on recognizing Government teams and their initiatives that have made significant contributions in the advancement and implementation of technology innovations. These awards focus on Government teams deserving recognition for their advancements in Government IT modernization in support of increased agency mission. Our 202...

Every day, government employees do incredible work. Particularly in 2021, there were a number of pressing issues government agencies faced that led to significant gains for the workforce, the public and government operations. Join us online to hear from government and industry leaders to learn about those innovations and how you and your agency can bring that momentum into 2022. Specifically, you’ll learn how: The hybrid workforce has an...

The exclusive Engage & Connect Series will bring together government and industry three times during the program year to hear keynote remarks from an agency leader on the topic of cybersecurity, modernization or data analytics, followed by a cocktail networking reception.

Join us for a live webinar to learn how SolarWinds solutions for observability for Microsoft Office 365® (O365) can help in performance and security. As organizations adopt O365, IT teams focus and responsibility shift to more hybrid operations. These present new issues when needing to aggregate on-premises and cloud operations. Observability helps ensure effective operations and identify faults at the cloud, ISP, or site level to ensure w...

There are plenty of positive quotes about teamwork, such as “There is no ‘I’ in team,” or “A team is more than a collection of people.” Another popular one is “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” But actually creating an effective and productive enterprise-wide team is much more difficult than just making up a catchphrase. Coming out of the pandemic is placing overwhelming pre...

Data quality is of the utmost importance when it comes to actionable insights and model performance. In this presentation, Vinay Malkani, Figure Eight Federal's Chief of Engineering will discuss why quality data is critical, opportunities and challenges associated with data, and how to integrate multiple data sources to produce consistent, accurate, and useful information. Jack Hild, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Hall of Famer...

The concept of zero trust is the core of the Cybersecurity Executive Order released in May. While its directives and deadlines apply to all federal agencies, it offers a useful model for state, local, territorial and tribal governments and educational systems whose cybersecurity needs are just as great. It is easy to say, “Never trust – always verify.” It is much harder to put into practice. The National Security Agency relea...

Of all the consequential potential applications for artificial intelligence, nothing may rival its use by military operations. The very idea of life-and-death decision-making by AI-enabled weapons systems has induced fear in the collective social imagination for decades – the first “Terminator” movie was released in 1985.Hollywood’s deployment of special effects is lightyears beyond the capabilities of today’s AI....