Our organizations and agencies work in a wide-ranging ecosystem involving multiple missions, locations, systems, and data sources. Orchestrating a robust security program, or executing a critical mission requires leaders to consider multiple sources of data at a near-real-time pace, resulting in potential information overload or risking mission failures. Implementing analytic automation to analyze and synthesize information enables leaders to...

Moving to the Cloud can help introduce significant innovative capabilities, but many are having trouble finding costs savings after their cloud migrations. However, one of the largest mistakes that agencies make is not doing the proper due diligence prior to migrating their workloads. In these cases, not only does the customer not experience the cost savings they were expecting, but they also end up increasing their overall costs. Azul and UM...

Please visit our website for the most up-to-date- information! AGA is the member organization for government financial management professionals. We lead and encourage change that benefits our field and all citizens. Our training events, professional certification, publications and ongoing education help members build their skills and advance their careers. Who we are Our members work in government financial management across sectors and worldw...

To quantify the cybersecurity talent shortage, Forbes reported nearly a half a million unfilled cybersecurity jobs in America. An ongoing debate is what leaders can do to close this talent gap and a recurring recommendation is providing training and skills development. Gamification at the simplest level is a neuroscience “hack” that encourages ongoing participation with subject matter because of the release of dopamine from rewards...

Emerging technologies promise new abilities to make our increasingly fragile global society more resilient. To sustain this progress, nations must invest in research, expand their digital infrastructures, and increase digital literacy so that their people can compete and flourish in this new era. Yet, at the same time, no nation or international organization is able to keep pace with the appropriate governance structures needed to grapple with...

IT modernization continues to be a guiding light for the federal government, but long-standing issues still complicate agencies’ plans, in addition to urgent new issues. Continuing cloud migration and management, more potent cybersecurity and supply chain risks, budgeting, as well as evolving remote work environments add up to an increasingly complex environment for agencies looking to modernize their IT at scale.Adapting to those challe...

Please visit our website for the most up-to-date- information! AGA is the member organization for government financial management professionals. We lead and encourage change that benefits our field and all citizens. Our training events, professional certification, publications and ongoing education help members build their skills and advance their careers. Who we are Our members work in government financial management across sectors and worldw...

ICIT 2022 Rising Threat Alert: DDOS Attacks and What Stops Them When it comes to DDoS crimes, there’s no such thing as questions, just hidden answers. This virtual briefing will provide a crime scene investigation of today’s DDoS criminals. Answering questions such as how are attacks launched and why aren’t they getting detected and stopped in time? The panelists will continue the investigation by turning the lens to the vict...

Taking simple steps to secure IT infrastructure and data can help federal and local governments combat ransomware attacks against mission-critical and constituent data. Join us on December 9, 2021 at 2PM ET for a webinar, Qombating Ransomware | Strategies to Mitigate Risks in Government, to discuss the importance of planning ahead before a data disaster and how to leverage the cloud for business continuity and disaster recovery. Plus, we...

Join us on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 9 AM – 12 PM EST, for this virtual summit featuring government and industry IT Modernization and Cyber thought leaders for this unique sharing and learning experience. As agencies find solutions for their current needs, they are thinking about what comes next. Accelerating their IT and network modernization efforts should be at the forefront of their thinking and strategy. The summit will explore the...