As agencies look to replace legacy systems with the cloud, Zero Trust has risen as a best cybersecurity practice. Listen in as topic experts discuss the shift to a teleworking workforce and the importance behind Zero Trust security. This shift has triggered new cybersecurity strategies within the Federal Government, especially as Government agencies make the migration to the cloud. Hear from topic experts as they dive into the best practices f...

Learn how the USCG is transforming and modernizing its fleet and IT infrastructure to better perform its missions. The US Coast Guard (USCG) has been actively pursuing an ambitious technology revolution plan to replace legacy equipment and modernize its cybersecurity and data management capabilities. Sworn to protect the American borders, the Coast Guard focused on empowering their fleet with reliable, mobile, and secure systems. Learn how the...

Safeguarding customer access yields better service Federal agencies have faced unprecedented demands over the past few years, as the pandemic shut down physical offices, forcing employees to work from home and requiring agencies to completely rethink how to provide services. Data breaches and accelerating ransomware attacks have harmed agencies’ operations just as they became dependent on online delivery of services. Now agencies are bei...

The second webinar in the series will review Agile planning processes and artifacts. We will introduce and discuss the cadence beginning with developing the product roadmap, backlog, estimation, team velocity, release planning, and sprint planning. When the contract includes product deliverables rather than solely agile development services, we will discuss how to tie the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - Scope, Schedule, Cost, and Forecast rep...

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Some of the most devastating cyber breaches are originating from the DevOps space. Privileged Access Management (PAM) is a critical area of access risk management and identity security at any agency. Privileged accounts have traditionally been given to administrators to access data and applications but with the shifts towards remote work and users, access management needed to adapt. Changing business practices, hybrid IT, cloud, and other form...

As the nation faces more persistent and sophisticated cyber threats than ever before, federal agencies can no longer take for granted that their systems and applications are secure. With that in mind, the federal government is taking unprecedented measures to protect the highly sensitive information of Americans. Central to the government’s efforts to deter, protect against, detect, and respond to a constant barrage of attacks, the Biden...

What do leading public sector organizations have in common that sets them apart from the rest? They transformed into digital enterprises built on modern applications and multiple clouds. Reinventing an org in that fashion doesn’t come easy. The key to this evolution is to upskill and invest in your current talent, first. Join A Cloud Guru expert Drew Firment, Assistant VP of Cloud Center at the Federal Reserve System, Chris Barker, and f...

Federal agencies have been mandated to adopt a zero-trust architecture, Federal leaders must develop a plan to implement a zero-trust architecture, incorporating as appropriate the migration steps that the National Institute of Standards and Technology has laid out. Agency heads need to describe the steps already completed to move to zero trust, identify activities that will have the most immediate security impact and include a schedule to imp...

All federal users including contracting officers, program office officials, managers, and executive staff are invited to participate in these complimentary webinars to learn how the VETS 2 GWAC can support their agency IT project initiatives. Warranted contracting officers must complete this training before requesting a Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA), which will authorize them to issue orders against the VETS 2 GWAC. Participants wi...