Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) and Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM) are factors that all federal agencies are required to contend with. Security concerns, cyber incidents, hardware and software product integrity and availability continue to be of critical importance. In response to these complex challenges, The White House, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the National Institute for Standards and...

This webinar will review the SAM.gov Data Bank, USAspending, the GSA Forecast of Contracting Opportunities Tool, and the FAS Schedule Sales Query Plus (SSQ+).

The ATARC Hyperautomation Working Group believes that government services can be delivered faster with streamlined and quality work products. ATARC's Hyperautomation Working Group invites teams to enter the Hackathon Challenge which will consist of government and industry leaders automating workflows and processes that provide improved citizen and employee experience. Teams will compete to demonstrate how the government and industry can levera...

Government lives on a sea of data. Navigating those waters has always been a challenge, a challenge that is getting more demanding by the day as the volume of data generated by agencies deepens and widens. The federal government’s Federal Data Strategy released two years ago was aimed at assisting agencies’ big data journey over the next 10 years. The last two years have forced agencies to adapt to growing data needs quickly and ef...

Cybersecurity in today’s volatile world is understandably critical but translating understanding into practice is challenging, especially as agencies’ resource demands are at an all-time high, competent IT talent is at a premium, and budgets aren’t keeping pace. Continuous regulatory compliance and security risks to organizations and individuals alike keep evolving—making it difficult to plan and implement specific, act...

In response to the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity published in May 2021, new mandates call for accelerating the adoption of secure open source software (OSS) and commercial off-the-shelf solutions to speed software delivery from years to minutes. Additionally, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has provided updated guidance for strengthening the security of critical software purchased by U....

The challenges of cybersecurity in today’s volatile environment have hit state, local and educational agencies and institutions particularly hard. Their IT shops already faced manpower shortages, outdated hardware and software, threats such as ransomware, and skimpy budgets – all of which have been amplified by the pandemic and its follow-on effects. And now war in a faraway country, involving a nation-state already hostile to the...

As we have entered a new digital age, the needs and expectations of citizens have changed. Now that we have transitioned to a virtual world, we have entered challenges that our citizens and users have yet to face. Part of the underlying challenge that the users are facing is the online experience itself. This conversation aims to discuss the new Executive Order and introduce a long-overdue and positive shift in the government-citizen dynamic....

The cybersecurity landscape has never been more complicated. The Russian invasion of Ukraine prompted cybersecurity alerts across government agencies and critical infrastructure sectors. After the pandemic forced millions to work from home and security professionals adapted to protecting networks without traditional perimeters, new hybrid work models are emerging. Ransomware wreaked havoc on organizations large and small, government and privat...

Here at MasterClass, we have designed a Network Defense program that trains network administrators in network security technologies and operations and teaches students how to master the core skills to build a solid cybersecurity skill set. Students will learn to examine the traffic that traverses networks at the packet and binary level and to build a solid knowledge of the lowest layers of the network. You will learn to master the TCP/IP proto...