Leveraging both cloud and hybrid environments has become more prevalent as agencies transform how they manage data and work towards their cloud smart goals. This modernization allows flexibility and supports the operational needs of Federal agencies’ missions. Migrating towards a full cloud environment is not a new topic, as decades of work has been done to ensure that Federal agencies can utilize off-site storage securely, but there can...

The cyber threats public sector organizations face continue to evolve. And all too often, agencies and institutions are focused on securing against the threats of the past rather than planning for the next sophisticated attack. However, with the emergence of security tools built on machine learning, AI, predictive analytics and extended detection and response, that no longer has to be the case. Join leaders from across the public sector techno...

Building the Cyber Environs: Tools, Technology and Workforce The shift to digital, cloud, AI and other technologies has given rise to a variety of cyberattacks with an alarming cost. Government and industry continue to face critical security and risk issues with increased cyber threats, supply chain and cloud vulnerabilities, ransomware, phising, stolen credentials and identities, new sophisticated attack approaches and other cyber-types of at...

Modernization is a Journey, not a Destination. Federal agencies raced to update their systems and move as many programs as possible to the cloud during the pandemic. But federal leaders realize that modernization is a continuing process that includes, but is not limited to, updating IT equipment and data centers. It also means upgrading networks and connections, software and services, security, workforce, and acquisition processes. At this sum...

Modernization is integral in the development of the Federal workforce as organizations fight to keep up with the private sector. Organizations and agencies need to begin to adopt more cutting edge technologies, such as automation of workflow processes, in order to be more forward-thinking and competitive. In order to fully reach a new potential within our Federal workforce, agencies need to center the implementation process as their goal. This...

Modern warfare has dramatically shifted over the past two decades. Data and technology have become as important to 21st century defense as bombs and bullets. And as the U.S. expands its focus on Great Power competition with near-peer adversaries like China and Russia, the Department of Defense has placed a greater emphasis on using modern, data-driven technologies to enable better and quicker decision-making in life and death scenarios. Defens...

Join this breakfast webinar to hear experts discuss security features for mobile tools, technologies, products, 5G, and services; and examine how agencies can improve on enterprise-wide mobile security strategy and policy. What lessons have experts learned while working with 5G and the cloud? What challenges have they faced while modernizing their agency’s cloud services? What best strategies did they have to put in place to overcome the...

The federal government is experiencing unprecedented transformation as agencies look to defend against complex cyberattacks, all while envisioning more innovative ways to deliver services to taxpayers using modern technologies. Hear from the influential leaders and bright minds at the heart of this digital transformation August 24 at FedTalks — the largest annual gathering of C-suite leaders in the government, tech and academic communit...

According to the National Association of State CIOs, the top two enterprise risks faced by state governments in 2022 are cybersecurity and technology. Cybersecurity includes everything from data protection and ransomware to identity theft and stolen network credentials. Technology risks include aging or obsolete systems, data management, and handling cloud portfolios, to name a few. Addressing these risks is part of modernizing and transformin...

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