With cybersecurity at the forefront of urgent government IT issues and most federal agencies having some presence in the cloud, now is the time to consider if your agency is as cloud-secure as possible. Do you have full visibility of cloud assets? Automated security testing and remediation? Rapid mitigation of threats? How is the growth of IoT and other emerging technology complicating security plans? This event brings together government and...

Because of how broadly US sanctions are applied, both US and non-US companies that conduct international business need to understand their obligations under US sanctions. The US Government continues to implement and vigorously enforce US economic sanctions and embargoes. Rarely a week goes by without the agency taking action, be it prohibiting trade with a newly identified North Korean front company, issuing a General License temporarily auth...

CXO Tech Forum: Uncle Sam Meets Silicon ValleyPresenting impactful and emerging tech applications from Silicon Valley to the greater U.S. government. Complex problems don’t always require complex solutions. Reinvent how to optimize your resources—people, processes and tools. Hear how senior leader experts from defense, federal and intelligence agencies are collaborating with academia and industry start ups to embrace and develop...

Multi-Agency Federal Government Procurement and Tech Plus Expo2.21.199 AM to 2 PM(setup 8 AM to 9 AM) Holiday Inn Capitolby the Smithsonian Museums, U.S. Capitol and L'Enfant PlazaCongressional Ballroom550 C Street, SW Washington, DC 20024 US Federal Government agencies invited:PTOUSDAUS NavyUS House if RepresentativesSenateUS CourtsPTODOEDoDUS Coast GuardVeterans AffairsUS ArmyCorp of EngineersAMTRAKUS Department of Tran...

Congress established the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program to provide adequate, risk-based, and cost-effective cybersecurity and more efficiently allocate cybersecurity resources. The CDM Program provides agencies with capabilities and tools to identify cybersecurity risks on an ongoing basis, prioritize these risks based on potential impacts, and enable cybersecurity personnel to mitigate the most significant problems first....

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility Design and Construction – After attending this unclassified Workshop, students will be able to oversee design and construction of a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF), classified storage vaults and open storage spaces which meets official government requirements for a secure area where classified information is handled. The stringent physical security requirements; such as, ac...

International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), Export Administration Regulations (EAR), and Office of Foreign Assets Controls & Embargoes (OFAC) Explained - complete with all Export Control Reform Changes and New Administration Priorities:This seminar series provides both novice and experienced export compliance professionals with a comprehensive education on complying with United States export regulations. We will review recent ECR ch...

The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) requires Federal prime contractors and subcontractors, small and large alike, to flow-down certain clauses from their contracts when buying items from their suppliers and subcontractors. Although Small businesses are exempt from the requirement for subcontracting plans, small businesses are not exempt from FAR and DFARS flowdown requireme...

Join us for a unique, interactive course that "walks you through" the Internal Audit process. "This course is not just for auditors or new auditors. It is for anyone who wants an understanding of the relationship between business objectives, risk, control, assessment and reporting." This comprehensive internal audit training course is for anyone who wants to have a strong base of knowledge and understanding of the essential audit and the perso...

Audits of "SOC" (System and Organization Controls) have been governed starting on May 1, 2017 by the application of "SSAE" (Statement of Standards for Attestation Engagements) 18. This new AICPA Standard replaces SSAE 16, just as SSAE 16 replaced SAS 70. This new standard will require the users of these reports to change their compliance programs to fit the new reporting standards. SSAE 18 is more comprehensive than the prior standards. Learn...