The Docker Federal Summit is an annual event designed for IT ops and app development teams working in Government agencies. We meet to ignite innovation in those agencies using or considering the Docker platform to build, ship and run any application, anywhere. This event is designed to get new users started on their journey to success; prepare managers to achieve ROI and to help everyone at all levels modernize apps, accelerate innovation at l...

The explosion of connectivity and multiplying data sets have opened millions of entry and exit points for data – consequently identifying a breach is about as easy as looking for a needle in a haystack. Hence, advanced analytics and artificial intelligence now stand shoulder to shoulder with our cyber defenders on the thin digital line. So, how are agencies leveraging big data analytics to harden systems without sacrificing performance,...

The federal government is the last frontier for a mobile, wireless workplace. Fears about security, cost and productivity have kept many agencies on the fringes. Yet there have been many major successful implementations of wireless in the government sphere – from large buildings such as the Pentagon, to the wide open spaces of the battlefield. Wireless now provides a level of security that can even be used for classified transmissions. J...

SANS' instructors are innovative thought leaders and industry experts teaching constantly updated, practical cybersecurity techniques. Join us for SANS Baltimore Spring 2017, April 24-29, and learn how to out-think and out-maneuver cyber adversaries with cutting-edge cybersecurity tactics. Choose from nine courses in IT security, penetration testing, forensics, and security management. Register today. Information Security Courses Available at...

If your company employs foreign nationals, works with contractors who do, shares technology with entities in other countries (particularly in the EU, with its fluid work force), contracts with universities to do research, outsources IT or uses cloud servers, or does pretty much anything else that companies do in the 21st Century, you may have a deemed export or reexport risk. Ensuring that you have a compliance plan in place to identify and ad...

What you need to know to comply with and position your agency to meet the intent and requirements of the executive order Since the Government Reorganization Act expired in the mid-1980s, every President has asked Congress for authority to reorganize the Executive Branch of the federal government. This year, on March 13th, President Trump issued an Executive Order that foreshadowed an effort to reduce overlap and duplication among the governme...

Young AFCEA Washington, DC is proud to host the Tech Talk Series for the 2016 - 2017 year. The Tech Talk Series offers an intimate and engaging environment for the brightest minds in industry and government to come together and discuss some of the most transformational technologies and business challenges we are currently facing. This series will generate discussions and ideas to continue to evolve the partnership between industry and governme...

This session will instruct procurement professionals on how they can simplify IT acquisitions and reduce timeframes through the use of “governmentwide acquisition contracts” (GWACs) and “Fair Opportunity,” as outlined in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR). Key Take-Aways: How leveraging GWACs for IT procurements can streamline acquisition processes. How source selection procedures can be simplified under the flex...

As the world’s largest owner and operator of data centers, the U.S. Government and its agencies spend enormous sums of money to ‘keep the lights on’. But proven innovations such as virtualization, hyperconverged infrastructure and cloud computing have reduced agencies’ dependence on maintaining massive legacy IT systems. Innovation in the Federal IT enterprise is mission-critical to reducing and avoiding costs, enhancin...

The new date for Igniting Innovation 2017 is Wednesday, April 26th. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Igniting Innovation is the premier annual event to showcase innovations to improve services to citizens and government operations and recognize the best innovations with awards. Igniting Innovation is designed to recognize the best ideas and solutions to solve important problems and s...