In October 2015, the Office of Management and Budget released its much-anticipated Cybersecurity Implementation Plan (CSIP), a multi-pronged initiative aimed at getting agencies up to speed on cybersecurity. The strategy reflects the dual realities of the cybersecurity challenge: The increasingly diverse and sophisticated nature of today’s cyber threats, and the increasingly complex nature of the federal enterprise to be protected. A str...

According to market intelligence firm IDC, 91% of IT organizations rely on open hybrid cloud as the de facto enterprise IT architecture. Open source is a key enabler of this rapid innovation and is driving the increased adoption of next generation technology and IT service delivery solutions. As open hybrid cloud becomes widely adopted questions surrounding security in the cloud and of open source hybrid cloud technologies in particular are pr...

Cyber security professionals and students meet face-to-face with leading cyber security employers at the Cyber Job Fair Thursday, August 23, from 11am - 3pm at the San Antonio Convention Center. The Cyber Job Fair is held in conjunction with the second annual CyberTexas conference. Opportunities for all aspects of cyber security / information security including Software Engineers, CNO Engineers and Analysts, Database Administrators, Software a...

What do your customers really need ... not just today but tomorrow? How can you ensure your ideas quickly come to life in the organization or marketplace? What will it take to build your advantage in a world which never stops changing? Creating great solutions is exhilarating difficult. Too often seemingly good ideas fail to excite customers, leaving organizations emotionally and financially exhausted. A paradox has emerged as a result: leader...

So you’ve just applied for a federal job; now what? Join us as we discuss how to prepare for a federal interview and what to expect from the security clearance process. Presented by the Partnership for Public Service. Click here to register.

There are literally HUNDREDS of positions available and real interviews will be scheduled for your colleagues & friends at this month's reStart Hiring Event. Have you registered to join us yet? There is a HUGE demand for all disciplines of Developers, Engineers, Analysts, Cyber Pro's, Security and much more in the DC metro area right now. Instead of going to a "job expo" wandering around a ballroom and hoping from line to line waiting to h...

ABOUT THIS COURSE This two-day course will prepare functional managers and analytic practitioners to finally make sense of data analytics and take control of the analytic process. “Advancing the Analytics-Driven Organization” develops core skills for data analytics and lays the foundation for data-intensive analytic projects that deliver insight, clarity, confidence and actionable decision support. Attendees will learn the four maj...

The ATARC Federal DevOps Summit will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. Mark Schwartz, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will serve as the Government Chair of this educational, one-day symposium featuring government speakers and panels examining the practice of DevOps - and the complementa...

In an April 2015 report, the Government Accountability Office found 23 out of 24 agency inspectors generally cited information security as a major challenge at their agency. New, sophisticated attacks have often been called Advanced Persistent Threats, a term that is sometimes derided, but has attained widespread adoption. Whatever these attacks are called, they have unique qualities that make them more difficult to defend against. Although th...

Overview: With the current headlines regarding government email retention and e-discovery, it is important to understand how the upcoming deadlines will impact your agency. This one-day Potomac Forum Workshop will focus on the activities mandated by the NARA/OMB Records Management Directive. Key executives from NARA and government agencies will discuss the directive and its implementation. Detailed review and analysis of the directive will be...