The federal government, industry, and the critical infrastructure organizations they run face a common and unprecedented threat -- sophisticated and often crippling cyber-attacks that show no signs of slowing down. It’s a challenge complicated by a significant shortage of skilled cyber-security professionals and varying levels of organizational preparedness. This summer, lawmakers introduced the bipartisan International Cybercrime Preven...

The American Rescue Plan offers Federal, State and Local government agencies the resources they need to restore America’s communities. This bill was designed to facilitate America’s recovery from the economic and health effects of COVID-19. In order to mitigate the economic impact, organizations must be purposeful with their strategies not only for today but for tomorrow and the future onward. How can Federal agencies build and mov...

Cybersecurity is front-page news, covering everything from the White House’s Cybersecurity Executive Order to the latest ransomware attack. And all that attention means government Chief Information Security Officers are in the hot seat. Agencies must be vigilant about improving cybersecurity more than ever before.Join us and your public sector peers for an online event where you'll learn how governments can rethink cybersecurity policies...

While 84% of Department of Defense (DoD) IT decision makers say accelerating enterprise cloud adoption is critical to meeting warfighters’ needs, 96% still continue to face migration delays. What is hindering progress, and what do DoD organizations need to move the migration needle forward? MeriTalk surveyed more than 100 DoD IT decision makers to explore the impact enterprise cloud migration delays have on DoD missions, security, and co...

Agencies have come to accept the cloud and migration of data to the cloud as the new normal. The adoption of a hybrid multi cloud data strategy is crucial to manage data access layers and consume cloud resources consistently across agency infrastructures. This panel aims to bring you a collaborative information discussion focused on what may be the best way for agencies to implement public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid multi cloud strategies...

Customer experience is at the heart of the relationship between people and government, and the demands have never been greater. Expectations change daily, shaped by the ever-higher levels of experience provided by people’s favorite brands and services. With the pandemic accelerating the adoption of technologies that make services faster, more intuitive, and easier to access, agencies recognize that they must keep pace to build and mainta...

This webinar will provide an overview of the comprehensive and collaborative prevention, intervention and postvention efforts occurring in Los Angeles County to prevent Veteran suicide and to help Veterans thrive in the community. By attending this webinar, the audience will take away an understanding of how Los Angeles County is working to better the lives of Veterans in the community. All attendees will learn about different prevention prog...

Women serve as Heads of State in only 22 countries, and 119 countries have never had a female leader. At the current rate, gender equality in the highest positions of power will not be reached for another 130 years. This staggering statistic needs to change. Join us online to learn: Best practices from women government leaders who have successfully navigated the career ladder. What to do if you feel your career is being stymied by gender. How...

Back in the 1960s, the space race between the United State and the USSR paved the way for previously unheard of upskilling, technological innovation, inspiration and dedication. Now there’s a new frontier in the race for technological superiority: data. However, data without analytics, automation and the technical know-how is just numbers on a page. Agencies need new approaches. One way to create that is to upskill your data workforce. U...

With the sudden advancement of myriad technological developments over the past year, brought about in part by the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping track of critical data, operations, and product lines has been made exponentially more complicated. We’ll speak with government officials to learn about how they’re using operational technologies to monitor these sudden developments to ensure safety and security of assets in a time of great un...