4th Annual Identity Management Symposium Advancing Biometric and Identity Activity Solutions Apr 18-19, 2017 The Mary M. Gates Learning Center, Alexandria, VA The 2017 Identity Management Symposium will provide valuable information on the current and prospective initiatives that the U.S. Government supports to advance identity and access management practices for greater defense and security. With a keen focus on access management, this Symposi...

Steps to an Emergency Action Plan "Active shooter" incidents remain in the news and a source of anxiety for us all. "It will never happen here," is not a strategy. An average of 900 workplace homicides occur in the United States every year. But there is something you can do to prepare yourself and your co-workers for the unthinkable. Corporate security consultant and distinguished retired FBI special agent Rob Haley will walk you through the f...

The Security Through Innovation Summit will bring together top thought leaders and innovators from the Gov IT community and feature sessions and breakouts on cloud managed security services, automating cyber readiness, industrial control systems and the impact of IoT, FedRAMP, continuous diagnostics and mitigation, and host-based security systems.

Based on the assumption that preventive measures must be in place to be effective, students learn 25 mitigation strategies that when successfully applied reduce the impact of terrorist attack. We examine the current state of terrorism in the United States, its evolving nature and the future use of weapons of mass destruction. A variety of options are explored for addressing the most common manmade threats we face today and for the foreseeable...

This three day workshop was developed with the asset owner in mind. Students will learn how to design CCTV systems for different types of secure level areas, compounds and installations. Students will be able to design their own intrusion detection (IDS) and access control (ACS) systems. Students will ultimately combine camera systems with video analytics, with ACS and IDS. This very interactive course has numerous case studies built into the...

In today's modern world, the power grid serves as the backbone of the United States critical infrastructure sector. The Utilities responsible for this tremendous responsibility have to constantly adapt to new and emerging challenges, many of which were never imagined during the creation of the current power grid. It is financially impractical to pursue every solution simultaneously. Rather, grid owners and operators need identify new technolog...

INSA is pleased to announce that the Honorable James B. Comey Jr., Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), will be the guest of honor and speaker at a leadership dinner on March 29, 2017, at the Hilton Mark Center in Alexandria, Virginia. Director Comey will speak to the strategic importance of the FBI's role within the Intelligence Community (IC) and his vision for the Bureau in 2017 and beyond. Following dinner, Director Comey...

Securing a 21st century government – from the data center to the cloud to the web – means exercising greater control over the uncontrollable. The reality of today’s instant access, always-on world means that a lot can – and often does – go wrong. So, how can our government remain focused on combatting increasingly sophisticated cyber threats while accelerating service and mission delivery with integrated intellige...

Federal agencies spend about $90 billion on IT each year — but less than a third of that goes to the development and modernization of systems. The rest of the federal IT budget is dedicated to keeping old systems up and running, a cost that only continues to increase as the systems get older and older. And to add insult to injury, those antiquated legacy systems are remarkably harder to operate securely. Join federal officials and other...

Join INSA as we recognize six promising individuals who have shown the potential to become part of the intelligence and national security communities’ next generation of leadership at the 2017 INSA Achievement Awards Ceremony and Reception. This series of awards recognizes the accomplishments of the Intelligence Community’s rising stars and those who have encouraged and inspired them to strive for excellence.