This forum seeks to bring together people from the data, analysis, financial, policy and public communities to better understand the challenges and solutions to financial integrity. This forum is looking to provide cases of how using seemingly disparate data led to company or agency success. We want you to imagine the possibilities and provide you with a couple of tools along the way. Keynote Speaker:Suzette Kent, Federal Chief Information Of...

SANS SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, is our flagship course for penetration testing. As a cybersecurity professional, you have a unique responsibility to find and understand your organization's vulnerabilities and to work diligently to mitigate them before the bad guys pounce. Are you ready? This course fully arms you to address this task head-on. SEC560 is the must have course for every well-rounded security professio...

Other Transaction Authority can be the key to expanding Business Opportunities within your Company! OTAs are on the rise for two primary reasons: 1) their flexibility is well-suited to the less predictable, more accelerated process of innovative R&D, and 2) they are not subject to most standard acquisition laws and regulation from the Buy American Act to the Truth in Negotiations Act. The Competition in Contracting Act also does not apply...

The 9th Annual Open Source Digital Forensics Conference (OSDFCon) will be held October 16-18, 2018 in Herndon, VA. This event allows attendees to learn about new software and meet the developers. Oct 16: A series of 3-hour in-depth workshops (to be announced in July)Oct 17: One full day of 35 minute talks focused exclusively on open source digital forensics tools (**free for government attendees**)Oct 18: Autopsy Training Here is what you can...

INVENTING THE FUTURE OF MISSION DELIVERY TOGETHER For three days in October, forward-thinking leaders of government and industry will converge in Philadelphia to network, share, learn, collaborate, and forge actionable approaches and practices that maximize the value we provide to our nation’s citizens. Covering the Most Important Topics at Imagine Nation - ELC 2018 Acquisition: Innovations in Acquisition, Other Transaction AuthoritiesB...

Deep Dive into NASA SEWP's Acquisition Tips, Tools and Innovations Get a Deep Dive into NASA SEWP - this session starts with a quick overview of the NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) contract vehicle and promptly moves to an interactive web-based demonstration with participant engagement activities. You will learn in-depth details on SEWP as an IT acquisition vehicle that provides simplified acquisitions using customer frie...

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The National Training Program (NTP) focuses on training that provides government employees involved in the management of Hispanic employment and outreach programs the education and skills necessary to reach their full leadership potential and to fully manage their employment programs. The NTP features workshops in line with OPM/SES Core Qualifications for career development in the Federal workforce. The NTP feature a career fair open to NTP at...

Identity and Access Management is key and crucial to managing the roles and access privileges of individual network users through a digital ID that has to be maintained, modified and monitored throughout what many call “the access lifecycle”. This entire process is inextricably linked to the security and productivity of an organization to protect their digital assets and enhance business productivity. Whether it be an individual di...

Cyber Security Training in Tampa, FloridaAt SANS Tampa-Clearwater 2018 (September 4-9), leading industry experts offer knowledge and tools to help you advance your cyber security career. Arm yourself with the information you need to defend against cyber attackers.Take advantage of these opportunities to get the most out of your training:- Distinguish yourself as an information security leader by preparing for your GIAC Certification.- Network...