Federal CIOs are migrating to cloud environments with adoption accelerating at a rapid pace. The federal government’s growing focus on sound data management and defending against cyber threats is prompting agencies to examine their secure computing and storage strategies. IT investments are focused on infrastructure, security, management using the following strategies: Cloud computing, as-a-Service, & shared services adoption Reduced...

IT modernization has been a federal priority for years, but many agencies still struggle to turn that goal into a practical plan of action. Securing multi-year funding is one challenge, but the fundamental obstacle is often the sheer complexity of transforming government-scale systems. Smart, successful modernization demands a holistic approach that addresses several essential pillars: security, network infrastructure, multi-cloud architecture...

Listen as Cloud Experts explain the importance of Cloud across the Federal Government. In this period of time of building the “new normal”, What emerging technology has led to strengthening Cloud? This event will set out to explain the emerging technology that has been used to help strengthen federal Cloud, along with the future of Cloud in the Federal Government. What does it mean to strengthen your agency’s Cloud? Where do...

Most government agencies have made the journey to cloud since the Cloud First and Cloud Smart strategies came from OMB starting in 2010. Many organizations have more than one cloud. The challenge becomes blending the different types of cloud and service models to provide access to needed data, while at the same time protecting a much enlarged attack surface created by the large number of workers who are accessing the data remotely. If there is...

The U.S. Government has long relied upon technological superiority to ensure its dominance in conflict and to underpin U.S. national security. The rapidly evolving technological landscape is changing the foundation of supporting the Warfighter with emerging technologies and digital strategies such DevSecOps, analytic edge computing, fifth-generation wireless capability, artificial intelligence and machine learning being used to support the mis...

According to the global consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, hybrid cloud capabilities deliver a 75% reduction in complexity and 50% improvement in reliability and availability. Increased remote work requirement have put an increased focus on IT teams who rapidly adapted to nearly universal telework to support mission needs. The use of hybrid and multi-cloud provides agencies with the digital dexterity to satisfy the IT challenges of rapid...

SANS Cloud Defender 2021 – Live Online (Jan 11-16, EST) provides immersion training designed to help you master the practical steps necessary for defending systems and applications in the cloud against the most dangerous threats. The courses are full of important and immediately useful techniques that you can put to work as soon as you return to your office. Register now for interactive training taught by top industry practitioners. SANS...

At the core of all government technology operations in 2020, a comprehensive and secure data strategy is essential if agencies are to deliver on their missions and serve the American public. With the arrival of COVID-19 this became even more apparent as agencies looked to data to power their response efforts and considered new ways to securely deliver streaming data insight into the hands of teleworking employees. As governments expand use of...

Join ATARC for a robust discussion on how agencies can leverage SASE-based TIC 3.0 to enable a secure mobile government workforce. The shift to work from home, necessitated by the pandemic, has resulted in a “new normal” for federal agencies. Hear thought leaders from both the public and private sectors discuss how TIC 3.0 guidelines can enable a secure telework environment for agency employees, and how agencies can use the cloud t...

Gartner predicts that by 2025, 85% of infrastructure strategies will integrate on-premises, colocation, cloud and edge delivery options, compared with 20% in 2020. With the shift to distributed digital infrastructure, agencies are rationalizing workload placement with an eye toward compliance, data protection, security, latency, resiliency, reputation, service continuity, location, availability and performance. This webinar will detail how age...