An educational symposium for military personnel, this learning event will examine The Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information, as outlined in DoD Instruction 8510.01. The Federal Executive Briefing will be highlighted by a Keynote Briefing by a senior level DoD official, who will give an overview of RMF, discuss the transition from the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) to RMF and provide a...

Our monthly programs draws between 350-400 senior officers and IT professionals from across the Department of Defense, armed services, intelligence and civilian agencies to discuss topics of interest to the DOD IT community ranging from IT networks to mobility to cybersecurity to UAS/sensors. The goal of our monthly event is to foster better joint warfighting communication, share best practices and lessons learned, and identify mission-critica...

A basic tenet of building an expeditionary fighting force that can respond to hot spots around the world is the ability to surge. That applies to satellite bandwidth as much as it does to personnel and weaponry. Such bandwidth is needed for ISR assets such as unmanned aircraft systems, for communications and for situational awareness. That bandwidth can’t always be acquired at the last moment, however, and needs to be pre-positioned in t...

Our monthly programs draws between 350-400 senior officers and IT professionals from across the Department of Defense, armed services, intelligence and civilian agencies to discuss topics of interest to the DOD IT community ranging from IT networks to mobility to cybersecurity to UAS/sensors. The goal of our monthly event is to foster better joint warfighting communication, share best practices and lessons learned, and identify mission-critica...

Our monthly programs draws between 350-400 senior officers and IT professionals from across the Department of Defense, armed services, intelligence and civilian agencies to discuss topics of interest to the DOD IT community ranging from IT networks to mobility to cybersecurity to UAS/sensors. The goal of our monthly event is to foster better joint warfighting communication, share best practices and lessons learned, and identify mission-critica...

The 2016 Annual Women in Defense Conference theme is Driving Innovation, describing a landscape in which leading women in national defense and security are leveraging innovation to grow every aspect of their business. Sharing our innovative ideas during this forum will help us all grow, and move forward in today’s rapidly evolving market. WID features keynote speakers from DARPA, CyberCom and StratCom as well as a Government Leadership P...

ASNE DAY 2016 is presented by the association that has been at the forefront of naval engineering for over 125 years, The American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). ASNE has reinvented the Society’s longest running symposium to deliver a global experience to the naval engineering community, immersing you in everything about naval ships - from warfare systems, structures, and cyber security both in acquisition and sustainment.

Rapid advances in technology, operational requirements, and sensing systems have made elasticity and agility key imperatives for the Air Force’s ISR Enterprise. This panel will discuss how Air Force ISR is incorporating open architecture and open mission systems to develop rapidly adaptable analytic and collection systems, and the increased focus on partnering with industry to enable agile acquisition. Discussion will also focus on the A...

FITARA Implementation Symposium III Theme: Assessing the Financial Management Impact Transparency is a key element of FITARA. Agencies will need to trace plans, investments, budgets, procurements and resources to business and mission outcomes. The approaches pioneered to enhance visibility across the CxO communities can benefit all areas of Government. Initial Scorecards On November 4 the House Oversight and Government Reform, Information Tec...

The government’s current IT trajectory is not sustainable, and DOD and other agencies must modernize their systems to make use of new data available to them, handle current and future security threats and maximize their returns on IT investments. The government spends about 80 percent of its $80-plus billion IT budget on legacy systems, leaving precious few resources available to modernize systems and test, develop and keep pace with new...