According to IDC, over 75% of all transactions occur on business-critical applications, and the sensitive data from these systems is of great value to cyber-attackers. These systems are responsible for housing critical business processes and data, including financial and medical information about citizens, location of military assets, or sensitive personnel and clearance records. Indeed, IDC predicts that breaches will become more frequent and...

In 1996 Congress enacted the Clinger-Cohen Act, which after becoming law, instituted a process across the federal government that required Chief Information Officers to implement technology in the context of an Architecture. By 2002 OMB was leading the effort to identify opportunities to simplify processes and unify work across agencies with the goal of maximizing technology investments to deliver a more citizen-centered, customer focused gove...

The cyber threat landscape facing Government is increasingly sophisticated and heterogeneous. The new threat environment requires a new defensive approach that will apply speed, agility, precision and scale to the problem. This new approach must automatically integrate threat intelligence, industry best practices, and emerging cyber technology to deliver rapid threat detection, analysis and response. The 3rd annual FireEye Government Forum wil...

The cyberattack risks faced by government, military and intelligence organizations have never been greater. Yet the digital life of citizens and war-fighters alike demand delivery of business communications electronically, securely, and reliably.This briefing will explore the trends that are spurring digital transformation in government while driving down cost, preserving privacy and stemming security risks. We’ll also explore how agenci...

Course Description: The burden of acute and chronic liver diseases in the United States continues to rise. Patients with chronic liver disease are at risk for the development of cirrhosis, hepatic decompensation, and hepatocellular carcinoma. Viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, autoimmune liver diseases, and metabolic liver disorders are risk factors for cirrhosis, hepatic decompensation and hepatocellular carcinoma. Exciting a...

SANS Exceptional Training comes to Reston in AprilWe are pleased to invite you to SANS Reston 2016, April 4-9. This event features comprehensive hands-on technical training from some of the best instructors in the industry and includes several courses that will prepare you or your technical staff for DoD 8570 and GIAC approved certification exams. Start making your plans now to attend SANS Reston 2016.Are you ready to immerse yourself in the m...

We are pleased to invite you to attend SANS training in the capital of the State of Georgia! We are bringing our top courses and top instructors to Atlanta on April 4-9. With one in 1,200 candidates qualify globally to join our faculty, SANS instructors the foremost experts and the best at ensuring you will not only learn the material, but that you can also apply it immediately when you return from your training.All of our courses at SANS Atla...

The US Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program is pleased to announce the First Thursday Seminar Data Center Energy Efficiency Best Practices that will air on Thursday, April 7th, 2015 from 1:30 to 3:00 pm EST. This seminar will cover why energy-efficient data centers are critical, energy-efficiency opportunities, and energy management improvement processes. Topics include best practices for acquisition, benchmarking, performanc...

Agencies are taking a digital-first approach to improving the public’s experience in interacting with and obtaining services from the government. The U.S. Digital Services Playbook provides guiding principles to address the whole experience for citizen services online. The Playbook is drawn from successful practices from the private and public sector. One of the tenants of these standards is the use of data that measures how well these d...

The ATARC Federal Mobile Computing Summit will be held on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. This educational one-day symposium will feature subject matter experts from the Federal government and academia participating discussing the latest tools and trends in mobility. (Mobile Summit Agenda) The MITRE-ATARC Mobile Symposium will discuss and white-board various mobile "challenge areas” and produce a White Pap...