Federal security professionals within the DoD must comply with the technical testing and hardening frameworks known as STIGs -- Security Technical Implementation Guides. STIGs contain technical guidance for "locking down" or "hardening" information systems and software that might be vulnerable to a malicious computer attack.While security is perhaps the single most important task federal IT professionals tackle, it's also the most complex. The...

Timely contract closeout process has been identified as a government-wide issue. Closing contracts in a timely manner can help to limit the government’s exposure to risks by identifying and recovering improper payments to contractors and avoiding paying interest fees when the government does not pay contractors on time. Timely closeout also ensures that the government deobligates and uses unspent funds from completed contracts before th...

The mission outcome driven mindset has enabled public sector agencies to recognize opportunities for applying automation and embark on pilot projects to deliver quick value against key challenges while improving accuracy and speed.Join Alteryx on August 16th to learn more about analytics automation and mission outcomes. During this Alteryx lunch and learn, attendees will learn how to: Combine analytic automation from Alteryx and RPA to deliver...

The worst of the pandemic may be past, but after two years of employees having to work remotely, many state, local, tribal, and territorial agencies find their workers want to continue working from home. Given that agencies were able to seamlessly transition to digital delivery of services, hybrid work continues to play a role in the government workforce. But many state and local agencies are strapped for funding and need to find ways to lower...

CORAS Federal FedRAMP High SaaS is solving complex problems throughout the DoD. Within S&T portfolios, CORAS is leveraged to combat the "valley of death" where great ideas are lost in the research phase. Within S&T Portfolios, the goal is to move more research to next level programs to support and positively impact the warfighter. Using a current US Navy performance case, this CORAS webinar will highlight CORAS' use of AI/NLP and other...

"How to prevent and detect corporate fraud!!" Under COSO 2013, Principle 8: "The organization considers the potential for fraud in assessing risks to the achievement of objectives". Corporate fraud is more prevalent today than ever before. Layoffs, pressures, incentives, anonymity, computerization, and lack of privacy are all contributing factors. This CPE event is focused on presenting the internal controls to fraud prevention and detection....

Spreadsheets have been deeply presented in our lives for many years; many cannot imagine a day without them. Between formulas, pivot tables, broken macros, VBA codes, debugging, circular references, auto-recovery files, and endless versions on a shared folder... spreadsheets have their limits. Join Alteryx to learn how states are using Alteryx to: Reduce their dependence on spreadsheetsIncrease their productivity Deliver actionable insights fr...

Spreadsheets have been deeply presented in our lives for many years; many cannot imagine a day without them. Between formulas, pivot tables, broken macros, VBA codes, debugging, circular references, auto-recovery files, and endless versions on a shared folder... spreadsheets have their limits. Join Alteryx to learn how states are using Alteryx to: Reduce their dependence on spreadsheetsIncrease their productivity Deliver actionable insights fr...

Cloud computing has introduced new complexities to the public sector, with teams now being responsible for maintaining scalable infrastructure and applications in increasingly complex and distributed environments. The demand for automation has produced a new role, which has arguably become one of the most critical functions in a cloud-first business: the site reliability engineer. DevOps has pushed a shared responsibility for the reliability a...

WELCOME TO INTERFACE Montana 2022! IT Infrastructure is constantly changing, bringing more new challenges with it every day. From ransomware and the latest security threats to needs for increased bandwidth and storage, it’s nearly impossible to keep up to date. Our conference is designed to help. We’ve assembled a combination of Best-in-Breed hardware and software solutions, along with local experts and organizations, to help educa...