As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate news headlines, your health, wellbeing, and safety - along with that of our clients, partners, employees, and people in the communities where we live and operate - are always top of mind. To that end, we’re canceling our upcoming in-person OptivCon event in Phoenix on November 10, 2021. This was a hard, but necessary decision to ensure we’re doing our part to limit the spread of COVID-...

Briefing Summary:When it comes to DDoS crimes, there’s no such thing as questions, just hidden answers. This virtual briefing will provide a crime scene investigation of today’s DDoS criminals. Answering questions such as how are attacks launched and why aren’t they getting detected and stopped in time? The panelists will continue the investigation by turning the lens to the victims, why do companies with best-in-class mitig...

Please join us on Wednesday, November 10 at 3 pm EST, for a follow-up presentation on the Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate. The Safer Federal Workforce Task Force has issued additional guidance and certain federal agencies have elaborated on their policies for implementing the new federal requirements. Our webinar will discuss key developments that have arisen in recent weeks, challenges that contractors are facing, and common questions. We...

In today’s environment; state and local governments, as well as higher education institutions, have an urgent focus on cybersecurity, digital modernization, and delivering services online to the citizens and communities they serve. Cybersecurity is consistently ranked as a primary concern for state and local governments. This panel will examine the current challenges, recent successes and lessons learned within the state and local cybers...

WELCOME TO INTERFACE VIRTUAL Omaha 2021! 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...

As part of its risk mitigation strategy, the Cybersecurity Executive Order issued by the White House in May moves Zero Trust architecture to the center of cyber hygiene policy for the federal government. Zero Trust can be summarized easily: Trust nothing, suspect everything, authenticate 100%. The Executive Order includes directives to CISA and GSA to develop a cloud security strategy and provide guidance to agencies for implementation.Address...

As the White House’s recent 30-nation summit on the subject made clear, ransomware is “an escalating global security threat” that effects organizations in all sectors. State and local governments have been hit especially hard, however, and can’t wait for international efforts to crack down on the bad actors.Today’s defenses must continue to be strengthened, and public-sector organizations must design their data sy...

In our DHG Fundamentals webinar on November 8th, DHG’s Cheryl Ritondale and Jill Pettibone discuss the fundamental elements of the Contractor Purchasing System Review, aka the CPSR. In this episode of DHG’s Issues in Focus, Bill Walter will moderate a discussion with Jill and Cheryl as they talk about their experience with CPSRs and answer questions from you and other members of the audience regarding such topics as: How can I get...

Since 1999, Data Connectors has facilitated the collaboration between cybersecurity professionals and solution providers. Today, the community is comprised of over 650,000 members and 200 active vendor partners. Members enjoy informative education from industry luminaries, innovative solution providers and government agencies such as the FBI, InfraGard, US Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security. Data Connectors brings live conf...

The time of Cloud First in the federal government has come and gone. And now after several years of taking a Cloud Smart approach, it appears the federal government is embarking on the journey to Agile First, supported by hybrid cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps thinking and Zero Trust security. Join the top decision-makers from government and tech at the 2021 Cloud Together Summit as they explore the evolution of hybrid cloud and multi-cloud mo...