Even if you have checked all the cyber security boxes, your operational technology (OT) network may still be vulnerable. How close does an attacker have to be to your operations to cause a full shut down? While strides have been made to add OT protections, there are still gaps that beg the questions: Are we doing enough to anticipate, prevent, detect, and quickly respond to cyber-attacks like ransomware? Do we know our OT environment and have...

As government agencies rapidly advance in their digital transformation efforts, the flexibility, speed, and agility of new models of acquiring technology infrastructure are growing incrementally. This enables agency leaders to run their IT operations like a business, by connecting technology to business value, building partnerships between IT and mission teams throughout agencies, and breaking down data silos across organizations. Join us as t...

The Biden Administration is aiming for the highest standards of transparency. The public deserves as much transparency as possible regarding the work of our national security institutions. In an effort to enhance and strengthen transparency and accountability, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is changing the way they portray data. In partnership with Tableau, they are moving from static tables to interactive visualizations. Adopting a...

NITAAC will conduct a complimentary training session on how to procure IT products and managed services using the CIO-CS GWAC. As one federal agency to another, we know how hard you work to keep pace with innovation. But slogging through complex acquisition regulations can slow just about anyone down. What if there were a way to use those rules and regulations to your advantage? To speed up IT acquisitions to keep pace with your modernization...

Our comprehensive explanations will help new FAR users, while our in-depth examples will aid experienced contract professionals. This two-day offers critical information through hands-on workshops that will help both contracting and technical personnel better understand and navigate the FAR. Attendees will come away from the course feeling confident about how to apply the FAR to a variety of acquisition scenarios. Key Topics: Apply FAR Clause...

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...

Who Should Attend: All federal users including contracting officers, program office officials, managers, and executive staff are invited to participate in these complimentary webinars to learn how the VETS 2 GWAC can support their agency IT project initiatives. Warranted contracting officers must complete this training before requesting a Delegation of Procurement Authority (DPA), which will authorize them to issue orders against the VETS 2 GW...

Public sector organizations are navigating through digital transformation, further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital-first is now essential to continuity and resiliency in citizen, employee and student experiences. As a result, leveraging the cloud to manage agency application portfolios is a priority for every CIO. For public sector organizations, the app and cloud modernization journey, and enabling their teams to accelerate this...

USDA Farm Product and Conservation (FPAC) shaped its portfolio-wide IT service requirements into multiple areas named for trees. Collectively, the new procurements shaped by each “tree area” addressed new and continuing IT service delivery needs previously covered by legacy contracts. FPAC shaped their strategic procurements based on thorough market research using innovative tactics and well thought out vendor communications to cre...

Advances in technology, such as microservices and containers, continue to transform how agencies operate. Event-driven architecture (EDA), a software architecture and model for application design, is quickly becoming a preferred method for capturing insights and communicating changes instantly for improved customer experience. EDA can aid the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in achieving a flexible system that can adapt to change...