On October 28, 2021, cyber professionals from across government will gather for a virtual experience at Cyber Central. Join us as we explore increasingly hot button cyber issues that are top-of-mind in the new Administration, Congress, and wider cyber community. Specifically, we’ll address the following: How agencies can meet the latest security directives outlined in the Administration’s May Cyber EO How prioritization of secure c...

It’s time to flip the paradigm…and see IT security teams and protocols as the “cloud accelerators” they are. Progressive security teams see the possibilities, but they need the right strategies, processes, and tools in place to make it happen. A zero-trust mindset is critical, but agencies also need a modern secure operations center (SOC) that acts as a security force multiplier. It’s a central command center tha...

While 84% of Department of Defense (DoD) IT decision makers say accelerating enterprise cloud adoption is critical to meeting warfighters’ needs, 96% still continue to face migration delays. What is hindering progress, and what do DoD organizations need to move the migration needle forward? MeriTalk surveyed more than 100 DoD IT decision makers to explore the impact enterprise cloud migration delays have on DoD missions, security, and co...

Cafés are a place to meet, mingle, and express ideas – and at MeriTalk’s Cloud Café, we aren’t serving up a regular menu of quiche, coffee, and chamomile. Cloud Café will focus on the latest technologies and policies accelerating cloud implementation, collaboration, and innovation across the public sector. We’ll kick off this caffeinated virtual forum with a live keynote and engaging discussions wit...

The Biden administration’s executive order on cybersecurity takes an ambitious swing at forcing improvements to cybersecurity nationwide – and issues authoritative directions to Federal agencies to modernize IT infrastructure and security concepts and practices. Agencies are tasked to meet aggressive timeframes for moving to cloud, adopting Zero Trust architecture, improving software supply chain security, and more. Some are well o...

The rapid shift to remote work in 2020 resulted in new security and IT priorities, and an unprecedented increase in complexity and visibility challenges. A recent survey of global IT and cybersecurity professionals looked at the impact of those changes and discovered a reported rise in IT, device, and security complexity – and widening visibility gaps. As agencies plan for employees to return to the office, either full-time or part-time,...

Secure multicloud-as-a-service (MCaaS) has the power to rewrite the cloud trajectory for your Federal agency – no matter where you are in your cloud journey. Adopting a multicloud strategy means leveraging the strengths of multiple cloud providers – including on-prem and edge cloud technologies – to acquire capabilities that best meet your business and mission requirements. And, as agencies look to migrate applications and wo...

CDM is the Federal civilian government’s frontline program to protect against and mitigate cyber-attacks. But security deployments often take years to complete, and in the wake of increasingly high-profile hacks that are thwarting top-notch defenses, time is ticking to meet the challenge. How is the CDM program working with agencies to accelerate the path to better security? And how should agencies engage the CDM program to inoculate aga...

Government organizations are drowning under massive waves of data. It’s time to learn how data lakes can keep your agency afloat. In this course, we will explore everything related to data lakes, including what they can do, what role the cloud plays, and what insights you can gain from them. Learn how to successfully deploy data lakes for mission success by securing senior leadership buy-in, setting measurable outcomes, and determining i...

As government organizations modernize and innovate, the old adage stands true – time is money. Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help agencies be more efficient and speed time to mission. Throughout this course, we will explore how to leverage AI/ML to automate processes for better insights and efficiencies; gain visibility into networks to detect anomalies and prevent cyber threats; and integrate ML into systems...