Our IT Days require months of planning and are a great way to connect with industry and government. You will be part of a larger team that will plan and execute form both a strategic and tactical day of support level. On average we do 4 IT days a year to support the chapter. If you are interested in the event please click on the hyperlink below and register for each IT day committee. Some of the duties you will be asked to perform include but...

AFCEA Washington, DC's 16th Annual Military IT Leadership Awards will recognize outstanding officers and enlisted service members across each of the services and the joint community for their significant contribution to the warfighter using information technology. This event is a salute to our information technology warfighters for their service and dedication and recognizes the contributions and sacrifices they have made in defending our nati...

Government Technology's passion is promoting best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector – more important than ever in challenging times like these. Please join us for a powerful series of sessions that provide inspiration, participation, education, and thought-provocation!

WELCOME TO INTERFACE Salt Lake City 2023! 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 hel...

Modern warfare has dramatically shifted over the past two decades. Data and technology have become as important to 21st century defense as bombs and bullets. And as the U.S. expands its focus on Great Power competition with near-peer adversaries like China and Russia, the Department of Defense has placed a greater emphasis on using modern, data-driven technologies to enable better and quicker decision-making in life and death scenarios. Defens...

The AFCEA Quantico-Potomac chapter will be hosting the 13th Annual USMC IT Day on Thursday, May 11, 2023. Leadership from DC,I, MCSC, C4, PEO Digital, PEO MLB, DON CIO, and OSD is confirmed. This will be an in-person event with a luncheon, keynote speakers, panels, and a mixer. This is an intimate venue with opportunity to interact with key decision makers.

As with any enterprise environment, we can (and should) focus on hardening our defenses to keep the adversaries out, but these defenses may some day be evaded via a variety of methods. Cloud is no different. We will discuss the process of creating a detection that we can use as defenders to spot an adversary performing attack techniques against our Azure environments. The overall process and takeaways will be: Establish proper logging to detec...

Skills-based hiring is on the rise, especially for digital skills. In fact, 81% of employers now think they should look at skills rather than degrees when hiring. This is a major development as more than 60% of Americans ages 25 and up do not hold a bachelor’s degree. Recent studies show that skills-first hiring criteria is a better predictor of job performance than educational background or work experience, which is leading to both priv...

A new national survey from the Center for Digital Education (CDE) shows why network modernization is back on the radar for higher education leaders. On May 11th, CDE will host a panel of experts to break down the survey findings, analyze what they mean for higher education institutions and offer insights on effective network modernization strategies. Among the trends we’ll examine: The new learning landscape: Classrooms have reopened, bu...

Emails are the frontline of communication with your colleagues and constituents — the place you go to send and receive updates that move matters and projects forward. But here’s the problem: Email software often gets used for much more than sending and receiving email, such as storing, organizing, scheduling and managing lists. Many agencies rely on email platforms to manage documents, but this can result in long-term inefficiencie...