Federal government agencies rely extensively on IT products and services to carry out their operations. There is, however, cybersecurity supply chain risk in connection with acquiring, deploying and using these products and services. This is evidenced by the numerous supply chain attacks over the past decade such as the Target data breach in 2013, Solarwinds attack in 2020 and Kaseya attack in 2021. As a result, the federal government has take...

The Federal Government has spent a long time developing efficient, strong security practices to verify and authenticate identities—and for good reason. We’ve seen how incompatible authentication mechanisms hinder interagency communication and collaboration, as well as how weak authentication mechanisms leave the Federal Government vulnerable to exploits. Over the years, a variety of policies and memos—as well as high-profile...

Cyber-attacks and other disasters pose a constant risk to the IT operations of government agencies. The damage inflicted by these disruptions range in levels of severity and leave critical data and IT investments at risk for every hour of downtime. Preparing for a potential disaster may seem extreme, but thinking ahead and creating a plan for how to respond can make all the difference. A trustworthy modern data protection solution enables agen...

Federal agencies with a well-rounded IT situational awareness capability can provide decision makers with the depth and breadth intelligence to gain greater IT visibility to run their operation better in support of their mission. Leaders can gain insights on what IT products are running in the environment, how much they are paying for them, which digital assets are at risk of cyber incidents, and how to move them to the cloud intelligently and...

Financial regulators and law enforcement agencies were already stretched thin investigating huge volumes of suspicious activity reports filed annually by financial institutions. This problem has become incredibly hard with the rising number of cybercrimes and cryptocurrency crimes, as well as the need to monitor and enforce new Russian sanctions that are historically unprecedented in scale and scope. Government agencies are struggling to cope...

The ATARC Hyperautomation Working Group believes that government services can be delivered faster with streamlined and quality work products. ATARC's Hyperautomation Working Group invites teams to enter the Hackathon Challenge which will consist of government and industry leaders automating workflows and processes that provide improved citizen and employee experience. Teams will compete to demonstrate how the government and industry can levera...

In response to the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity published in May 2021, new mandates call for accelerating the adoption of secure open source software (OSS) and commercial off-the-shelf solutions to speed software delivery from years to minutes. Additionally, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has provided updated guidance for strengthening the security of critical software purchased by U....

As we have entered a new digital age, the needs and expectations of citizens have changed. Now that we have transitioned to a virtual world, we have entered challenges that our citizens and users have yet to face. Part of the underlying challenge that the users are facing is the online experience itself. This conversation aims to discuss the new Executive Order and introduce a long-overdue and positive shift in the government-citizen dynamic....

Approximately 87% of critical infrastructure is owned by the private sector, so how can the government help defend it in cyberspace, especially against nation-state adversaries such as Russia and China? The Biden Executive Order, extended 100-day action plan, and other directives call for private-public collaboration to protect the nation’s grid, water/wastewater facilities, and pipelines, but how do you take action to implement shared d...

ATARC is excited to be hosting the 2022 GITEC Emerging Technology Conference on May 1-3, 2022 at the Graduate Annapolis in Annapolis, MD! This in-person educational symposium will examine cutting-edge technologies enabling the Federal Government to modernize its IT infrastructure.This event will provide collaboration opportunities between IT thought-leaders within government, academia and private industry. During the event there will be panels...