Cloud Platforms are transforming how Enterprises consume and orchestrate IT-enabled processes and services. The enterprise of the future will increasingly consume and aggregate a complex array of services from internal and external providers. This requires the CIO to assume the role of a Cloud Services Broker with the ability to orchestrate business processes, have an effective security stack for deep visibility and create a network fabric to...

Over the past year, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made major advances in improving and simplifying the future security requirements for government information technology (IT). They have identified new standards, strategies, and solutions that have reduced the FISMA requirements on the government organizations by over 50 percent and the risk to systems by much more. Thes...

The volume and velocity of data managed by agency networks will continue to grow rapidly for the foreseeable future. Large data growth, increased network traffic, continuous network monitoring and detection of network intrusions continue to be top priorities for public sector IT Security Professionals. Given this operating environment, and recent US Courts AO Security Log Management policy and guidance, how can your agency or department meet t...

VoIP technology has been driving value and performance for government agencies for many years. As the threat of budget constraints continue, public sector IT organizations are looking to invest in technology that will ultimately help reduce expenses while improving performance. In this webcast, we will show how government agencies are able to accomplish both by migrating off of a legacy TDM or Centrex system and onto an IP platform. If you are...

Due to mandates such as Cloud First and ongoing financial constraints, government agencies are well on their way to the Cloud. Whether your agency has already migrated or is in the process of migrating, you need to focus not only on the benefits to but the security issues to be considered. Agencies need a comprehensive migration strategy, taking into account security, data access, and privacy policy considerations. When discussing this strateg...

There are plenty of changes underway in how the federal government operates and manages technology for improving service, including the Administration challenging government agencies to focus on effective ways to foster citizen engagement. And the Government Customer Service Improvement Act requires agencies to improve service standards, investigate emerging technologies, incorporate industry best practices, and reduce websites with the overal...

Background The Government Customer Service Improvement Act currently in Congress and Executive Order 13571 already in effect are among the most recent in a long succession of laws and directives intended to assure quality where citizens with needs touch government. While there has never been more attention focused on the effectiveness of our services, there has also never been a more challenging environment for delivering them. Agencies and or...

Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are placing increased emphasis on implementing an effective "information security continuous monitoring (ISCM) program" for all government and contractor run IT systems. This will be accomplished by DHS and OMB increasing the annual FISMA reporting requirements and NIST issuing NIST Special Publications (SP): I...

Each year, the Center for Digital Government convenes a hand-selected group of visionaries, thought-leaders and doers of deeds. This is an opportunity for attendees to discuss the great opportunities available in this digital age, discard old mindsets and learn new ways to confront and overcome challenges. It is time for re:public XI. re:public convenes some of today’s finest leaders in public service around the great lessons of history...

2011 was commonly known as the year of the breach, and thus far, 2012 is continuing the trend. The FBI’s former head of cyber investigations, Shawn Henry, recently painted a bleak picture of the threat landscape: “The current public and private approach to fending off hackers is unsustainable. Computer criminals are simply too talented and defensive measures too weak to stop them.” In an August 2012 Technology Adoption Profil...