Increased reliance on technologies that advance worker productivity from anywhere has seen cloud computing become one of the key opportunities for development over the past few years. We’ll talk with a number of federal and local officials to learn more about how they’re using cloud computing to advance the safety and security of their work in a world where both have never been more essential for success.

The Department of Defense's cloud strategy aims to transform virtually every aspect of the warfighting effort, and has resulted in a rapidly growing ecosystem of both general-purpose and fit-for-purpose clouds. Some of those efforts are unique to DOD, reflecting the scale, missions and austere operating environments of military operations, while others are readily transferrable to most any agency. All, however, hold valuable lessons for those...

Current and immutable backups are essential to a well-designed disaster recovery strategy. For many government organizations, however, the data powering mission-critical systems is growing and changing at a dizzying rate. Deciding the frequency of those backups is a complex balancing act, and the risk of ransomware hiding undetected on a system complicates those complications further.In this webcast, GCN Editor-in-Chief Troy Schneider will dis...

The pandemic has brought many challenges to Public Sector organizations from becoming remote workers virtually overnight and requiring secure access via mobile user experiences to enabling citizen self-service through web-based digital applications. As a result, agencies' need for rapid application development has accelerated and magnifies the urgency for low-code solutions.This webcast will examine the drivers of low-code application developm...

Ransomware is rapidly emerging as the most visible cybersecurity risk playing out across our nation’s networks. Criminals are establishing increasingly sophisticated operations by pivoting their attacks from data encryption to exfiltration, complicating the security challenges already created by remote working. The organizations unable to implement detection and response solutions leave themselves open to many types of data integrity att...

As government agencies shape their goals and priorities for a new administration, they continue to target waste, fraud, and abuse (FWA). These issues affect how organizations develop internal processes or how they roll out new initiatives. Improper management of FWA can damage organizations in several areas -- from the organization’s overall reputation to the implementation of strategic imperatives.The tools agencies use to combat FWA ar...

Experts across the government and business communities discuss the future of 5G -- the opportunities it presents, the challenges to implementation, the controversies taking shape, and the myths in need of busting.

Today's organizations face an ever-increasing barrage of cyberattacks that pose a threat to their data, operations, and customers. Even the most advanced cyber defenses are challenged by the complexity of new and innovative tools employed by hackers. Agencies assume their current cybersecurity strategies will work, but effective security is about both the controls you use and the intelligence behind them. Recently, innovative technologies and...

As agencies push their modernization and digital transformation efforts forward, they know that the foundation of the work must focus on the network level. Right before the pandemic hit, the CIO Council provided a white paper to help agencies lay out a plan for their next generation networks. It discussed how new and emerging technologies will change networks of the future and predicted increased use of 5G wireless networks and software define...

Altered by remote work and anticipating realities around returning to the workplace, public sector organizations are managing change at a remarkable pace. As they move toward a more adaptive digital enterprise, how have government agencies responded? This summit will examine emerging ideas and emerging tech designed to help those agencies stay ahead of the curve. It will also offer case studies for how standout agencies drove innovation, maint...