As the nation’s digital infrastructure expands, so does the massive amount of data that government accumulates. In this unprecedented teleworking moment, access to and security for key information is more important than ever. Data can provide powerful insights, and even solutions, for challenges that agencies face. However, many struggle with how to properly harness and store data in a way that is truly efficient and doesn’t disrup...

With any organizational crisis, Continuity of Operations Plans are more important than ever. A realistic COOP plan allows for state and local governments to continue to provide the critical services citizens depend on every day. Please join us as we discuss things to consider in developing and executing an effective COOP plan and it’s applicability to current emergencies.

State and local governments have seen an exponential rise in ransomware and phishing attacks. In 2019 alone, hackers successfully attacked at least 113 state and municipal government agencies across the United States--to say nothing of the untold numbers of phishing scams unleashed upon individual accounts and devices. Such breaches can significantly halt local and state operations. Rather than being caught unprepared, leaders are reassessing...

Before the end of the year, all vendors doing business with the Defense Department will have to go through the Pentagon’s new Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program to verify the company’s own security measures are stringent enough to handle sensitive military data.In this webcast, Defense One and Nextgov invite top CMMC program leads to walk viewers through the latest version of the evolving standards and author...

In times of tumult, citizens and public servants alike find themselves turning to the government for guidance, leadership and services. But even during relative normalcy, daily government communications and operations require innovative thinking to provide public experiences to rival those in the private sector, not to mention the additional layer of creating agencies’ own frictionless internal experiences. In this digital event, hear fr...

In order to competitively recruit and retain the best talent, state and local governments must offer seamless online experiences to both job candidates and employees. Forward-looking governments have begun to develop central, integrated digital portals that serve employees from recruitment to retirement. How can state and local governments provide the best digital experience to ensure that employees are as effective as they can be? This event...

America’s intelligence collectors are already using AI in ways big and small, to scan the news for dangerous developments, send alerts to ships about rapidly changing conditions, and speed up the NSA’s regulatory compliance efforts. But before the IC can use AI to its full potential, it must be hardened against attack. The humans who use it — analysts, policy-makers and leaders — must better understand how advanced AI...

Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) 3.0 finalized policy responds to the migration of applications from a centralized security mandate to one that allows for security decentralization and accommodates the journey to the cloud. As more and more applications move to AWS, Azure, GCP and Software as a Service (SaaS), it is becoming increasingly unsustainable to continue using centralized security models. In fact, the network itself hasn’t evol...

The finish line for every IT security team is Breach Defense: keeping attackers from accessing devices and data. But there is never enough time to respond to every alert, and simply understanding what has happened—or should have happened—across your security tools can take hours.In this webinar you’ll see how Cisco can help your agency leave those challenges behind.

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to an online virtual event due to COVID-19 concerns. The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program was created in 2012 to provide the tools, roadmap and financial support for agencies to ensure that all federal networks could be continuously scanned to identify and respond to cyber threats. In the years since, a tremendous amount has changed -- for the program, for th...