The FISSEA Forums are quarterly meetings to provide opportunities for policy and programmatic updates, the exchange of best practices, and discussion and engagement among members of the Federal Information Security Educators (FISSEA) community. FISSEA Spring Forum Theme: Looking Forward: Cybersecurity Training to Meet the New Challenge

On March 23, 2022, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a virtual workshop on behalf of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB is interested in obtaining feedback from stakeholders to inform future implementation guidance for federal procurement of secure software. The Executive Order (EO) on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity exemplifies the importance of secure software purchased by the Federal...

The Manufacturing USA network meeting will be held on March 21-22, 2022 from 1:00 - 5:00 pm ET (virtually). The Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office is coordinating a meeting for the manufacturing innovation institutes and federal agencies in the Manufacturing USA® network. Participants will have an opportunity to network, share knowledge and information, explore challenges and opportunities, and exchange best practices related t...

This month we are excited to partner with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) Learning Series on a webinar that will highlight how industry uses the Workforce Framework for Cybersecurity (NICE Framework). The NICE Framework is a voluntary tool used by organizations large and small, domestic and international, and across various sectors to help them recruit, develop, and retain cybersecurity talent. That is easy to say, but...

This is an opportunity to hear from National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) leadership about their important mission, a multi-million dollar laboratory expansion, cybersecurity implementation, and vendor opportunities in construction and IT. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet representatives from many of the NIST Operating Units and contracting officials at exhibitor tables, speak one-on-one with the panelists,...

The 7th Annual IT Security Automation Conference (ITSA) is hosted by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS). This conference will provide a common understanding for using specific open standards and new security technologies across various domains of interest including: Continuous Monitoring Software Assurance IT...

The purpose of the second Cloud Computing Forum & Workshop is to report on the status of these efforts and to socialize the NIST strategy to collaboratively develop a Cloud Computing Roadmap among multiple federal and industrial stakeholders, and to advance a dialogue between these groups. To frame the discussions, the United States Chief Information Officer and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology will present th...

Identity and Trust on the Internet (IDtrust) is devoted to research and deployment experience related to making good security decisions based on identity information, especially when public key cryptography is used and the human elements of usability are considered.

Quest is the leading conference to learn best performance management practices from Baldrige Award recipients and how to: improve your organization's performance results enhance leadership effectiveness build customer and employee engagement increase organizational innovation to gain and sustain competitive advantages improve process management create an environment that fosters social responsibility and ethical behavior increase organization...

In many countries, an aging population, increasing obesity and more people with impairments are bringing new challenges to the management of routine and emergency people movement. These population challenges, coupled with the innovative designs being suggested for both the built environment and other commonly used structures (e.g., transportation systems) and the increasingly complex incident scenarios of fire, terrorism, and large-scale comm...