Chief Ken Clary (Bellevue, NE Police Department), discusses transitioning into a leadership role within a department recovering from a time of turmoil. He will outline the fundamentals of leadership, action steps, and philosophies that have proven to be effective tools to identify solutions, empower team members, and create positive change from within. Although there is no playbook that outlines all-inclusive solutions for all situations, this...

For more than 20 years, SecureWorld conferences have been connecting, informing, and developing leaders in cybersecurity--through in-person regional events and interactive online platforms. Join your fellow InfoSec professionals for high-quality training and collaboration, whether virtual or in-person. Earn 6-12 CPE credits through 20+ educational elements, learning from nationally recognized industry leaders. Attend featured keynotes, panel d...

Join us for a virtual retirement benefits webinar for Federal Government Employees. From a local “federal benefits guru,” Ed Zurndorfer- you will be learning about the mechanics and intricacies of the Federal Government’s benefits package for its employees. Most attendees say they wished they had come decades earlier, but it’s never too late to learn about the benefits that will support you in your retirement. The Virtu...

Does adverting a school attack ensure that the threat of violence has been mitigated? In 2018 a youth at Michigan High School was arrested after his mother uncovered a school shooting plot. Although the school shooting was averted, the subject of concern went on to conduct a tragic act of violence after his release from juvenile detention three years later. Researchers from the National Policing Institute and Michigan State University, Departm...

WELCOME TO INTERFACE Spokane 2022! IT Infrastructure is constantly changing, bringing more new challenges with it every day. From ransomware and the latest security threats to needs for increased bandwidth and storage, it’s nearly impossible to keep up to date. Our conference is designed to help. We’ve assembled a combination of Best-in-Breed hardware and software solutions, along with local experts and organizations, to help educa...

FEDERAL EMPLOYEES: TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF RETIRING FROM FEDERAL SERVICE The ProFeds Federal Retirement Impact Workshop gives federal employees a no-nonsense approach to evaluating the financial impact of benefits decisions made as they near retirement. IMPORTANT INFORMATION Attendance is free-of-charge Class size limited to enrich training experience Training includes CSRS & FERS audiences Spouses are encouraged to attend Refreshments...

In today’s combatant environment, sensors have become an integral component of nearly all military weapons, vehicles, operations and systems. The U.S. military’s situational domain awareness, detection, surveillance and deterrence capabilities all rely on data collected from sensors, bringing sensing technology to the forefront of the Pentagon’s priorities. U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger has said “sensi...

If you’re new to Ansible® Automation, but want a quicker version of the original RHEL workshop, this 90-minute workshop provides you with fewer exercises, focused on cloud provisioning, converting bash/shell commands to Ansible, all the way to utilizing RHEL System Roles. This workshop is intended for people who want to learn the basics of Ansible Automation, understand how they work and how they can be used to automate basic tasks....

Every year at major security conferences, you can tell the trends in security because seemingly every product and service is being positioned as “look at how we make things easier/cheaper/better.” A few years ago, that was cyber threat intelligence (CTI). Then, it inexplicably changed to threat hunting. But practitioners know that you can’t really separate threat hunting and threat intelligence any more than you can separate...

Securing a cloud environment can be challenging and time consuming, especially if you don’t know where to start. This Workshop will scrutinize a common cloud service: Virtual Machines, and focus on the secure implementation of that service. We’ll discuss Operating Systems (and why it matters from a cloud perspective), as well as security groups, remote access, system and network hardening as well as how mature organizations handle...