In February, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its strategic plan. Through CISA’s #PROTECT2020 initiative, the lead federal agency responsible for national election security is enhancing the integrity and resilience of the Nation’s election infrastructure, and ensuring the confidentiality, truthfulness, and accuracy of the free and fair elections necessary f...

In the 12 months since the White House launched the American Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative, substantial progress has been made in accelerating America’s global leadership in AI. This initiative has provided investment for AI research, called upon agencies to unleash Federal data to support innovation, and provided training for an AI-savvy workforce. Effectively deploying AI to improve the quality and efficiency of government se...

Technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic process automation are revolutionizing the way that government works. Lack of resources across state and local governments coupled with increasing citizen demands for digital service delivery are driving agencies to tap powerful new capabilities in areas as diverse as infrastructure, call centers, cybersecurity, and health care. Join us to explore the nuts and bolts of th...

Technological innovation is central to the intelligence profession. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) recently unveiled the National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America 2020-2022, which features five major strategic objectives: Protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from foreign intelligence. Reduce threats to key U.S. supply chains. Counter the exploitation of the U.S. economy. De...

Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) details government mitigation and planning strategies that create resilience and allow services to continue to be provided in the face of a range of natural disasters. In the face of today’s current health crisis and the sudden increase in remote users, agencies are seeking ways to meet the challenge. A remote workforce — and scores of newly remote devices — requires supplemental off-n...

Technological innovation is central to the intelligence profession. The Intelligence Community is unquestioningly superior when it comes to processing, analyzing, interpreting, and acting on intelligence. But as the proliferation of data and data sources continues to grow, agencies are searching a more effective system of prioritization and analysis. This webinar will delve into data technology in the IC, from analysis to storage and security.

Cybersecurity – always a moving target – is morphing again as organizations, including federal agencies, converge their information technology with their operational technology. OT is, after all, a form of applied IT. More and more, OT is riding on the same IP bus as the IT, thereby joining the roster of critical that assets an agency must protect.That raises questions of governance and organizational structure, because the various...

Technological innovation is central to the intelligence profession. The National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) recently unveiled the National Counterintelligence Strategy of the United States of America 2020-2022, which features three principal trends that characterize today’s counterintelligence threat landscape: The number of threat actors targeting the U.S. is growing. These threat actors have increasingly sophisticat...

As we enter 2020, many agencies are moving to an As-A-Service model, aligning with the White House Cross Agency Priority Goads to employ network architectures that reduce reliance on legacy systems that are costly and difficult to secure and upgrade. SPARC has had a longstanding industry reputation of reliability and performance. However, as agencies plan their path to IT modernization, they are faced with a decision to replace their legacy SP...

The Office of Management and Budget’s memorandum on Harnessing Technology to Support Mission Continuity laid out the framework for fully utilizing technology across government. A critical component of this directive was the need for guidance to employees about how to ensure proper information security and privacy controls are in place when working from alternate locations or from home. This webinar will review how government agencies can...