GOVTek Monthly Newsletter: Issue 73, September 2010

In This Issue
GTRA Council Meeting
Industry Events
June 200 Resource Guide
Connect with GTRA
Top Headlines
GTRA Webiner
Featured News
GTRA Research Briefs
Research & Publications
Dec 2010 GTRA Security Council Meeting
Dec 2010 GTRA Defense Council Meeting
GOVTek Executive Awards
GTRA Council
 
 Pre-reigstration now avalible $399 discount rate. CLICK HERE!
The GTRA SecureGOV Council Meeting is an opportunity for Government IT leaders to come together to collaborate, network, and share best practices and lessons learned across the areas pramount ensuring security around our nation's technology infrastructures and data focusing on topcis such as:
  • Cyber Security & Risk Management
  • Idendity & Access Management
  • Cloud Computing & Cyber Security
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • CUI
  • Secure Information Sharing
  • Secure Social Networking
  • Web 2.0 & Open Government
  • Security Architectures
  • Privacy & E-Discovery
  • IT Governance for Security
  • Secure Telework & Mobile Workers
 
GTRA Council Meeting Solution Providers
Accenture
ArcSight
Authernative
NetWitness
GTRA Partners
AIM Global
CFOZone
CFOBook
CIOZone
FEAC
Fed IT LinkedIn
GCIO
GOVBook
Graduate School
ICT
IJIS
InfoWeek
ISACA
(ISC)2
ISSA
Jennifer Schaus
KO Solutions
 
 Mingle360
NASCIO
IEM
OMG
BPM/SOA

Telework Exchange
UCSA
Winvale
Industry Events
 
September 9, 2010: 10am ET: Digitize Your Permitting Process, Overcome Document Collaboration 
 A successful ePermitting strategy provides all stakeholders with access to the digital assets they need in order to have permits properly submitted, reviewed and approved.  Join GTRA and other industry experts in this roundtable to learn how to drive innovation of your programs with powerful visualization and collaboration tools

 September 21, 2010: Tapping Into Commercial Clouds: An Executive Roundtable
Where do commercial cloud services fit into agency IT planning? Which cloud models, and which types of cloud applications, are of greatest interest? Join your federal government peers at this executive roundtable to explore both the opportunities and challenges that public clouds present to government agencies
 
October 7, 2010: Fall Telework Exchange Town Hall Meeting   OPM Director John Berry and GSA Admiistrator Martha Johnson will deliver the morning keynote address, titled "The Flexibility Revolution - Flex Your Telework Muscle," at the Telework Exchange Fall Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, October 7 in Washington D.C.  The all-day event will explore the government's best in telework performance, management, and technology.  Registration is complimentary for government employees. For additional information and to register, please visit www.teleworkexchange.com/
townhallmeeting.

October 12, 2010: 60 Minutes: The Future of the Perimete              Join two pioneers in network security: Nir Zuk and Marcus Ranum, for what promises to be a very lively discussion on the future of the network perimeter. As applications and users move in and out of the enterprise network, what happens to the network perimeter as we know it? Does it go away? Evolve? How should organizations address these changes? Both Marcus and Nir are mainstays of the network security space - both having built and championed multiple successful innovations, products, and companies serving enterprise security professionals. AimPoint Group's Mark Bouchard, CISSP, will moderate this LIVE interactive online debate. Please plan on attending this important event, invite your colleagues, and bring your questions about the future of network security and the enterprise network perimeter.
 
NetWitness Corporation today announced the dates for its 2nd Annual NetWitness User Conference. To be held in Washington, D.C. on October 25th and 26th, the conference is a meeting of the minds for some of the world's most advanced network security professionals. This year's event will focus on solving two critical problem areas for government and commercial organizations: 1) detecting and stopping emerging threats associated with zero day malware and advanced data leakage, and 2) lowering business risk by empowering security teams to obtain real-time answers to the most complex security questions.
 
The AIM Expo is THE Auto ID & Mobile IT Annual Industry Showcase! Auto ID & Mobile IT technologies identify, track, record, store and communicate essential business or product data, and serve as the front end of enterprise software systems, providing fast and accurate collection and entry of data. The AIM Expo is the ONLY integrated Auto ID & Mobile IT showcase highlighting technology solutions for: Government, Healthcare, Manufacturing & Retail.
June 2010 GTRA Council Meeting Resource Guide




Council Meeting Awards












Connect with GTRA



Top Headlines
 

Need to Deploy DNSSEC? NIST Publishes its How-to      The "Secure Domain Name System Deployment Guide" has been updated by NIST, and now includes new sections on cryptographically signing DNS zones
 
Does NSA's cybersecurity mission extend to the dot-com Domain?
Saying the military does not exist in a "vacuum", part of its strategy is to also secure private sector infrastructure, a move that is being met with criticism in some circles.
 
The Secret Sauce of Cybersecurity
Discussion with executives from General Dynamics, which is one of the top providers of cyber security services and technologies for classified and non-classified agencies and operations.
 
Info Sharing In Afghanistan  
New program provides collaboration tools to the Afghanistan public to foster government-to-citizen collaboration.
GTRA Webiner  
 
Digitalize Your Permitting Process, Overcome Document Collaboration
Thursday September 9, 10am ET
 
Click HERE to Register for this FREE Online Roundtable
A successful ePermitting strategy provides all stakeholders with access to the digital asses they need in order to have permits properly submitted, reviewed, and approved. Join GTRA and other industry experts in this roundtable to learn how to drive innovation of your programs with powerful visualization and collaboratoin tools.
  • Parham Eftekhari, Co-Founder and Director of Research, GTRA
  • Lars Fehse, Information Management Manager, Information Management Division, Enschede, Government of the Netherlands
  • Julian Chatwin, EMEA Buusiness Development Manager, Oracle
 
In a recent study, the majority of government IT professionals said they would not use third party cloud solutions, with an astounding 93% citing security as the reason for their decision

Why cybersecurity experts can never rest
A new report by a leading cyber security firm shows that cyber criminals are continuing to increase the number and sophistication of their attacks, despite renewed efforts by public and private sectors to stop them
 
Panel: U.S. lacks legal framework to fight in cyberspace
Although defensive policies have been focused on, offensive policies have received virtually no attention which leaves the United States and other countries at risk
 
White House targets 26 high-risk IT programs for fixes  Being cited mainly for going over budget, these "mission critical" projects are being focused on to ensure successful delivery.
 
Since Defense Secretary Robert Gates's plans of closing the Networks and Information Integration (NII) Office which houses the DoD CIO were announced, the agency is in virtual turmoil pending the outcome of his recommendation
GTRA Research Briefs

Managing Risk in a World of Shared Information
As cyber threats increase at unprecedented levels, the onus is on government IT leaders to stay ahead of the curve to ensure the security of our data and critical infrastructures. This is made more challenging with the rise in data sharing and new infrastructures such as Cloud, both of which ultimately result in data moving outside of your control. In this GTRA Research Brief, we will look at what is causing this rise in data sharing, what potential threats exist, and share ideas on what you can do to minimize your risk.

Trust: The Foundation of Effective Teams & Good Leadership
As part of our commitment to focus on developing leadership skills in the federal IT community, this GTRA Research Brief will focus on a cultural characteristic we feel is critical to achieve deparment/agency-wide success: Trust. In this Brief, we will discuss why Trust is important and give the reader a list of actions he/she can take immediately to begin to demonstrate their commitment to Trust and ultimately help establish a
culture of Trust in their organization.
Research & Publications

Organizational Transformation: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Enterprise Architecture Management (Version 2.0)
Effective use of an enterprise architecture (EA) is a hallmark of successful organizations and an essential means to achieving a desired end: having operations and technology environments that maximize institutional mission performance and outcomes. Among other things, this includes realizing cost savings through consolidation and reuse of shared services and elimination of antiquated and redundant mission operations, enhancing information sharing through data standardization and system integration, and optimizing service delivery through streamlining and normalization of business processes and mission operations.

Criterion Systems Awarded U.S. Navy SeaPort-e Prime Contract
Criterion Systems, a systems integrator providing innovative, technology-enabled business solutions to government agencies, has been awarded a SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) prime contract. The SeaPort-e contract is an indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) established to facilitate a Navy-wide electronic procurement process.

IT-Harvest - Intelligent Analysis:  The NetWitness Difference
Despite years of investment in preventive security measures such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, and Anti-virus, most enterprises are succumbing to sophisticated targeted attacks. These advanced threats are carefully orchestrated to side step those preventive measures and find the cracks in an organization's defenses to compromise email, take over control of end points and exfiltrate data. The revelation by Google that they suspected China of hacking into their systems using social networks to induce employees to click on malicious links should come as no surprise in light of similar revelations over the past six years. As long as organizations rely on purely preventive technologies, instead of real-time monitoring techniques, they will continue to succumb to advanced threats that target their data, networks, and people.
Press Releases
 
Authernative, Inc. & LexisNexis® Risk Solutions create alliance providing integrated user authentication and verification solution suite
 
Authernative, Inc., a developer of innovative user authentication and identity management technologies has aligned with LexisNexis® Risk Solutions to equip customers with user authentication and verification capabilities during log-in, credentialing, enrollment, reset & monitoring. The alliance supports a growing demand for the combination of user verification and authentication to help guard against identity theft and unauthorized access, while complying with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act for account opening.
 
 
NetWitness Corporation, the world leader in realtime network forensics and next generation network security monitoring, today announced the availability of its Series 3 appliance platforms. Designed to meet expanding operational use cases and provide a pathway for growth, the new Series 3 appliance offerings include expanded portable and branch office platforms, as well as the doubling of on-board disk storage of up to 24TB, doubling of processors of up to eight cores, and quadrupling RAM up to 128GB in its high-density 2U form factor.
 
GTRA Security Council Meeting
December 5-7, 2010 - Bedford, PA


Register now for the $399 discounted rate!
  
CLICK HERE!
 
The invitation-only GTRA SecureGOV Council is an opportunity for Government IT leaders to come together to collaborate, network, and share best practices and lessons learned across the areas paramount ensuring security around our nation's technology infrastructures and data.  With increased security and privacy concerns coupled with ever-increasing demands for transparency and information sharing, Government's IT elite and commercial business partners will converge at the GTRA SecureGOV Council meeting to develop winning success strategies in a non-hostile, non-political environment.
Scope Items Include:
  • Continuous Monitoring
  • CUI Initiative
  • Cyber Security and Cyber Terrorism
  • Risk Management
  • Identity and Access Management
  • Cloud Computing Security
 
GTRA Defense Council Meeting
December 5-7, 2010 - Bedford, PA


Register now for the $399 discounted rate!
 
CLICK HERE!
 
The GTRA Defense Council Meeting brings together senior IT leaders from across the Defense, Intelligence, and DHS communities to develop strategies and identify technologies to support today's most pressing areas including Cyber Security, Information Sharing, Mobility, Infrastructure Modernization, and Military/Government/Industry/International Collaboration.  With a curriculum built in partnership with agencies and departments across the government, the GTRA Defense Council Meeting is the premiere annual meeting for Defense IT executive who view peer-collaboration as a critical element of success.
Scope Items Incude:
  • Secure Information Sharing
  • Cyber Security & Terrorism
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Technology for National Security
  • Security Architectural
  • Secure Social Media
GOVTek Executive Government Technology Awards: Call For Nominations


GOVTek Executive Government Technology Awards for 2011 call for government and industry nominations is officially open! These awards are recognizing leaders with vision, innovation and remarkable accomplishments from, both government and industry, who have improved the way government delivers services, interacts with citizens, shares information, and protects its national assets.

GTRA's Government Council and Industry Advisory Board will judge the nominations and host the GOVTek Awards Cruise to be held in Miami Florida, January 29th and 30th, 2011. GTRA is officially calling all nominations in the following categories to be submitted no later than August 1, 2010:

Government Excellence:
Excellence in Government Leadership
Excellence in Project Management
Excellence in Cyber Security
Excellence in Sustainability
Infrastructure Modernization Achievement
Excellence in Social Media
Excellence in Transparency
Government Innovator of the Year
Women in GOV Technology

Industry Solutions & Technologies:
Best of Breed Security Solution
Best of Breed Mobile Solution
Best of Breed Cloud Solution
Best of Breed Green IT Solution
Best of Breed Transparency Solution
Excellence in Government Service
Women in Technology
Top 20 Solution Providers to Watch for 2011

FOR NOMINATIONS
GO TO:
GOVTekAwards.org

Special Thanks to the GTRA Council Members
Dr. Suzanne Acar, Senior Federal Data Architect (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Deedee Akeo, Chief Architect, Business Transformation Agency (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Lynn Allen, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Business and Technology Modernization, HUD (Security Council)
Dr. Peter Alterman, Senior Advisor for Strategic Initiatives, NIH (Security Council)
Frank Bauer, Vice President for Government Training and Professional Development, Graduate School (Workforce & Leadership Council)
Dr. Scott Bernard, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Federal Railroad Administration, Transportation (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Andrew Blumenthal, Chief Technology Officer, ATF, Justice (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Dr. W. Stan Boddie, PMP, CISSP, Professor of Systems & Technology Management, i-College, NDU (Workforce & Leadership Council)
Thomas Boyce, PMP, Deputy Chief Information Officer & Director, Office of Information Services, NRC (CXO Council)
 Gayle Bracy, Director, Office of Enterprise Solutions, Treasury
(Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Dr. Barry Brown, Deputy Director, Enterprise Systems Engineer, Customs and Border Patrol, DHS (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Devon Bryan, Director, Cybersecurity Operations, IRS (Security Council)
Jonathan Cantor, Executive Director for Privacy and Disclosure, SSA (Security Council)
Marian Cody, Chief Information Security Officer, HUD (Security Council)
Colleen Coggins, Chief Knowledge Officer, Interior (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Doreen Cox, Chief Architect, Director, Enterprise Architecture Branch, Office of Information Technology, Customs & Border Protection, DHS (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Patricia Craighill, Special Advisor to the Chief, Warfighting Integration, NEXTGEN/JPDO, Assistant Director of Defense, SAF/XC - NEXTGEN,U.S. Air Force (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Elisa Cruz, Chief Information Security Officer, FEMA (Security Council)
Linda Cureton, Chief Technology Officer, NASA (CXO Council)
Kevin Deeley, Chief Information Security Officer, Justice (Security Council)
Brian Doerk, PMP, Project Manager, U.S. Coast Guard (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Steve Elky, Chief Information Security Officer, Library of Congress (Security Council)
Rich Ferguson, Chief Information Officer, Federal Labor Relations Authority (CXO Council)
Frederic Foley, Chief Architect and Director of Enterprise Architecture, U.S. Coast Guard (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Ylanda Ford, Director, Enterprise Architecture, OCIO, HUD (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Christopher Fornecker, Chief Technology Officer, Integrated Acquisition Environment, GSA (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Sharon Fratta-Hill, Ph.D., VP of Academic Programs and Distance Education, Graduate School (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Christopher Garcia, Director, Cyber Security and Incident Response Center, FAA (Security Council)
AJ Germek, Assistant Deputy Special Inspector General, CIO for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, SIGTARP, Treasury (CXO Council)
Ned Goldberg, Chief Information Security Officer, FDIC (Security Council)
Peter Gouldmann, Security Architect & Knowledge Officer, Office of Information Assurance, US Department of State (Security Council)
Ken Griffey, Chief Information Officer, Stennis Space Center, NASA (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Ira Grossman, Chief Enterprise Architect, FEMA (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Chris Hardy, Director, e-Learning and Technology Center, DAU (Workforce & Leadership Council)
Brad Harshman, Chief Enterprise Architect, National Nuclear Security Administration, Energy (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Randolph C. Hite, Director, IT Architecture & Systems Issues, GAO (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Jerry Horton, Chief Information Officer, US Agency for International Development USAID (CXO Council)
Patrick Howard, Chief Information Security Officer, NRC (Security Council)
Marlene Howze, Chief Architect/Enterprise Architecture Program Manager, Labor (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Jack Israel, Chief Information Officer I&A, DHS (Security Council)
James Johnson, Chief Information Officer, Congressional Budget Office (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Richard Klemmer, Chief Enterprise Architect, NTIA, Commerce (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Mary Lacey, Deputy Program Director, AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense, Missile Defense Agency (Security Council)
Kevin Lawson, Branch Chief, Applications Development Branch, IT Division, TSA (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Phillip Loranger, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Education (Security Council)
Tan Luong, Chief Enterprise Architect, IT Department, US Mint (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Roger Mahach, Chief Information Security & Privacy Officer, OCC, Treasury (Security Council)
Randy Maples, CEA, Deputy Chief Information Officer - Management, FTC (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Ethel Matthews, Senior Advisor to Chief Information Officer, Security and Privacy, SBA (Security Council)
Mary McCaffery, Senior Advisor, Assistant Administrator, EPA (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
John McCue, Acting Chief Enterprise Architect, Office of Administration, White House (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Chuck McGann, Director, Corporate Information Security, US Postal Service (Security Council)
Debra McKeldin, Chief Enterprise Architect, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Margaret Mech, Chief Information Security Officer, FTC (Security Council)
Matt Newman, Professor of Systems Management, NDU (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Jillian O'Connell, Chief, Enterprise Investment and Information Management, US Geological Survey (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Walt Okon, Senior Enterprise Architect, DoD Enterprise Architecture & Standards Directorate, Defense (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Bajinder Paul, Chief Information Officer of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Richard Prentiss, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury (Security Council)
Ken Rogers, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Strategic Planning, IRM/BPC/EAP, U.S. Department of State (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Joe Rose, Chief Architect, Education (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Larry Ruffin, Chief Information Security Officer, Interior (Security Council)
Timothy Ruland, Chief Information Security Officer, Census Bureau (Security Council)
Eddie Saffarinia, Assistant Inspector General for Information Technology, Interior (CXO Council)
Peter Sand, Director of Privacy Technology, DHS (Security Council)
Dr. Ronald Sanders, Associate Director of National Intelligence for Human Capital, Chief Human Capital Officer, DNI (Workforce & Leadership Council)
Daniel Sands, Chief Information Security Officer, Director, Information Security and Awareness Office, OCIO, National Institutes of Health, HHS (Security Council)
Marco Santini, Deputy Director, Customer Accounts & Research, GSA (Workforce & Leadership Council)
Daud Santosa, Chief Technology Officer,National Business Center, Interior (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Derek Scarbrough, Chief Information Officer, Institute of Museum and Library Services (CXO Council)
Michael Schievelbein, Project Manager & Solutions Architect, Solutions Coordination Office, National Business Center, Interior (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Tim Schmidt, Chief Technology Officer, Transportation (CXO Council)
Robert Seay, Acting Chief Enterprise Architect, GSA (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Donna K. Seymour, Deputy Assistant for Administration for the Under Secretary of the Navy, Navy (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Rene' E. Smeraglia, Chief Information Security Officer, US Mint (Security Council)
David Stender, Associate CIO for Cybersecurity, Chief Information Security Officer, IRS (Security Council)
John Sullivan, Enterprise Architecture Advisor for Governmentwide Policy, GSA (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Peter Sullivan, Director, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Labor (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Eric Sweden, Chief Enterprise Architect, NASCIO (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Harry Tabak, Chief Enterprise Architect, NOAA National Weather Service (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Diana Takata, Acting Chief Architect, JPDO, Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
George Thomas, Deputy Chief Enterprise Architect, HHS (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Dr. Paul A. Tibbits, MD, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of Enterprise Development, Veterans Affairs (CXO Council)
Dr. James Trinka, Director, Training and Technical Development, FAA (Workforce & Leadership Council)
Arleas Upton-Kea, Director, Division of Administration, FDIC (Workforce & Leadership Council)
Raghav Vajjhala, Chief Enterprise Architect & Director, Office of Enterprise Architecture, Treasury (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Brian Wilczynski, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Standards, Defense (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Dennis Wisnosky, Chief Architect, Chief Technical Officer, Business Mission Area, Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, Defense (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Paul Wormeli, Executive Director, Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Col. Douglas Wreath, Director, Net Centric Operations Division, Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) US Air Force (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Dr. Robert "Rocky" Young, Associate Professor of Systems Management, NDU (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
David Zeppieri, Chief Information Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure Council)
Please don't hesitate to contact us should you have any questions or need assistance.  Thank you and I hope to see you in December!
 
Warm Regards,
 
Deborah Kay
Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA)
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