Federal agencies are working to have an enterprise level strategy in place that integrates traditional IT infrastructure with public and private clouds – interconnection is key. Building a business model for your agency success requires an understanding of what services and applications need to move to the cloud now, tomorrow, and in the future; and […]

Sensitive data does not leave the hands of its owner easily. In today’s age of increased cloud implementation across agencies, many struggle with the issue of migrating existing applications, or developing new ones. What are the security concerns? How will FedRAMP help address these concerns? What is the tipping point where agencies should look to […]

According to Gartner, hybrid cloud is the future. What are the driving factors behind hybrid cloud? Agility and control. Ensuring seamless cloud services is crucial to managing your systems through a hybrid model. What should be considered when preparing to manage across multiple cloud environments? What systems should you have in place to manage your […]

The Federal cloud market is quickly evolving as government accelerates cloud adoption and puts policy and guidance in place to drive IT modernization. Will the recent FITARA guidance from OMB further escalate the pace of adoption? What measurements are in place to help agencies show the qualitative RoI on cloud investments? What new technologies are […]

MeriTalk is pleased to host the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s Cloud Security Working Group, part of NIST’s effort to facilitate secure adoption of cloud services for the United States Government. During this interactive session, we will explore NIST’s Cloud Security Reference Architecture, Guide to Applying the Risk Management Framework, and discuss Security […]

Review of SP 500-299: Cloud Security Reference Architecture & Demo of NIST’s new Cloud Heatmap Tool Review of SP 800-173: Guide to Applying the Risk Management Framework to Federal Cloud-based Information Systems Open floor discussion around Security and Privacy in the Cloud […]