The Department of Defense's manual, DoD 8570.01-M Information Assurance Workforce Improvement Program, supports DoD Directive 8570.1, which requires all individuals possessing privileged access to a DoD Information System (IS) to be trained and certified in the secure operation of computer systems used throughout the DoD's Global Information Grid. 

The challenges faced by today’s government agencies and commercial operations are many and varied—and to stay afloat, these organizations must not only promote change from within, but they must also be agile enough to quickly adapt to evolving markets, policies, regulations, and business models. 

Learn how to manage your electronic tools before they manage you. This paper will teach you how to properly utilize your office technologies and set effective communication rules with your project team. 

Check out this study to learn how ExaGrid solutions enabled several U.S. government agencies to reduce backup windows and improve overall data protection practices. This resource provides an introduction to the specific solutions used as well as their benefits, and explores emerging deduplication and scalability concerns as well. 

This paper outlines the critical requirements - reliability and availability, scalability, security, and performance - of an SMB messaging environment and describes and end-to-end messaging solution that meets those requirements. 

Government agencies are frequently adopting advanced case management strategies to automate processes, streamline practices and achieve better, swifter results. This paper from IBM discusses how advanced case management strategies are taking hold in today's agencies and how these practices can help foster more efficient, effective environments. 

This special eight-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing Microsoft, its financial performance, the services it offers, its place in the IT market and its future strategy. 

The tool of choice to the highly mobile workforce is the  mobile phone. From customer contact and records keeping, through calendaring and scheduling to mapping and news feeds, the  mobile phone is usurping the laptop as the main point of technology for the road warrior. 

IT operations are evolving in a number of ways. Some of the obvious changes include virtualization and the cloud. However, there are 5 less obvious trends that are changing the dynamics of IT operations, each of which is explained in this white paper. 

Watch this brief videocast now and learn how a data warehouse accelerator can offer your organization the ability to run consistently complex queries at real-time speeds to help you swiftly decipher patterns, predict future trends and adjust your business climate accordingly, eventually handing you the edge over any and all competitors. 

Learn more about BlackBerry PlayBook – a professional-grade tablet that will give you end-users what they want with the manageability and security CIOs are looking for. 

Many threats to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of critical data on federal government networks can be traced to a lack of compliance. Read on to find out how IBM’s expertise can help you build a robust IT security solution governance program that detects, protects and manages vulnerabilities within your federal IT infrastructure. 

This global benchmarking study from ESI international identifies the key challenges and successes experienced by project and programme management offices (PMO) and draws recommendations for the future.