Forward Federal Technical Sessions

There are nearly 500 complex specifications in the DISA STIG compliance checklists. Most of us don’t have time to read them, let alone check our complex networks to ensure total adherence. Unfortunately in addition to creating risk on the network, non-compliance can result in extremely expensive fines and a painful level of scrutiny for government agencies.

Many agencies are trying to achieve compliance manually, or through a combination of tools but this is expensive and error prone.
Join our Federal Technical Solutions Engineers, Arica Beckstead and Sean Deveci to learn how a digital twin can streamline your compliance efforts and give you full confidence heading into an audit.

In the second session on STIG Compliance, Federal Engineers Arica Becksted and Sean Deveci will show exactly how Forward Networks makes easy work of ensuring STIG Compliance using policy verification checks. Join us for a live hands-on session

Join our Federal Technical Solutions Engineers, Arica Beckstead and Sean Deveci to learn how a digital twin can streamline your compliance efforts and give you full confidence heading into an audit.

You have enough to do without having to take on tedious project management responsibilities. Learn how a digital twin can make your life easier from Sean and Tyler, both of whom are veteran military network engineers.

In this webinar, Sean and Tyler will delve into three crucial aspects that every Federal network engineer must master:

1. Harnessing the Power of KPIs: Explore how Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can revolutionize your project management approach. Discover how to use KPIs to track progress, measure success, and enhance decision-making for Federal network initiatives.

2. Managing Compliance and Audit Records: Learn how to leverage audit records within our platform to ensure compliance with Federal regulations. Discover how Forward Networks' cutting-edge technology simplifies the process of gathering, assessing, and managing compliance data, seamlessly aligning with Federal network standards.

3. Budgeting for Tech Refreshes: Gain insights into using Forward Networks to plan your network's hardware refresh and overcome budgeting challenges. Discover how our platform provides comprehensive visibility into your network's performance and helps optimize resource allocation, enabling you to confidently plan and execute tech refreshes.

Don't miss this opportunity to join your fellow Federal network engineers in our collaborative and insightful webinar. Learn from Sean & Tyler's invaluable expertise, honed through years of experience in network engineering and digital twin technology.

It is crucial in today's fast-paced digital world to keep an accurate and current inventory of network assets, but it is nearly impossible to do manually. A digital twin offers an always accurate, detailed representation of your network, ensuring you never have to guess about the state of your network infrastructure again.

Join Federal Technical Solutions Architects Sean Deveci and Jason Pope to learn how using a digital twin for asset management has improved operations for many federal agencies. They’ll show you how to use a network digital twin for:

Accurate Asset Management - Understand how a digital twin provides an always up-to-date inventory, end-of-life, and end-of-service information.
Cost Savings: Learn how accurate inventory management can save your agency money by ensuring service contracts are based on actual usage rather than vendor estimates and enabling precise purchase planning to buy only what is needed.
Zero Trust and Compliance Initiatives: Understand how an accurate inventory is the foundation of zero trust security.
CCRI Audits: Gain insights into how a digital twin helps you prepare for Cyber Operational Readiness Assessments (CORA) with accurate and comprehensive asset data.

Zero Trust .... But Verify
Zero trust security is a necessity in modern cybersecurity frameworks, endorsed by comprehensive directives from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The DoD Zero Trust Strategy alongside the DoD Zero Trust Capability Execution Roadmap offers in-depth guidance designed to facilitate any organization's transition to a robust Zero Trust model.

Join Federal Security Expert Scot Wilson and Federal Technology Solutions Architect Sean Deveci to learn how organizations are using Forward Enterprise to simplify their Zero Trust journey. They will demonstrate how leveraging a network digital twin can empower both government and private sector organizations to seamlessly implement and verify a Zero Trust architecture.

During the session, Scot and Sean will demonstrate how Forward Enterprise supports several of the Zero Trust foundational pillars identified by the DoD:

*Device: Rigorous device security and control mechanisms (CVE, STIGs, config hardening).

*Application & Workload: Protection strategies for applications and their workloads.

*Network & Environment: Segmentation and Security posture verification across diverse environments.

*Automation & Orchestration: Enhancing response capabilities through automation.

*Visibility & Analytics: Advanced analytics for proactive security management.

Ensuring audit readiness is paramount for maintaining security, compliance, and operational efficiency across the Department of Defense (DoD), civilian federal agencies, and the private sector. This webinar is designed to provide organizations with the strategies necessary to achieve and maintain audit preparedness, using the Cyber Command Readiness Inspection (CCRI) audits as a robust framework.

Join Federal Technology Expert Scot Wilson and Networking Audit Veteran Mike Lossmann to learn how Forward Enterprise assists organizations in determining audit readiness, developing actionable remediation plans, and ensuring long-term compliance. They will demonstrate practical approaches to meeting stringent audit requirements, addressing vulnerabilities, and implementing security controls that align with the high standards set by CCRI audits.

Key Takeaways:
- Assessing CCRI Audit Readiness: Learn how to evaluate your organization’s preparedness by identifying and addressing critical vulnerabilities, such as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), and ensuring compliance with directives from higher headquarters.
- Vulnerability Management: Discover strategies to eliminate vulnerabilities, secure external access exclusively via HTTPS, and identify devices from insecure supply chains.
- Device Hardening and Security Compliance: Explore methods to apply necessary security controls, comply with all high-priority Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs), and mitigate medium-risk STIGs wherever possible.
- Operational Readiness Planning: Understand how to develop a comprehensive plan of action for managing technical debt, including addressing end-of-life hardware and software.
- Long-Term Compliance Assurance: Gain insights into maintaining ongoing compliance through continuous monitoring and action planning to prevent and resolve compliance issues over time.

Host-based scanning is imperative for federal networks due to the unique security requirements, complex environments, and regulatory mandates that govern these networks. But the very nature of these networks makes conducting scans extremely challenging. Resource constraints, performance overhead, data sensitivity, visibility, agent-based vulnerabilities, and more contribute to an extra layer of complexity. As a Tenable Silver Partner, Forward Networks takes the complexity out of remediating end-point vulnerabilities.

Join this webinar to learn how the Forward Networks Digital Twin integrated with Tenable takes the complexity out of this process. Join Federal TSA Sean Deveci and Army veteran turned Federal Sales Executive Don Cartlette to learn how the Forward Networks / Tenable integration integration can:

Accelerate the identification of devices by IP address, reducing dependency on network teams.

Save time by eliminating the back-and-forth between security and network teams for tickets to remediate vulnerabilities

Improve efficiency with self-service methods for retrieving device information and understanding its security status.

Ensure compliance by cross-referencing data between Tenable and Forward for a holistic view of all devices, identifying gaps and potential scanning issues.

Deliver comprehensive insights into vulnerabilities and exposure