Spoiler Alert: State of the Union Preview
If you’d prefer the 2015 State of the Union to be a surprise, stop reading now because there’s spoilers ahead.
Cybersecurity
States Pick Top 10 Priorities for 2015
The holidays are a great way to recharge and relax. Which is a good thing, because when you return to you desk after a few days or weeks away there is a mound of working waiting for you. In order to hit the ground running it is essential to prioritize your to-do list. The goodRead… Read more »
“Hello, My Name Is…and I Am Afraid of Being Hacked.”
For the first time since I became an internet user (1998), I admit that I am afraid of being hacked, and apparently, I am not alone. According to Reuters, U.S. citizens fear having their credit cards, computers, or smartphones hacked more than any other crimes.[1] Six years ago, I planned our Florida destination wedding entirelyRead… Read more »
How to Protect Your Agency’s Social Media from Hackers
On January 12, a group claiming to be connected to ISIS hacked the Twitter and YouTube accounts of U.S. Central Command, also known as CENTCOM. If the military can be hacked, is your agency’s social media vulnerable to a hacker attack? How can your agency protect itself on social media? The hack of CENTCOM’s socialRead… Read more »
The Importance of Integrating Your Cyber Solutions
The following blog post is an excerpt from a recent GovLoop guide: Your Cybersecurity Crash Course. We solicited the GovLoop community to learn their top cyber challenges and, in the report, we answer 12 of their most pressing cyber questions. Cybersecurity professionals are being challenged like never before. They are operating in a rapidly evolving cyber landscape, whichRead… Read more »
“We Have to Shift Towards Resiliency”: Cybersecurity Trends for the Federal Government
2014 may as well have been called the Year of the Hackers. Massive security breaches at both private and public sector organizations — everyone from Target to – the U.S. Postal service — shattered citizens’ expectations about the state of their personal information and data. But the view of cybersecurity may finally be changing forRead… Read more »
The Confidentiality of Email
If you’re like me you felt the same sense of relief in response to the recent media reports of cybersecurity breaches as you felt the last time you joined a line of rubberneckers creeping past a fender-bender on the other side of the highway. At least it’s not me. Cyber attackers routinely go after internalRead… Read more »
Your Two Keys to Robust Cyber Defense
The following blog post is an excerpt from a recent GovLoop guide: Your Cybersecurity Crash Course. We solicited the GovLoop community to learn their top cyber challenges. In the report, we answer 12 of their most pressing cyber questions. In a rapidly expanding cyber landscape, agencies must ensure they have deployed the right IT solutions to spot commonRead… Read more »
5 Public Sector Priorities for the New Year: #1 Strengthen Cybersecurity
Happy New Year everyone…now let’s get down to business. This is the first of a five part series on top priorities for government agencies in calendar year 2015. Please note the issues being addressed in this series are by no means exhaustive. Rather, they reflect a sampling of the many challenges facing government at allRead… Read more »
A Brief History of the Joint Information Environment
The Joint Information Environment (JIE) is an unbelievably ambitious yet necessary DoD initiative. Earlier, we shared a few statistics about the size and scale of the department’s IT shop, but here’s some additional context: DoD hosts more than 6,000 locations, supports 40 agencies and manages about 3.7 million people with cyber identity credentials. If those statisticsRead… Read more »