Posts By Francesca El-Attrash

The Role of the CISO

This interview is an excerpt from GovLoop’s recent research guide, The Current State of Government’s Cybersecurity. When you think of a Chief Information Security Officer’s (CISO) job description, you probably think of something like “establish business objectives while overseeing the protection of an organization’s technological assets.” It all sounds pretty straight forward. But if you talkRead… Read more »

Conquering the Data Deluge with Information Governance

This interview is an excerpt from GovLoop’s recent research guide, The Current State of Government’s Cybersecurity. A flood of unstructured data is entering government, with no signs of slowing. This has serious implications on security as unstructured data gives less visibility to agencies, making them more vulnerable to cyberattacks. Additionally, agencies are struggling to gain controlRead… Read more »

From Intern to Superhero

Faster than a speeding bullet, stronger than a locomotive, it’s – it’s…the intern? As young professionals starting out, we often visualize our ultimate titles as Senior Project Manager, or CEO, or even President. But we don’t usually think of ourselves as heroes, let alone superheroes, even when we’re saving the day behind the scenes inRead… Read more »