AWS Partner Network Facilitates Data Sharing & Analytics to Support Crisis Management Efforts
The AWS partner network is helping government agencies facilitate data sharing and analytics to support crisis management efforts.
The Cloud Era Requires Cloud-Ready Cyber Policies
As federal agencies accelerate their effort to move data, applications and services to the cloud, they often run into an obstacle: Their existing cyber policies and processes were developed with a physical IT infrastructure in mind, not the virtual infrastructure that is the basis of so many modern solutions.
Extracting Knowledge From Big Data
To approach big data in a way that leads to more insight, Moore said agencies first need to commit to a data fabric concept.
Many Coronavirus Lessons Are Here to Stay
NSF’s successful response to COVID-19 has been thanks to a people-first mindset, which connects employees to the mission and offers them support.
Mastering the Role of Gatekeeper in the Cloud
When agencies go to the cloud with grandiose expectations, security’s job is straightforward: Keep everything safe, and stay out of the way.
Ransomware Readiness with Data Backup and Recovery
Using ransomware, cybercriminals can force any agency to do their bidding. And cybercriminals often target state and local agencies because of their smaller budgets and workforces.
Observability Platforms: Because App Monitoring Is Not Enough
What agencies need is the ability to observe their systems’ performance from end to end in real time – and when a problem arises, to identify its source.
COOP Readiness: Are We Prepared?
In March 2020, GovLoop conducted a community survey on the state continuity of operations (COOP) across the federal, state and local levels. The survey found varying levels of continuity preparedness across different government organizations.
Simple Steps to Security in the Cloud
In recent years, agencies have become more cognizant of the cloud and its potential benefits, but the comfort of the status quo still beckons.
Georgia CISO Talks Ransomware Readiness, Disaster Prep
As Georgia’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), David Allen has seen many ransomware attacks. In some cases, agencies have bounced back in days. In others, they’ve been reduced to using pen and paper.