Best Practices for Dealing With Insider Threats
The common trait insider threats have is their access to an agency’s internal data, IT infrastructures and security practices.
Cybersecurity
The Challenge: Ineffective Networks
Without a modern network, it’s nearly impossible for state and local governments to meet growing citizen expectations, security standards, maintenance requirements and more.
Working Within a New Cyber Framework
What exactly does the CSF recommend and how can governments use it to tackle their own unique organizational concerns?
Bill Aims to Boost Federal Cybersecurity Workforce
In an environment where cyber knowledge is more valuable than ever, two lawmakers have proposed legislation that would allow skilled cyber workers concentrated in one agency to tackle problems at other agencies.
Do You Know CDM Phase 4?
In response to network security challenges, the Department of Homeland Security created the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, or CDM, program. The CDM Program is organized into four distinct phases designed to address each layer of agency cybersecurity. We’re tackling Phase 4.
How California’s Protecting the Internet of Things
California recently became America’s first with laws mandating basic security standards for IoT devices. The move may inspire similar legislation elsewhere.
NASCIO’s Top 3 Cybersecurity Priorities for 2019
CIOs and CISOs should take note of the federal advocacy priorities released by NASCIO, which include aligning federal cybersecurity regulations.
The Importance of a Recovery Plan Today
Federal agencies often overlook the recovery step of a cyberattack. Given all the energy that agencies must put into detecting, defending and responding to an attack, this omission is understandable, but today more than ever, recovery is critical.
VA’s Unique Approach to Cloud in the Cloud Smart Era
In the wake of the administration’s Cloud Smart strategy, VA is moving all of its existing applications to cloud and building all of its new applications to be cloud-ready.
DHS Addresses Major Cyberthreat in Directive
CISA released an emergency directive about a number of incidents concerning Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure tampering.