The Cybersecurity Act of 2015: 3 Questions to Ask Before Sharing Information
Three questions to help you decide if the benefits of information sharing outweigh the costs for your business.
Posts Tagged: Security
Cybersecurity NAICS Codes Might Be Coming Soon!
Addressing concerns that federal agencies are not taking advantage of innovative cybersecurity offerings, particularly from small businesses and startups.
What to Remember When Thinking About Cyberthreats
Did you know that 2015 saw one of the worst government data breaches in history with 21.5 million identities exposed? With such a daunting threat landscape, security becomes everyone’s job.
Data in a Flash – Storage Done Smart
Federal agencies are under great pressure to optimize infrastructure to better support mission performance and resilience. To do that, the engines that power information processing – the federal datacenters – need to leverage innovation to achieve speed, increase security, density and reduce power consumption.
The Sky is the Limit — How Agencies Can Soar by Embracing the Cloud
Today, agencies have every reason to think “Cloud First.” By embracing the cloud and everything it has to offer, they immediately reap the rewards of budget savings, boosted efficiencies and heightened security.
Making Passwords Secure: Missing the Weakest Link in Cybersecurity
Yes, Passwords are Secure! They are not going away; they can’t. The attacks we see daily is not a password authentication problem, but rather a password management nightmare. Has your organization put their employees into the role of Network Security Administrator? If you allow them to generate, remember, type, manage and know their logon passwordsRead… Read more »
Saying Goodbye to Siloed Security
This blog post is an excerpt from GovLoop’s recent guide, Understanding State and Local Government. Download the full guide here. Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 threat research team released its 2015 Application Usage and Threat Report (AUTR) analyzing and correlating data from more than 7,000 organizations over a 12-month period gaining broad visibility into critical trends. Findings showRead… Read more »
Stopping Insider Threats with Effective Security Solutions
Best practices for mitigating both intentional and accidental insider threats within government organizations.
Printing – The Next Frontier of Cybersecurity
This interview is an excerpt from our recent guide, 30 Government Innovations That Mattered in 2015 which examines 30 government case studies that explore innovation at all levels of government. Innovations that spanned the government job spectrum from human resources to cybersecurity and back again. For more than 30 years laser and ink jet printers have populatedRead… Read more »
Securing Your Unified Communications Infrastructure
Securing your unified communications (UC) infrastructure is one area of security that is often overlooked in favor of network and data security.