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Why another shutdown would be bad for the U.S. military

Partnership for Public Service

military, who would suffer financially and lose out on training, weakening our national security at a critical juncture in global affairs. 22, 2018, until Jan. 22, 2018, until Jan. A hit to our national security This would be unprecedented and harm our nation’s security in both predictable and unpredictable ways.

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Reduce Supply Chain Cybersecurity Risks with Updated GSA Standards

FedTech Magazine

Reports of large-scale cyberattacks such as the Russian breach of SolarWinds, the passage of the Federal Acquisition Supply Chain Security Act of 2018 and the signing of President Joe Biden’s cybersecurity executive order have kept cyber supply chain risks top of mind for policymakers and federal agencies.

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Get Your Data House in Order

GovLoop

The Federal Data Strategy, released in 2018, set high-level goals for using and handling data. Set uniform security and privacy policies. Automate information management life cycle, data security and end-to-end records management. Secure: Protected from unauthorized use or manipulation. Design for compliance.

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What challenges do we face five years after the launch of General Data Protection Regulation?

Open Access Government - Technology News

On 25th May 2018, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); Robin Campbell-Burt discusses what’s changed 5 years later On 25th May, the EU implemented the General Data Protection Regulation – shortened to GDPR – which ultimately changed the way we deal with data.

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A government shutdown would threaten air travel and safety

Partnership for Public Service

As excepted employees—those who perform jobs that affect our national health, safety, emergency response and other critical functions—air traffic controllers and Transportation Security Administration officers would have to work without pay if the government shuts down.

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How Digithurst and Telepaxx built a secure and scalable radiology solution chain using AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

Radiology centers face many challenges, like shortages in personnel and budget; interoperability issues between different IT systems and long-term storage of images; and strict laws and regulations regarding IT security and data protection. In 2018, this platform, called HealthDataSpace, was migrated to AWS.

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Episode 6 - Haiyan Song, Senior Vice President of Security Markets at Splunk

GovCast

Oct 1, 2018 | This sixth episode features Haiyan Song, Senior Vice President of Security Markets at Splunk. after college in the late 1980s, fell into the database security world, and loved it. Hear more about Song's journey to security, and what Splunk actually means. She followed his advice, came to the U.S.