Government Technology Insider

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Legacy network infrastructure not only impacts service delivery, but also carries additional risk in the form of weaker cyber defenses. Is it a data center facility? I think the area that’s really important is understanding mission criticality,” said Palmer. Is it just an end user or remote location?

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 14, 2023

The public sector recorded more global incidents and data breaches than any other over the past year, according to a recent Verizon study. What is GovAssure and how can it protect governments? Government entities hold a vast range of lucrative citizen data which could be used to carry out follow-on identity fraud.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

With UK councils targeted with an average of 10,000 cyberattacks every day since the beginning of 2022, building a cyber-resilient public sector is becoming ever more important. However, when it comes to cybersecurity resiliency , public sector organisations often face an uphill battle.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Arnie Armstrong, Cyber Security Principal at Made Tech , explains why a user-centred cyber security approach is vital to local government We often hear that the biggest cyber security vulnerability in any organisation is its own employees, but is this really the case? Could user-centred cyber security be the answer?

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Open Access Government - Technology News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

For the UK’s housing associations, the sensitive nature of their work means cyber attacks are a growing concern. This is particularly true for cybercriminals looking to hold data hostage for ransom. Threat actors are outpacing these defences time and again.

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Google Public Sector

MAY 25, 2023

Securely sharing data is critical to building an effective government application ecosystem. Rather than building new applications, APIs can enable government leaders to gather data-driven insights within their existing technical environments. API protection is a core principle to implement Zero Trust architecture.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 12, 2023

The startups offer solutions to help the European Defence industry enhance its energy resilience, secure information sharing, sensing and decision making, quantum, and cyber resilience for mission-critical needs for land, air, maritime, space, and cyber domains.

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Google Public Sector

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In today's dynamic work environment, we’ve been consistent in our message : Building a "digital fortress" isn’t enough. Public-sector entities need to move beyond the limitations of encasing interactions within a protected perimeter, which is why we are committed to certifying our entire U.S. cloud infrastructure at Impact Level 5.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

OCTOBER 19, 2022

And how significant is the threat of cyber warfare? For the public sector specifically, the key is strengthening cyber defences and maintaining citizen operations around the clock, which calls for organisations to make significant investments in sophisticated tools and highly skilled staff. How are cyberattacks evolving?

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

With a growing focus on cybersecurity and available grant funding, many states are planning to protect state agencies, cities, counties, and schools. The pandemic has caused states to rethink this model due to increased cyber events impacting SLGs, education organizations, and their critical infrastructure.

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Open Access Government - Technology News

JULY 18, 2022

As security risks increase in complexity, and data expands exponentially, cybersecurity strategies need to simplify – and streamline. Ultimately, as organisations deal with more data than ever before, there has never been a more important time to ensure that cybersecurity operations are up to scratch. Streamlining cyber operations.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2022

State and local government (SLG) organizations are experiencing an increase in cyber incidents that impact and disrupt citizen services. Organizations can take advantage of independent software vendors’ (ISV) solutions that can provide visibility, integration, automation, and protection at scale. The SLCGP funding requirements.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 6, 2022

As of 2020, the average cost of a data breach and average time to identify a breach are $3.86 In the 2021 Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity , the Biden administration calls for the centralizing and streamlining of access to cybersecurity data to “drive analytics for identifying and managing cybersecurity risks.”

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AWS Public Sector Blog

AUGUST 31, 2023

to states, local government, and territories to aid them in building and strengthening their cyber posture. But now is the time for state and local government agencies to act quickly and think strategically about their approach to building a resilient WOS strategy. This funding opportunity allocates $374.9M

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Open Access Government - Technology News

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Gallagher argued that, based on the proportion of councils who shared data on cyberattacks, the size of the problem might well be significantly greater. Cyber Security Data Protection Business Technology Privacy concept. Data protection is key. Finding a solution to help UK councils.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

The new emergency amendment requires that impacted TSA-regulated entities develop an approved implementation plan that describes measures they are taking to improve their cybersecurity resilience and prevent disruption and degradation to their infrastructure. Encryption keys can also be used to digitially sign and protect data.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 11, 2024

Introduction In the digital age, universities face increasing cyber threats that put valuable data at risk. Data collection and preservation – Seamless collection and preservation of critical data to ensure evidence remains untainted. Revoke instance termination protection.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Courts and other public safety organizations are being targeted by a rising number of cyber events,” said Kim Majerus, vice president of global education and US state and local government at AWS. ForceMetrics Denver, CO ForceMetrics enables enhanced public safety decision-making by streamlining data exploration and analytics across systems.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

MARCH 19, 2024

They also expect a high degree of resiliency and availability of those services. Legacy technology can block the path to creating agile, modern online services, limit the flexibility to changing demand, and leave organizations vulnerable to cyber and physical threats. Legacy systems also incur significant cost.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 14, 2023

Three guest speakers joined the stage to share how they’re using AWS to protect education services against the rising threat of cyber attacks, advance cutting-edge research, promote innovative citizen services, and more. Protect yourself against cybersecurity threats today,” Soheil advised the audience.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

JULY 10, 2023

The new LZA for Education builds on the LZA to help customers secure their research workloads or workloads containing student data, by giving them a set of default configurations that they can use as a starting point and iterate on to define security and compliance posture as code.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Strategically managing cyber risk and improving security posture continues to be a critical need as threats become more advanced and pervasive. Elastic Disaster Recovery minimizes downtime and data loss with fast, reliable recovery of on-premises and cloud-based applications using affordable storage and point-in-time recovery.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 14, 2022

These guidelines aim to support the detection, investigation, and remediation of cyber incidents on federal information systems. The memorandum defines various event logging (EL) tiers and the log data that must be captured for various log categories. EL2 and EL3 describe further event logging maturity levels which build on EL1.

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AWS Public Sector Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

These customers are also required to meet security framework controls from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS) Medium Cloud Security Profile. AWS consulted with the CCCS , the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) and Shared Services Canada (SSC) to build the CCCS Medium Cloud Reference Architecture.

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Microsoft Public Sector

JULY 20, 2023

For more information, see: Create and manage dial plans Translate phone numbers to an alternate format MC513049 — (Updated) Video Closed Caption in PowerPoint Live Require app protection policy selected, to ensure only managed apps can access your organizations resources. We expect a fix soon.

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iGrantWriters

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Media outlets require external support to resist undue pressure, and to build their commitment to providing fair and balanced media coverage. From data privacy to human rights and freedom of expression, cybersecurity is both the lock and the key to ensuring security for future generations. Social mediaâ??s As Panamaâ??s

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Microsoft Public Sector

AUGUST 21, 2023

Expanding cloud logging to give customers deeper security visibility In response to the increasing frequency and evolution of nation-state cyberthreats, Microsoft is taking additional steps to protect our customers and increase the secure-by-default baseline of our cloud platforms. More details here: Personal insights in Viva Insights.

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