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There Were So Many Data Breaches in 2015. Did We Learn Anything From Them?

The cyber breaches in 2015 demonstrate the broad impact across both the public and private sectors.

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Driverless Cars: Here’s What the Obama Administration Should Do Next

On Dec. 4, President Barack Obama signed the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act, which plans for a future of driverless cars

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Trending in Government: Robotic Process Automation

Any high-volume, high-touch, business-rule-driven, repeatable process is a candidate for RPA.

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Resolutions Government CIOs Should Consider in 2016

The emerging trend among modern CIOs is to think bigger and have goals beyond lowering costs and increasing efficiency.

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5 Cyber Risk Trends for 2016

These are the top themes CIOs and CISOs should have on their radar in the new year.

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6 Steps to Improve an Agency’s Cyber Defenses

Here are several security actions agency and command leadership can take to harden their cyber defensive posture.

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3 Steps for Implementing Mobile Projects in Your Agency

Agencies are looking to integrate the use of personal devices into employees' daily lives.

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3 Ways to Maximize Your ROI on Internet of Things

The challenge for federal IoT is less about the devices themselves, and more about the IT resources needed to manage, share, analyze and ultimately derive real mission value from the IoT data explosion.

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Extracting the Coulda, Shoulda, Woulda for FITARA

For agency professionals charged with making the most of the FITARA mandate, there is a mixture of enthusiasm and caution.

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Technology for All: The Need For A More Accessible Workplace

Some employers perceive accessibility accommodations to be prohibitively expensive to the business. In reality, the opposite is true.

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4 Government Tech Priorities That Need a Funding Boost Next Year

Getting the government’s security standards up to par will require significant investments.

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3 Steps to Slash the Risk of Insider Threats

Agencies need to think of security across three areas: phsyical, technical and behavioral.

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The 5 Key Traits of a Successful Digital Government Strategy

No government organization will succeed in today’s fast-changing environment without a cohesive digital strategy.

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How Audio Analytics Could Help Curb Government Threats

Complying with policies on audio monitoring is simpler than many agencies think.

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What Federal Cybersecurity Can Learn from Football

There is one question asked continually across government and the private sector – what is the right “playbook” for cybersecurity?

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5 Cybersecurity Truths to Know Now

Key points that will help agencies strengthen their defenses to keep data secure.

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Cloud Migration Best Practices for Federal Agencies

As the federal government makes a massive move to the money-saving cloud, IT pros must adhere to the defined security requirements for the federal use of cloud services as they move a selection of key functions.

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How VA and DOD Can Approach Data Standards and Interoperability -- Before Standards Are Established

As with most technology development, it takes time for standards to evolve, but agencies might consider turning to emerging technologies to help with interoperability and data-sharing challenges.

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To be Successful, Hackers Need These 3 Elements

Hackers’ reconnaissance activities are shrouded within massive amounts of data, and are difficult to detect.

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5 Ways to Spot a Coerced Insider Threat

For traditional insider threat risk, there are traditional warning signs, but for a coerced threat, their outward behavior will likely not change at all.