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Insider Threats Are Alive and Well. Take These 6 Steps to Reduce Risk.
The recent sentencing of a National Security Agency analyst shows agencies need to remain vigilant.
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Report Offers Options For Effectively Using Blockchain in Government
Blockchain is often seen as an over-hyped technology. But that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have its uses.
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Emerging Technologies Will Disrupt Government. Here’s What to Do About It.
Forward-thinking government leaders can follow these steps to stay ahead of the curve.
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Boring Details Make Effective Legislation
In a perfect world, you’d see the addition of mandates come with some much-needed subtraction as well.
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Could Do-It-Yourself AI Make People More Comfortable with It?
As artificial intelligence makes strides in government, it could be helpful to see for yourself what the tech can do.
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Are GSA’s Bold Data Management and Transparency Moves the Right Moves?
The General Services Administration's hunt for an agency-specific entity identifier conflicts with the Office of Management and Budget's push for a governmentwide data strategy.
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Attention Federal Agencies: DMARC is Not a Silver Bullet for Email Security
DMARC is just one small piece to the very complicated email security puzzle.
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Want Safer Internet of Things? Change Government Buying Rules.
Federal agencies could shape the security of connected devices by using the Federal Acquisition Regulation.
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The Security Advantages of Cloud Computing Revisited
Seven years ago, we understated the case for cloud security.
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How Agencies Can Calm the Fourth Quarter Spending Frenzy
Agencies need to rethink how they balance and develop their billion-dollar budgets.
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Tips for Deploying Analytics at the Federal Level
It almost seems like big data analytics is The Promised Land that’s forever over the next hill for federal agencies.
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How to Stop Technical Debt from Eating Your IT Budget
Before federal agencies can modernize, they need to figure out how to tackle the workarounds in old systems.
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When and Why an Agency CISO Should Consider Parting Ways With a Cyber Contractor
Contractor turnover rate increasing—is it time for your agency to part ways too?
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Machine Learning Could Help Chip Away at the Security Clearance Backlog
Augmenting human investigators is a better option than doing reinvestigations less frequently.
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Can Lightweight Encryption Save Us from the Internet of Things?
What makes each IoT device special is also what makes it vulnerable.
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How to Overcome Technical Debt in IT Modernization Projects
The shortcuts you take to make deadline can come back to bite you later.
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Get Your Federal Team In Sync With Zero Trust Security
Adopting a Zero Trust architecture solves the “flat network” problem that helps attackers move undetected inside corporate networks so they can find and exfiltrate sensitive data.
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