In a recent article on the GovCyberHub, we discussed the foundational requirements for modernizing agencies’ information governance practices that were featured in a panel discussion held by the Digital Government Institute (DGI), with IT experts from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU),…
Information Governance vs Data Governance – What your agency needs to know
Information governance is essential for the day-to-day processes of managing a government agency’s data. This is done through holistic approaches to managing agency information by implementing processes, roles, controls, and metrics, that treat information as a valuable asset. Information governance…
3 ways federal agencies can optimize and strengthen their user authentication methods
Cloud computing services and applications have surprisingly been around since the late-1990s and have slowly been adopted across federal government agencies since then. But when COVID-19 took the world by storm in 2020, this crawling pace had to change as…
The four-pronged, app migration approach federal agencies can take in Azure AD
As federal government agencies continue modernizing their operating environments through cloud adoption, it is more than likely that each agency has a multitude of different cloud applications that are being utilized at one time. Some of these applications might be…
4 ways agencies can protect themselves from cyber attacks in Microsoft directory services
As technology has evolved, so has the adoption and use of next-generation cloud platforms. Over the years, federal government agencies have adopted a multitude of cloud platforms to facilitate more efficient workflows and to create a more secure environment for…
Creating a cyber crisis management plan- 6 key priorities federal agencies should focus on
In today’s digital age, technology is rapidly advancing—making it easier for federal government agencies to better serve their constituents and assist their internal workforces in streamlining and facilitating agency workflows and processes. However, these technological leaps have created a massive…
Emerging threats against workload identities in Azure AD and what federal agencies should do about it
Throughout the last decade, identity theft has become a gold mine for cybercriminals, due to vulnerabilities that accompany all of the emerging technologies that organizations and individuals use in everyday life. Many people are already aware that theft is a…
How multi-factor authentication is bolstering federal agencies’ cybersecurity postures
As threats to password security have increased in recent years, multi-factor authentication (MFA) has rapidly gained popularity as a method for increasing the assurance of authentication for federal government networks and applications. MFA is important, as it hardens the cybersecurity…
Modern strategies federal agencies can take for endpoint management and the migration to cloud
When COVID-19 reached American shores, most of the federal government agencies moved their processes and procedures online, accelerating a digital transformation that has been underway for decades. While the pandemic demonstrated the tremendous potential digital transformation presents to federal government…
Ransomware Resilience and Disaster Recovery – 4 Actions Government Agencies Can Execute Today
Ransomware has been a prominent threat to government agencies, enterprises, and individuals alike since the mid-2000s. In 2017, the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) received 1,783 ransomware complaints that cost victims over $2.3 million. Those complaints, however, represent only the…