For IT professionals who develop the technologies, applications, and services that federal, state, and local government agencies employ, there is one specific challenge that they always find themselves brushing up against. When government agencies request new applications and expect them…
Cisco AppDynamics Executive CTO explains how application performance optimization is advancing federal agencies’ mission goals
When COVID-19 reached American shores, federal government agencies were forced to quickly redefine their operating environments by adopting new, modernized processes and applications that would enable them to adjust to the new normal spurred by the pandemic. As the dust…
SteelCloud COO on why federal government agencies should take full advantage of the commercial cloud
As the federal government continues to ride the waves of digital transformation and network modernization, one decision that many agencies have decided to make has been to migrate their applications, workloads, and services – which have been traditionally managed on-prem…
How federal and SLED agencies are bolstering their cybersecurity postures with DevSecOps
As the federal government and SLED organizations continue to digitally transform their systems, networks, and applications, it is critical that they remain vigilant and be aware of the fact that modernization will always be accompanied by potential network vulnerabilities and…
How the Defense Industrial Base Can Prepare for CMMC Level 2+
The Defense Industrial Base (DIB), – the organizations that make up the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD) supply chain, is massive – comprised of hundreds of thousands of government contractors. With these organizations providing essential products, tools, and applications to…
How Azure Government delivers emerging cloud capabilities at a classified level
When a new cybersecurity, database management, or cloud solution debuts on the commercial market, there is almost always a lengthy waiting period before the technology trickles down into the hands of federal government agencies. Due to the government’s significantly heightened…
DBAs, Data Owners, and the Security Team—Distinguishing the Key Players Who Keep SLED Data Safe
In a previous article on the GovCyberHub, we were joined by Amit Parikh, an Information Management Senior Consultant at Quest Software, who discussed the new reality facing state and local government Database Administrators (DBAs) and explained how advanced workload analytics…
Microsoft’s Federal Security CTO on the impact of OMB’s zero trust strategy
Last January, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released M-22-09, a memorandum that set forth the federal government strategy on zero trust adoption, in an effort to reinforce the security and protection of government agencies’ critical systems, networks, and…
Why a zero trust framework is the most effective at securing federal agency networks
As malicious cyber actors continue to improve and refine their techniques of penetrating and exploiting vulnerabilities in federal government agency networks, the single verification cybersecurity models that agencies have historically implemented are no longer capable of preventing breaches and attacks.…
New Year, New Breaches—Three modern identity attacks insights to know going into 2022
The beginning of a New Year is always a strangely quiet time for government agencies. The holidays have just ended, agency employees are slowly trickling back into work and settling back into their home offices, to sign in and begin…