It is more important than ever for organizations to protect their data and address compliance, without disrupting employee and company productivity. With GDPR, the California Privacy Act, and the Data Protection Act of 2018, organizations now have regulations that mandate how their data is secured. Every organization must take a serious look at how they are protecting their data and align their data protection and compliance strategy with government mandates. Read More
It would appear that California is attempting to make a more transparent government by creating an open data portal for the entire state. This portal would put multi-agency data under a single umbrella, allowing the Golden State's citizens to have an in-depth look at what kind of information has been collected by each department. Read More
A cyberattack on a private institution that works with U.S. intelligence agencies has revealed yet another flaw in how many government officials view cybersecurity. The hack of Juniper Networks, which was announced Dec. 17, 2015, has resulted in a data breach that could contain encrypted correspondence of government agencies spanning more than three years. Read More
It's no secret the government has been having trouble with its data storage. Collecting information on a national scale is incredibly daunting, but putting that data to good use has proven to be quite the challenge. Sorting through big data has massive potential, but current data center administrators simply can't spend time analyzing this information. Read More
Yet another cyberattack has befallen the American government. This time, the Department of Justice was the main target of the hackers, who got away with the information of nearly 20,000 DoJ employees, according to The Guardian. What's more, the cybercriminals also gained access to data on roughly 9,000 employees of the Department of Homeland Security, posting the information on an encrypted website that The Guardian then investigated. Read More
The state of Massachusetts is taking an interesting step into the digital world with an announcement that legislators are considering making body cameras a required piece of equipment for all police officers. Local news organization WWLP reported that Massachusetts law makers within the Committee on Public Safety are looking into a bill that would make this technology mandatory. Read More
In the wake of the infamous Office of Personnel Management data breach, government cybersecurity has arguably trumped every other concern when it comes to government technology services. Cloud computing and data center consolidation have both had their fair share of time in the spotlight in the past few months, but securing the immense quantity of sensitive data the federal agencies possess is still a top priority for government IT leaders. As such, feds have taken several key steps recently that underscore the importance of government cybersecurity. Read More
When it comes to government cloud migration, the feds may just be their own worst enemy. Multiple federal IT initiatives have been spearheaded by various agencies over the past few years, one of which is to make the transition to cloud computing. The goal here is both to save money on legacy IT infrastructure through means of data center consolidation and improve sharing of technology resources. Read More
As federal IT infrastructure is overhauled – through means of cloud migration and other strategies – for the sake of cost efficiency and better systems and processes, one of the chief concerns among government agencies is cybersecurity. The array of cyberthreats to government agencies is well-documented. In fact, research from Control Risks has shown that government was the most highly targeted sector in the past year, accounting for 36 percent of all targeted attacks in 2015. Unfortunately, this is only the tip of a very large iceberg of cybersecurity woes for government organizations. Read More
As big data continues its mainstream ascent, a variety of industries and verticals will continue to search for new and innovative ways to make the most of the vast quantities of information available in cyberspace. According to recent research by the IDC, the big data technology and services market is forecast to see a 23.1 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019. Most of this growth will be driven by businesses as they attempt to adopt analytics tools and software that will help them identify new value propositions. Read More
The federal government has been struggling over the course of the past few years to stay in stride with evolving technology trends. Various initiatives such as the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) have been conceived specifically for this purpose, and while 2015 saw it's fair share of successes, agencies were also confronted with several big setbacks. Read More