Governors across the country have delivered their annual addresses for 2021 with many painting a picture of post-pandemic return to normal by outlining their spending priorities for the year ahead. With vaccines continuing to roll-out and restrictions lifting, state government leaders have made it clear that opening up contracting dollars and opportunities in key areas like infrastructure, workforce development, equity/diversity/inclusion and...

Advances in technology, such as microservices and containers, continue to transform how agencies operate. Event-driven architecture (EDA), a software architecture and model for application design, is quickly becoming a preferred method for capturing insights and communicating changes instantly for improved customer experience. EDA can aid the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in achieving a flexible system that can adapt to change...

Join Splunk for a webinar where you'll learn about the current threat that phishing attacks pose to our federal, state and local, and educational organizations, and how to defend against them with Splunk Phantom. During this webinar and live demo, attendees will gain insight into: Today's phishing threat landscape How to defend against phishing with Splunk Phantom How to quickly triage, investigate, and respond to phishing attempts before the...

The arrival of 5G means public safety agencies can see and act on real-time information faster and more efficiently. Frontline responders are now connected in more ways than ever before, which has enormous benefits for safety and transparency. Learn how Axon is addressing the demand for connected vehicle technology that provides greater insight, access and visibility to first responders in the field.

The Biden administration’s executive order on cybersecurity takes an ambitious swing at forcing improvements to cybersecurity nationwide – and issues authoritative directions to Federal agencies to modernize IT infrastructure and security concepts and practices. Agencies are tasked to meet aggressive timeframes for moving to cloud, adopting Zero Trust architecture, improving software supply chain security, and more. Some are well o...

DevOps and DevSecOps are philosophies, movements and even cultures of continuous improvement and integrated security – at scale. The result delivers a powerful advantage for government agencies at all levels which are undergoing digital transformation: faster and more securereleases, greater interoperability and the freedom to focus on the mission. As government agencies begin to adopt DevSecOps to enable innovative, modern technologies,...

Curious how Splunk can further help your organization? Join us for our informative, hands-on virtual workshops where your IT teams will have the opportunity to increase the level of Splunk skillsets across your organization. June 22 Workshop: Tips & Tricks: Some of the best resources and shortcuts we’ve found to getting the most out of Splunk after working with it for year.

Accounting leaders in state and local government are urgently modernizing accounting. A wave of stimulus funding requires strong budgeting, improved transparency and a real-time view of spending throughout the fiscal year. Rising fraud risk requires government accounting to identify every variance, exception and detail in an environment of increased audit scrutiny. Many accounting departments still don’t know where they are with substant...

In this free webinar, we'll introduce you to Collaboard on-premises and self-hosting options. Collaboard is an online whiteboard and team collaboration solution for government and enterprise customers with high data security needs. You will learn everything you need to know when you want to start using an online whiteboard hosted by yourself. We will cover the following topics in this webinar: Self-Hosting Options (On-Prem, Azure Cloud, AWS C...

Engaging constituents and improving their experience with government are top concerns for state and local government leaders. The critical importance of building strong and trusted relationships between communities and their governments — particularly using digital communication channels and electronic transactions — became even clearer during the past year as jurisdictions navigated the COVID-19 pandemic. Find out how the city of...