Mobile technologies are a major catalyst for the rapid changes taking place in government I.T., underscoring the need for enterprise-wide security protection. The Administration has established clear priorities to secure government data by greater protection of high value assets, consistent security criteria for movement to the cloud, and, importantly, the development of comprehensive security solutions for mobile devices. Verizon’s annu...

Government mobile users are being targeted by hackers who are seeking an avenue to attack back-end computer systems that contain the data of millions of Americans. Security operations centers now deal with a variety of cyber vectors including man-in-the-middle attacks, errant apps, adware, ransomware, and attempts to root mobile devices. A recent study by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says threats to mobile devices range from those...

Federal use of mobile technologies continues to mature. Since the advent of the mobile government movement, agencies have developed more effective security policies, clarified their choices of eligible mobile devices, and built a number of mobile applications for agency use and for deployment to the public. This webinar will explore the management and policy issues surrounding mobile devices and how to deliver government’s mission more e...

Federal use of mobile technologies continues to mature. Since the advent of the mobile government movement, agencies have developed more effective security policies, clarified their choices of eligible mobile devices, and built a number of mobile applications for agency use and for deployment to the public. This webinar will explore the management and policy issues surrounding mobile devices and how to deliver government’s mission more e...

Government agencies have a combination of policy, technology and workforce requirements to address when mapping the framework for mobile security within their agencies. Security options are available at both the hardware and software levels and include encryption, rooted trust, kernel protection, and containerization. While crafting their security set-ups, technology staff also has to remember that users – real, live people – have...

In the last eight years, tens of millions more Americans are online, and mobile devices continue to radically change how citizens interact with government. The Administration’s digital strategy is pushing agencies to deliver better services at a lower cost, whether the mission is to support the warfighter overseas, to teach in classrooms more efficiently, or to assist in ending homelessness, and ever-smarter mobile devices are part of th...

As government organizations increasingly move towards mobile devices, they are asking how they can provide their workers with access to their applications and data with a secure digital certificate. Common Access Cards (CAC) and Personal Identity Verification (PIV) smart cards are used to manage access to both online and physical resources through controlled access to networks, systems, building and spaces. However, this standard way of doing...

Second annual observance to celebrate the people who deliver services and their impacts at the front lines of government. Details and ideas for celebrating locally at event web site. Open to all levels of government. Join us!

According to Brandon Hall Group’s 2014 Compliance Survey, 90% of companies say it is important to be able to demonstrate learning compliance to an external agency, and about half of those say it is critical to their business. In highly-regulated industries, such as healthcare, manufacturing and aviation, more than 70% of companies say compliance is critically important to their business. In these and other “high consequence...

The Office of Management and Budget's Digital Government strategy charges agencies with enabling citizens and the growing mobile workforce to access high-quality digital government information and services anywhere, anytime, on any device. From the warfighter or law enforcement investigator in the field to the medical researcher or food inspector, mobile technology is being implemented across government to share and analyze information instant...