According to Verizon’s 2020 Data Breach Investigative Report, ransomware now represents 27% of all malware attacks. Over 30% of ransomware starts from within. That means that network defenders must consider the possibility that malicious employees could be the origin of an attack. Cyber criminals are stepping up their game by exploiting fear and uncertainty during the pandemic by launching a steadily increasing amount of cyberattacks. Re...

The COVID-19 pandemic has propelled telehealth into prominence, and telemedicine, once viewed as a convenience, is now an essential tool for treating patients. During the months of April and May of this year, telehealth increased nationally by more than 5,000% over last year. While telehealth is a necessary and beneficial solution during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond, its growing use can jeopardize the safety of sensitive patient data and the...

According to Gartner, moving applications to the cloud is a top priority (and one of the most often mentioned game-changing technologies) for government CIOs today. But obstacles – like lack of experience in cloud migration, security concerns, and policy hurdles – continue to impede agencies’ progress. The COVID-19 pandemic has magnified this issue considerably as agencies rely on their information technology infrastructure t...

The Office of Management and Budget has established a Cross-Agency Priority Goal charging government to provide a modern, streamlined, and responsive customer experience across public sector organization. Government executives are embracing the concept of customer experience as a means to improve the usability and reliability of critical digital services like patent services, veterans’ benefit delivery, student loans, disaster aid, and t...

Higher Education faces a unique set of challenges when managing identities, securely connecting users to both SaaS and on-prem applications, and securing campus administrative servers. Complicating matters, colleges and universities service a broad range of personas including staff, faculty, adjunct faculty, admissions applicants, students, alumni, donors, contractors, athletics/arts supporters, and many others who walk across campus every day...

A year ago this April 15th, the world watched in horror as fire raged at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. When the soaring spire atop the cathedral tipped and then collapsed into the flames, fears grew at whether Notre Dame could survive. Thankfully, the efforts and strategic thinking of the brave women and men of the Paris fire brigade, which kept the fire from overtaking the church’s two towers, enabled the main structure to be saved, al...

Gartner defines identity and access management (IAM) as “the security discipline that enables the right individuals to access the right information at the right times for the right reasons.” At the heart of the biggest data breaches of all time, those involving commercial firms like Target, Home Depot, and Yahoo, are stolen credentials. Other risks include improperly shared credentials and misuse by disgruntled employees. This webi...

Government agencies are actively preparing their data to take advantage of emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML). In the face of heightened mission complexity and data proliferation, agencies are looking for ways to maximize the value and impact of data. Application areas are accelerating as agencies turn to AI to drive cyber offense and defense, robotics and automation, transportation security, and he...

What if public service employees had more time to do the strategic work that requires analytic thinking? In the United States, 58% of citizen-related processes are still paper-driven. To reduce the burden of repetitive workloads, the President’s Management Agenda charges agencies to use emerging technologies like robotic processing automation to redirect resources to accomplish mission outcomes that matter most to citizens. This webinar...