Grants compliance can be a heavy lift for any organization. With the recent influx of federal funding for state and local governments, grants compliance has only grown more complex. Agencies must navigate uniform compliance requirements while balancing program-specific requirements or risk losing grant funding, designation as a ‘high-risk grantee’ and audits. Trying to achieve compliance with outdated management systems only limits...

As Artificial Intelligence (AI) permeates government IT modernization efforts, the mystique of AI continues to build. As we head into a new calendar year, there is potential for AI technology to dramatically impact how agencies can deliver on their respective missions. There has been a lot of hype around Artificial Intelligence and many in the public sector are interested to learn more about where AI is being deployed to benefit government age...

Conventional wisdom suggests that a zero-trust framework or architecture be implemented as part of a holistic security strategy. “Trust nothing, verify everything” seems like the safest bet. Yet, it remains unclear how this approach keeps your organization's connectivity, which supports your most critical business applications, more secure without impeding their business intent. Uncover the most pressing network security policy iss...

Current guidance has laid out the cybersecurity priorities that federal agencies should adhere to for the upcoming fiscal year 2024 budget cycle. Civilian agencies will need to focus on making investments within the three cyber investment priority areas: Strengthening the Foundations of Our Digitally-Enabled Future, Deepening Cross-Sector Collaboration in Defense of Critical Infrastructure, and Improving the Defense and Resilience of Governmen...

Localities know the transformative power of smart city initiatives to drive government efficiency and improve constituents’ quality of life. With the right digital infrastructure and data analytics solutions, smart city technologies can help create communities that are safer, more equitable, more enjoyable places to live. But smart city advancements don’t just improve efficiency. They can be valuable economic development tools for...

Join members of the SANS Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Team in a new ICS Webcast Series: ICS Cyber Resilience, Active Defense & Safety. Presenters will address the recent increase in attack campaigns and impacts seen across multiple sectors in the ICS space. Topics of discussion will include ransomware impacting critical infrastructure, detecting advanced adversaries inside ICS networks, and a variety of other threats and defenses. This...