Get a preview of material directly from SANS SEC599: Defeating Advanced Adversaries - Purple Team Tactics & Kill Chain Defenses. Once attackers have gained access to your infrastructure, be it through a compromised host or through physical access, they will be looking to gain access to further resources. While there is a wide variety of ways that attackers can use to broaden their footprint in your environment, this webcast will focus on...

State and local agencies are under enormous pressure to deliver results faster and more efficiently – and to make better use of data to drive decision-making and serve constituents. That’s what drove DC Health, the health department for Washington, D.C., to upgrade its legacy platforms to a modernized system for tracking vaccinations and other vital health metrics. Working with Oracle and partner Tharseo IT, the team migrated its e...

As our technological landscape grows in complexity and sophistication, so does our data. It quickly piles up, leaving state and local governments unsure of where all their data is, what it contains and who has access to it. Not only is this an organization nightmare, but it also creates unnecessary privacy risks. With the right solutions, agencies can gain a full view of all the data and where it resides, making it easy to access this informat...

Less than half of respondents to a Center for Digital Government (CDG) survey targeting mid-sized cities and counties rate their organization’s use of data in decision-making as "effective" or "very effective." This is despite the fact that increasing the use of data in decision-making was their top listed priority. Local governments know that data is a critical part of better serving constituents, making intelligent decisions around whe...

State and local governments deliver hundreds or thousands of services to constituents. But they all have a common goal: to provide the best possible service to their communities, delivered efficiently and cost-effectively. Governments can’t achieve this goal with multiple point-based solutions. No matter how good they may be, an array of disconnected solutions – for case management, quality management, contact centers, digital serv...

Student needs and expectations are evolving. They’re carrying more devices than ever. They may be learning in hybrid environments — part classroom and part remote. Maybe they’re trying to catch up after two years of pandemic-driven disruption. This conversation will explore essential technology tools to support teaching and learning in this shifting landscape. Join the Center for Digital Education on September 20 at 10 a.m. P...

State health departments are swamped with their responses to COVID-19 and the recent monkeypox outbreak, making it difficult to map out data modernization strategies. But two public health agencies, the Iowa Department of Public Health and Maryland Department of Health, have successfully adopted a "working backward" approach to strategic development. With the assistance of Amazon Web Services (AWS), these agencies have crafted roadmaps to thei...

Ongoing issues like school safety, household violence and food insecurity represent substantial blockers to children's success. As education outcomes continue to be significantly impacted by factors outside of the classroom, school districts face the growing challenge of providing social services to students and managing behavioral and mental health data. Given that many districts rely on emails and spreadsheets for this type of data, there is...

Securing digital supply chains is of paramount importance to enterprises and government agencies: executive orders demand this security, boards are asking for it, and markets are reacting to it. But with today’s large, comlex, multinational, multi-threaded supply chains, where do we start? Securing the firmware in these supply chains – the embedded code that comes with nearly every device, chip, component or “thing” ...

Providing support for students struggling with mental health is a well-known challenge for education communities. Learning institutions are doing their best, but with recent staffing shortages and years of pandemic-related disruption compounding an already surging crisis, school systems need a solution. One way to support students experiencing mental health crises is by providing in-the-moment support around the clock. Integrating a mental hea...