IT and HR leaders in Mobile County, Alabama recognized their legacy human resources and payroll processes were no longer efficient, and it was time to migrate to an improved system. After evaluating several options, Mobile County chose to move to Workday, a modern human capital management (HCM) system. But there was a problem – the County’s IT team didn’t have the necessary knowledge or experience to support the new tech depl...

Privacy is an often-overlooked aspect of cybersecurity. With the growth of AI and evolving privacy legislation, however, state and local agencies will need to understand how to select and integrate technologies that not only meet compliance standards but also promote maximum privacy and trust. Overwhelmed with stories of hacks, attacks, and the prying eyes of private companies and public agencies, fatigued defenders may feel that even attempti...

State and local governments, K-12 districts, and higher education institutions face two kinds of threats: (1) Trusted Insider threats and (2) ‘Virtual’ Trusted Insider threats. Trusted Insider threats are rogue employees using authorized access to do unauthorized acts. This can include theft of data and services, fraud, or even system destruction or theft of IP and trade secrets. Virtual trusted insider threats happen when an emplo...

In the modern age of cloud migration and deployment, many security and operations teams are having to adapt their controls, processes, and overall strategies to better accommodate hybrid on-premises and cloud environments. While some architecture and control concepts stay relatively static, many don't. So what should organizations do? How can traditional firewalls and cloud-native controls co-exist? What network security controls are most read...

With a decrease in personnel and an increase in calls, 911 centers are looking for new methods to help them provide timely support to residents in need. Learn how 911 centers can use the cloud to help shorten call wait times and reduce the burden on dispatchers during a live webinar hosted by Government Technology and Amazon Web Services on September 25. You’ll watch, learn, and chat live with experienced public sector leaders and techno...

The castle model is dead, it's time to move on. Protecting our corporations primarily from the outside looking in is a naive and inefficient approach. Prevention is great, but inevitably the defenses will fail, and the attackers are on the inside. Threats attacking us from the inside are real, and we can neither avoid it nor can we "trust our employees". While it would be nice to trust employees, and we can trust most of them, we need to be vi...

Join us for an educational webinar on April 14, 2023, at 10 a.m. Pacific Time/1 p.m. Eastern Time to discover the power of AI in K-12 and higher education with ChatGPT Unleashed. As a groundbreaking AI technology, ChatGPT has the potential to revolutionize the way students learn and interact with educational resources. During this webinar, you will: Learn about the fundamentals of generative AI and how ChatGPT works in an educational setting D...

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...