The networks of today are a complex, hybrid mix of cloud and on-premise resources being accessed by users globally from a myriad of devices. This has significantly increased the attack surface which must be defended. While efforts are continually made to prevent breaches, modern organizations assume breach and seek to minimize breach impacts. Finding innovative, adaptive security measures, like micro-segmentation, is key to ensuring an organiz...

Effective human-centric design and equitable delivery approaches can help public sector organizations create great experiences for nearly everyone. Experiences shape how people evaluate relationships in our digital, customer-driven world. Government employees, citizens, and businesses are governments’ customers. They expect reliable, seamless, always available services -- whether they order from an online retailer or apply for state or f...

With the introduction of Cloud Smart and the move to a largely remote workforce, cloud computing is becoming an increasingly critical piece of government’s technology backbone. Looking ahead, how are advances in cloud computing technology affecting agencies’ operations? And on the security front, what can the government do to ensure sensitive data is protected and service delivery remains uninterrupted?

The pandemic showed the clear need for digital transformation and agility in government —especially for programs like unemployment insurance that administer federal funding at the state level. As the COVID-19 crisis enters its second year, it has never been more critical for state governments to deliver federally funded benefits efficiently to Americans who are relying upon that aid. With the recent American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), fede...

The need for broadband access is at an all-time high. As the digital revolution kicks into high gear, it’s clear that state and local governments are still far from distributing broadband access equitably across the country. To compound distribution challenges, barriers to reliable, high speed broadband differ from region to region. In this Route Fifty event, we will examine the digital divide in all four major regions and highlight prom...

Does your agency’s current solution for managing finance, budget, and human resources meet the ongoing demands of ever changing regulations, technology, and workforce trends? Are you faced with aging infrastructure, disparate systems, or manual processes? With today’s scalable Cloud technology, small and medium sized local governments can take advantage of a top tier, innovative, secure, and proven platform that was previously unaf...

State and local public health organizations face a unique challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic in balancing the need to maintain critical services for their patients or clients while maintaining social distancing, all while state budgets are being dramatically reduced. It’s a perfect storm of challenges to meet increased needs with reduced, highly stressed, and often limited staff and resources. With requirements as varied as mental ho...

Experts across the government and business communities discuss the future of 5G -- the opportunities it presents, the challenges to implementation, the controversies taking shape, and the myths in need of busting.

The last twelve months will go down in history as one of the most precarious years on record when it comes to public safety scheduling, crisis management and reporting. Hear directly from Danbury, Connecticut’s Deputy Fire Chief and staffing system administrator on how the city’s police and fire departments leverage automated scheduling technology to efficiently staff their workforce and to report and capture costs during protests,...

State and local governments are under attack by malicious actors hungry for critical data within agency networks. 41% of state and local government employees reported an uptick in cyber-attacks in the past six months amidst a massive shift to remote work. As the pandemic continues to enlarge the attack surface with telwork, government will need stronger defenses to only allow trusted users in. Identity and access management technologies are c...