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Ransomware Attackers Seek Payday Through Disruption of Operations

State Tech Magazine

In 2019, the city of Lodi, Calif., was hit by ransomware attacks, which prompted CIO Benjamin Buecher to upgrade the city’s defenses. “A A few years back, we were hit by three attacks in three months by the same ransomware,” Buecher says in a Rubrik case study. The attack significantly impacted our municipal services.

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Why another shutdown would be bad for the U.S. military

Partnership for Public Service

25, 2019—shows that when our government closes up shop, both the economy and the ability of agencies to serve the public suffers. During the 2018-2019 shutdown, 42,000 members of the Coast Guard worked without pay —a first for active-duty service members—because the Department of Homeland Security’s appropriation lapsed.

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How Windows 10 Deployment Lessons Should Inform the Move to Windows 11

FedTech Magazine

The journey to Windows 10 in 2019 was rocky for a number of federal agencies, especially given the looming deadline for Windows 7 end-of-support in early 2020. McPhail, director of architecture, operations, networks and space, U.S. McPhail, director of architecture, operations, networks and space, U.S. We talked to Maj.

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Enhancing Federal AI Safety: Responsible and Secure AI Sandbox

Microsoft Public Sector

AI is transforming federal government operations by enhancing efficiency, fostering innovation, allowing the workforce to do more with less, and empowering employees to focus on creative tasks while reducing repetitive work. Notably, the US needs to maintain its competitive advantage by leveraging AI.

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Google Public Sector announces Board of Directors

Google Public Sector

military sensors, platforms, commanders, and operators in order to increase battle readiness and responsiveness. He most recently served as the 11th Commander of United States Special Operations Command, where he led the coordinated efforts of the special operations forces across all military branches. AmeriCares, and others.

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Optimizing the US mortgage market with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

CSS built and now operates the largest and most advanced mortgage securitization platform in the US, supporting Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae’s 70 percent market share of the industry with flexibility, scalability, and security at its core. Thisarea also includes the ability of IT to roll out new and updated services faster.

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Continued innovation in CJIS compliance in both AWS GovCloud (US) and AWS US Commercial Regions

AWS Public Sector Blog

When AWS launched these CJIS Security compliance innovations in early 2019, we did so with reference to our AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. Customers can confidently deploy CJIS workloads in either AWS (US) region, while maintaining access to simple and powerful cloud native tools to manage the full lifecycle of sensitive data.