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Zero Trust: What It Is and Why It Matters

GovLoop

Incremental improvements will not give us the security we need,” said the Administration in a May 2021 executive order. To learn more about how respond to — and head off — the latest threats , download the guide: Get the Guide Photo by Richard Clark on Unsplash Favorite But it’s critical.

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Mapping the Cyber Threat Landscape

GovLoop

In the United States, the number of unfilled jobs stands at about 410,000, a 9% increase over 2021. In 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) debuted a catalog of nearly 300 known, exploited vulnerabilities; that list now stands at around 900. million workers, but that still leaves 3.4

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Indiana BMV Builds on Three Pillars to Drive up CX

GovLoop

The number jumped in 2020 and 2021 (the most recent year for which stats are available), first because of COVID restrictions and then staffing shortages. Still, 50% of transactions were completed in less than 15 minutes, according to the bureau’s 2021 annual report (the most recent report available). Residents have noticed.

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How GSA Secures Its Hybrid Workforce

GovLoop

To expound on that and meet new compliance requirements, GSA efforts began to dovetail with the White House Executive Order on cybersecurity from May 2021 and its emphasis on adopting security best practices, centered on a zero-trust security strategy. The agency found that expanded telecommuting options are a lure for skilled workers.

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Episode 174: 2021 State CIO Survey

FedHeads

Download the report today: [link] What’s coming out of the laboratories of democracy during the pandemic? Download the report today: [link] NASCIO Executive Director Doug Robinson and Grant Thornton Public Sector Managing Director Graeme Finley give the FedHeads the scoop from this year’s State CIO Survey.

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UK Biobank enables medical research worldwide through vast database powered by AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

With the inclusion of whole-genome sequencing data for all 500,000 participants, the sheer size of the data (currently around 30 petabytes) meant they had to find a way for researchers to analyze the data where they were situated, instead of downloading huge amounts.

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The Year in Review: A Listen Back at Your Favorite Episodes of 2021 — Episode 105

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

And, with all the hope we had going into 2021 after a traumatic 2020, I think it’s safe to say that this was also a very difficult year. That’s not to say there weren’t a lot of positive things to happen this year, but I just wanted to start by acknowledging the fact that 2021 was hard — for me, for a lot of you, for us.