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US government agencies can communicate, collaborate securely with AWS Wickr

AWS Public Sector Blog

In fact, instant messaging has become the preferred form of internal workplace communications, including email, according to Gartner’s 2022 Channel Benchmark and other research studies. Consumer-grade platforms are not built to meet the security, privacy, or data retention requirements of the US government, and they pose a significant risk.

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Imagine Nation ELC 2022: Former CIOs Reflect on Their IT Modernization Journeys

FedTech Magazine

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the pivotal E-Government Act of 2002, which provides guidelines on how government agencies use IT to handle personal information.

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November 2022 - Microsoft 365 US Public Sector Roadmap Newsletter

Microsoft Public Sector

What’s New in Microsoft Teams | October 2022. These features currently available to Microsoft’s commercial customers in multi-tenant cloud environments are now rolling out to our customers in US Government Community Cloud (GCC), US Government Community Cloud High (GCC-High), and/or United States Department of Defense (DoD).

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Using Automation to Meet CISA’s Vulnerability Management Directive

FedTech Magazine

Cyberattacks against government agencies have risen significantly since the introduction of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Such attacks increased 95 percent in the second half of 2022 compared with the same time period in 2021, according to CloudSEK.

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Permanent Government Change: What’s Behind the Driving Forces and How to Welcome It

OpenGov

Permanent Government Change: What’s Behind the Driving Forces and How to Welcome It August 8, 2022 – OpenGov The Perfect Storm Government agencies are facing a perfect storm of both challenges and opportunities that are transforming how they work and serve the public, including: Once-in-a-generation federal funding to help state, local, special, (..)

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Embracing Backup as a Service Can Help State and Local Agencies Thwart Threats

State Tech Magazine

Top of mind for state and local government agencies is whether their cyber infrastructure is stable enough to safeguard their most treasured asset — their data — as the looming threat of cyberattacks persists. In 2022, ransomware attacks affected 106 state or local governments, a significant increase from the 77 attacks in 2021.

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Imagine Nation ELC 2022: Federal CIOs Share Their Zero-Trust Goals

FedTech Magazine

Each federal agency is on a yearslong IT modernization journey that involves meeting the mandatory zero-trust executive order by 2024. As they work to raise the bar on cybersecurity across government agencies, they are focused on funding, strategy and tools. Check out more of our coverage from Imagine Nation ELC 2022 here.