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Its time to stop being confused about cyber security

Open Access Government - Technology News

A cyber security breach can have far-reaching consequences, including compromised national security, disrupted public services, financial losses, and a decline in citizen trust. It’s OK as an individual and even as an organisation to be confused about cyber security.

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Everything you need to know about the TMF allocation to improve public-facing digital services

The CIO Council

Earlier today, we announced that $100 million of the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF) will be designated to help streamline and improve public-facing digital services and technology systems to deliver a better customer experience to the American people.

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4 Strategies for State and Local Governments to Secure Contact Centers

State Tech Magazine

Contact centers are part of the public face of an agency. One piece of that equation is often contact centers. Offering services and information via phone and internet chat can move the needle toward happier customers. They interact directly with customers…

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Sekolah.mu secures education service for 11 million students with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

knew it was integral to secure their digital education services to earn the trust and confidence of the students, teachers, and families. Securing the digital education platform Sekolah.mu uses AWS Security Hub and Amazon GuardDuty. As a public facing education service, Sekolah.mu As Sekolah.mu

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Overcome Manual App Testing Challenges to Drive Modernization: Insights from California CIO Academy

Government Technology Insider

In a world that is continually developing, this kind of time savings is a game-changer for ensuring public-facing applications are secure, reliable, and provide exceptional experiences for the end user.” Manual testing comes with its fair share of challenges; however, it is essential to modernizing public-facing applications.

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Governments should look under the hood to make sure their IT systems are safe from cyber criminals

American City & Country

The first step is to assess the current state of security: the surface area, the technical situation and the practices and processes that govern the human elements of security. Koenig says that if IT leaders don’t have a comprehensive picture of the state of security, they risk neglecting something that is important.

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Review: Barracuda CloudGen Firewall VF50 Helps Federal Agencies Protect Many Assets

FedTech Magazine

Agencies are building complicated hybrid environments that include on-premises and cloud assets, legacy equipment, public-facing websites and more. The assets need protection, but installing security appliances for each one or at every location creates…