While the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has been passed into law and relief is already being distributed to states, counties, cities, tribes, and territories, there are still many lingering questions. One of the top questions coming up - "Will my entity be subject to a single audit?" Most likely the answer is “yes". The last thing you want your government organization to experience is audit findings and the risk of owing money to the...

Delivering modern, efficient, and engaging digital experiences is critical to advancing your agency's mission. Adobe Acrobat Document Cloud (DC) was built to be flexible, providing tools that empower collaboration while you're working remotely — so you can easily integrate it into your existing IT systems and scale it to your future needs! Join our complimentary webinar to discover how your agency can replace paper processes with digital...

The (ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) credential to ensures that cloud security professionals have the required knowledge, skills, and abilities in cloud security design, implementation, architecture, operations, controls, and compliance with regulatory frameworks. The CCSP OnDemand is a self-paced learning solution that covers the 6 domains of the CCSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) in order to study for the CCSP examin...

The federal government’s emphasis on cybersecurity for all agencies has had a dizzying effect on the regulatory environment. Agencies must address Executive Order 14028, mandating a zero trust architecture by September 2024. To get there, they must navigate through the General Services Administration’s approved cloud offerings in the Federal Risk And Management Program (FedRAMP). Then there are the National Institute of Standards a...

Ever since the dawn of the internet, its usefulness lies in the data it handles, whether moving it, storing it, or calculating with it. As a result, just as Willie Horton once said he robbed banks because “that’s where the money is,” many of today’s cyber bad actors target agencies’ data because they can monetize it. As a result, cybersecurity is akin to the 20th century Cold War. On the one hand, bad actors ...

States, cities and counties across the United States trust Elastic, the industry leader in security, observability and search use cases, to solve their mission-critical problems with data-based insights.Elastic and Collin County took the virtual stage for a conversation exploring a real-world success story involving a single security use case that quickly expanded to other IT departments and personas. During the event, our featured speakers co...

Trust and legitimacy, perceived and real, are as important to the delivery of police service as the ability to clear calls. Modern Evidence-Based Policing (EBP) services have embraced open data and accountable business intelligence systems as critical to these goals. The act of being transparent is important but the ability to invite the community to a conversation supported by a shared understanding of the problem, is the key to democratic po...

After the events of the past few years, security is in the forefront of election officials’ minds. The individual states are responsible for conducting elections, so the National Association of Counties (NACo) at its annual legislative conference just conducted a series of workshops and panels on the range of threats facing election workers and voters alike. While physical threats, intimidation and harassment are primary concerns, there...

Don't miss the SecureWorld Healthcare virtual conference on May 1, 2024, to connect and learn with other cybersecurity professionals in your field! The agenda offers 12 educational sessions and 5 CPE credits.