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US Supreme Court Ruling Underscores Need for Zero Trust Model

The US Supreme Court’s decision, earlier this summer, in Van Buren v. United States, should put agencies on notice. This recent ruling underscores the need for public sector entities to adopt a Zero Trust Model to prevent access to sensitive data. The lawsuit stated a former Georgia police sergeant used his patrol-car computer to access

Cost-Effective Subscription-Based Cybersecurity for the US Public Sector

The US public sector faces a myriad of cybersecurity threats. As the number of cyberattacks against US government agencies and organizations increase, it becomes ever more evident that the current, outdated approach to cybersecurity for the US public sector is not sustainable. Gartner projects that more than $4.2 trillion will be

Hardened Backup: a Zero Trust Solution for Our Nation’s Cybersecurity

The Origins of Zero Trust The federal government continues to be a major target of cyberattacks today, and we project that the attacks will only become more sophisticated in the remainder of 2021 and beyond. If you keep pace with cybersecurity trends, you have undoubtedly heard the

Replacing Symantec Ghost?

As the old saying goes, “time is money.” Using traditional methods, provisioning a new PC could take hours. If you need to get 10 machines going, your IT manager could spend an entire week just on this one project. To optimize your limited IT resources,

How North Carolina can utilize remaining CARES Act funds for Cybersecurity

It's been well over a year since the CARES Act-- the act providing relief to individuals and businesses via specialized funds in light of the COVID 19 pandemic -- was signed into law. Still, as the country continues to wrestle with the economic impacts of

How Florida can utilize remaining CARES Act funds for Cybersecurity

Billions of dollars of economic relief have been made available to public and private sectors since the CARES Act was signed into law in 2020. Still, much of these funds continue to sit unused. Florida is among the list of states with the most CARES

How Oregon can utilize remaining CARES Act funds for Cybersecurity

Since 2020 when the CARES act was signed into law, billions of dollars of economic relief funds have been made available to both public and private sectors impacted by COVID-19. Unfortunately, despite the great need for economic stimulus, much of these funds continue to sit

How California can utilize remaining CARES Act funds for Cybersecurity

In the more than one year since the CARES Act was passed, billions of dollars of relief have been made available to public and private sector entities. Still, a large amount of these funds remain unused. California is one of the top five states with

How Texas can utilize remaining CARES Act funds for Cybersecurity

It's been over a year since the CARES Act was passed, providing relief to individuals and businesses via specialized funds. Even so, as the country begins to move closer to a post-pandemic world, a large amount of these funds remain unspent. As it turns out,

Why Should US Public Sector Entities Invest Remaining Funds from CARES Act in Cybersecurity?

It has been over one year since the passing of the $2.2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). Even so, at this juncture, a significant volume of funds appears to remain grossly underspent, including funding from both the Coronavirus Relief Fund

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