Cloud Security

Survey after survey shows that of all the cyber threats facing organizations in 2019, insider threats top the list. This continues a multi-year trend that reflects the issues faced by…

Cloud migration is top-of-mind for most decision makers in the public sector, but many are still unsure if it can be achieved quickly, cost-effectively, and with robust security. These concerns…

You’ve finally done it! You’ve migrated to the cloud and your agency is poised to reap all the benefits that come with a move to the cloud – agility, cost…

For the better part of a decade, federal agencies have been urged to move to the cloud. The Cloud First policy, issued by former federal CIO, Vivek Kundra in February…

The importance of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) for today’s federal government can’t be overstated. Shrinking budgets are driving the need to enable more advanced IT capabilities…

There’s always an IT news story about how government agencies are poised to embrace the cloud and all the potential in terms of efficiency, optimization, and cost savings that bring…

I am a big fan of Occam’s Razor and the premise that the correct path forward is usually the simplest.  I learned that lesson years ago when I was the…

Five years into the cloud-first initiative and federal IT pros are still divided on the impact cloud computing has had on agency security. According to the 2016 SolarWinds Federal Cybersecurity…

Federal agencies looking to embrace IT modernization via the cloud and virtualization got a lot of useful – and honest – advice from fellow government IT professionals at last month’s…

There’s a common perception in federal government circles that cloud computing is not secure. Matt Goodrich, FedRAMP director, U.S. General Services Administration, addressed this concern and more during the recent…