Archives: Kate Macri

• Zero Trust

From buzzword to White House imperative, zero trust can be a confusing but necessary concept for security strategies.

• Cybersecurity

More education and information-sharing will boost the fight against ransomware, according to federal cyber leaders.

• Zero Trust

Federal agencies can start by applying a zero trust security model to cloud operations.

• Cloud
• Cybersecurity

SolarWinds, CISA and the White House issued new information regarding the state of cyber and advised how to better secure critical infrastructure.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Workforce

Women in tech can supercharge teams' creativity and help them stay under budget, meet deadlines and improve outcomes, studies show, so it’s time for more women to pursue tech careers, according to a lead Department of Labor official speaking at GovernmentCIO Media & Research’s Women Tech Leaders event Thursday.

Norman Speicher was looking at colleges in Boston, Massachusetts, with his daughter when he made a 911 call on behalf of someone who suddenly fainted.

• Cybersecurity

The U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed Jen Easterly as the second director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) late Monday evening as ransomware attacks pound federal agencies and critical infrastructure companies across the U.S.

• Supply Chain
• Zero Trust

The Department of Homeland Security is in the process of setting up a supply chain risk management office to report to the chief information security officer, DHS CIO Eric Hysen told GovernmentCIO Media & Research.

• Cybersecurity
• Supply Chain

Department of Homeland Security cyber leaders see President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity as the beginning of a “journey” to develop more comprehensive, consistent cybersecurity strategies at federal agencies.

• Uncategorized

The Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) helped the Department of Homeland Security transfer IT operations rapidly to the cloud, but its program managers are setting their sights even higher for the next iteration of the platform to include artificial intelligence and automation.

The Defense Department's Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) is a multi-level cybersecurity certification system for contractors doing business with the federal government.

Ranking and prioritizing data based on its criticality to the mission is key to a secure and intelligent data strategy, according to comments from Department of Homeland Security data leaders and a new white paper from Commvault, a data management software company.