CyberScape Recap
What challenges and opportunities exist to modernize agency systems to secure the nation’s most critical IT operations amid COVID-19? Hear from cybersecurity leaders from the Department of Health and Human Services, Veterans Affairs, Defense Health Administration and more about how their agencies are strategically ramping up and scaling IT capabilities to monitor, meet and successfully prevent cyber threats.
CyberScape Panels
InfoSec, Women in Cyber Leadership, and Cyber Resiliency Panels
Hear from Tom Hines (DHA) and La Monte Yarborough (HHS OIG) as they discuss health infosec with moderator Amy Kluber, managing editor at GovernmentCIO Media & Research. Also, Katie Arrington (DOD), Jothi Dugar (NIH), Venice Goodwine (USDA) and Leslie Harlien (Dell Technologies) participated in a panel on Women in Cyber Leadership, moderated by Jackie Medina, from GovernmentCIO. In addition, Timothy Amerson (VA), Sean Connelly (CISA, John Fanguy (Micro Focus) and Ronald Ross (NIST) shared ideas about cyber resiliency, on a panel moderated by GovernmentCIO’s own Raymond Lo Presti.
Topics included safeguarding protected patient information tied to COVID-19 hospital admissions, to ensuring data integrity for clinical vaccine research and the timely delivery of medical supplies.
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Leaders Explore the Human Element in Cybersecurity
Federal cybersecurity strategies need to prioritize people.
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More Women and Minorities Needed in Cybersecurity
With an increase in evolving cyberattacks during the COVID-19 pandemic and an overall shortage of cybersecurity workers worldwide, federal cyber leaders are calling for people with diverse skillsets, experiences, and talent to fill the gap — especially women and minorities.
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How HHS OIG, DHA Handle Cybersecurity Challenges During a Pandemic
If federal agencies want to strengthen their cybersecurity posture in a significant way, they should invest in cybersecurity best practices exercises and human education, according to cyber-focused officials at the Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General and the Defense Health Agency.
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Next-Gen Cybersecurity Must Account for Complexity and Variability
The abrupt mass shift to remote work amidst COVID-19 and ongoing adoption of "internet of things" capacities have presented newfound challenges for protecting sensitive data, adaptations that have required an evolution in cybersecurity methods to ensure federal systems are properly safeguarded.
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