The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published the fourth revision of the cybersecurity guide, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal information Systems and Organizations - or "SP (Special Publication) 800-53". Here are a few thoughts. Read More »
In this week's Technically News: NetApp Promise BYOD Security Without Using the Cloud; Survey Highlights FDCCI Uncertainty; To Tap Big Data, Federal IT Must Partner with Tech Industry; Government to Share Cybersecurity Information with Private Sector; A Successful Private Cloud Migration Starts with Data and Apps. Read More »
In this week's Technically News: Obama Orders Agencies to Make Data Open, Machine-Readable; Fixing Flaws in Federal Government IT Security; Hearing Set to Probe Data Center Progress; Amazon Web Services Leading Cloud Infrastructure-as-a-Service App Development; Driving Better Governance with Open Source; The Fully-Secure Quantum Internet System. Read More »
DLT Solutions has been a corporate member of the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) for several years. We support the organization's conferences and serve on several NASCIO committees. This year's Midyear Conference was held in April in Washington D.C. and was attended by about 500 state CIOs, CIO staff members, and corporate sponsors. The event is usually rich with panels on topics of keen interest to members and presentations by Federal Government officials, and this year was no exception. Read More »
This week in Technically News: NIST Releases New Security Controls; State & Local Governments Collecting Data, Not Analyzing; Zero-Day Explorer Hack Targets Nuclear Weapons Researchers; Officials Preparing for More Mobile Government; DLT Solutions Named North American Partner of the Year for Google Maps for Business Read More »
The GovDefenders Cybersecurity Event is now on-demand! Register and gain access to eight educational sessions, two keynotes, a panel, and over 100 cybersecurity resources from the world's top IT providers - for free. Read More »
In this week's Technically Speaking: DDoS Attacks Triple in 2012; Amazon Cloud Adds Protection Against DoS Attacks; Two States Overhaul IT to Boost Social Services; Six Open Source Security Myths Debunked; A Checklist for Keeping Mobile Apps Secure. Read More »
In a blog published weeks ago, Van Ristau coined the term "cyberpain" to describe the daily headache you get as a result of keeping your agency cybersecure. You've told us the constant pounding only gets worse when you're trying to explain the complexities involved to others. So we've developed this cybersecurity infographic. Read More »
In this week's Technically News: Can Open Standards Help During the Next Major Disaster; The Search Engine That Finds Everything; DISA Moving Exabytes to the Cloud; Cybersecurity Budgets Increase Across Departments; How Do You Tax the Cloud; U.S. Navy Looks to the Cloud Read More »
Jim Wiggins is the Executive Director of the Federal IT Security Institute and the Wounded Warrior Cyber Combat Academy. He's one of the keynote speakers for this year's GovDefenders free online cybersecurity conference. We've sat down with Jim beforehand to discuss different aspects about cybersecurity training including why budgets for training are decreasing even when spending is increasing, what qualities to look for in a IT security professional, and how training has evolved over the last decade. Read More »