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The pandemic has pushed the focus of cyber criminals to the “work at home” infrastructure as many companies and governments moved to the cloud for their digital operations and employees worked from home.

It’s hard to believe that 18 months ago, a major global pandemic turned our world upside down and resulted in unimaginable consequences. Overnight, we had to rethink learning, work and health care.

Smart cities could transform urban living for the better. However, in order to mitigate the risks of cyber threats that can be exacerbated by inadequately secured and mobile edge computing (MEC) technologies, government officials should be aware of smart cities security concerns associated with their supporting infrastructure.

How the convergence of security and networking is accelerating government agencies journey to the cloud.

Microsoft Teams quickly became the business application of choice as state and local governments raced to equip remote teams and maintain business continuity during the COVID-19 lockdown. But in the rush to deploy Teams, many organizations overlook, ignore or fail to anticipate some of the administrative hurdles to successful adoption. As more organizations have matured their use of Teams, a set of lessons learned has emerged to help agencies ensure a successful Teams rollout – or correct course on existing implementations.

Five Key Criteria for Selecting the Right Technology Solution for Communications and Notifications

The city of Santa Ana, Calif., has selected Clariti’s Building Permit Software to modernize its permitting, enforcement and inspections applications.

The benefits of a customer-centric strategy are not confined to private entities. The same holds for government agencies. Government entities at all levels can benefit by prioritizing citizens' needs and wants.

Workplace safety is in the spotlight as government leaders adapt to a prolonged pandemic.

A proactive cybersecurity approach can save your organization from the threats that come from cyber attacks. The government’s recent mandates can help inform your proactive security strategy.

Cloud technologies have definitely proven their value to the public sector over the last 18 months. Agile and powerful, the cloud offers governments the ability to innovate at scale while leveraging existing infrastructure to affordably modernize government IT. But things are just heating up for the future of cloud. As current cloud strategies become proven, they’ll need to evolve into something new – a “Future Cloud” approach.

Governments around the nation are working to design the best vaccine policies that keep both their employees and their residents safe. Although the latest data shows a variety of polarizing perspectives, there are clear emerging best practices that leading governments are following to put trust first: creating policies that are flexible and provide a range of options, and being in tune with the needs and sentiments of their employees so that they are able to be dynamic and accommodate the rapidly changing situation.

When confronted with challenges, resilient organizations adapt and innovate to address changing customer needs. Through its partnership with Google Cloud, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development exemplifies this evolutionary approach. 

Making the transition to a hyper-distributed cloud environment requires technology leaders to embrace a new approach to IT management. Here are four strategies that can operationalize a cloud smart environment for governments, their workforce and their constituents.

COVID-19 tested the foresight of Maryland’s IT leadership when the state’s Department of Human Services (DHS) went all-in with cloud services. Facing the threat of a pandemic, Maryland aced the test — shifting seamlessly to a remote work model while continuing to deliver essential services to the state’s most vulnerable residents.

The new cybersecurity executive order mandates zero-trust security requirements for federal information systems. Here's what you must know about the U.S. zero-trust standards from NIST.