By David Appel, Vice President of U.S. Federal at AWS For more than a decade, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been at the forefront of enabling government agencies and their partners to deploy secure cloud services through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, known as FedRAMP. This program provides a standardized compliance approach to U.S. […]

By Erich Kron, security awareness advocate at KnowBe4 The federal IT landscape is undergoing a significant transformation. Budget constraints and staffing reductions are pushing agencies to do more with less. For chief information officers (CIOs) and senior policymakers, the challenge is clear: maintain operational excellence and strong cybersecurity defenses while embracing tools that boost efficiency […]

By John Evans, Field Chief Technology Officer, State & Local Government, World Wide Technology It was previously assumed that nation-state actors primarily targeted federal agencies or major enterprises for their national secrets or big-ticket data, rather than investing the time, money, and resources attacking smaller organizations like local or even state governments. In recent years, […]