Government Contractor Business Ethics

The Department of Defense (DoD) recently released a set of Zero Trust initiatives designed to enhance the security of its networks & systems, modernize DoD infrastructure, prioritize data protection, and implement strong identity & access management controls. It’s an approach closely aligned with the concepts behind SASE, or Secure Access Service Edge. In this episode of GovExec TV, we’ll examine what’s next for Zero Trust in the DoD, where SASE fits in, and how agencies can use those frameworks to improve interoperability & network security at the same time.

Cybersecurity is a complex and growing concern for federal, state and local governments. In their mission to serve the public, government agencies store and manage highly sensitive personal information, making them targets for cyber attacks. As more government offices shift their infrastructure to cloud-based tools, procurement teams need clear and efficient processes for vetting cloud service providers’ security standards.

Government cash management can be defined as “having the right amount of money in the right place and time to meet the government’s obligations in the most cost-effective way”. Despite the clarity of this definition and the multiple references in the IMF-WB Guidelines, the exact perimeter of government cash management is not always consensual: “from the perspective of budget policy or management, it is an internal government function - ensuring that cash flows to where it is needed without wastage or idling. But to debt managers and central banks it is about the impact and management of the government’s cash flows in the financial sector”.

With over 2.1 million Feds representing all departments and agencies on LinkedIn, it has become ubiquitous in the government contracting community.