Understanding & Navigating Government Contracting Policies

Government agencies have become prime targets for cyberattacks. To combat this issue, the federal government has announced a $1 billion investment that will help fund a cyber grant program specifically for state, local and territorial governments across the U.S. But with so many solutions available for enhancing cybersecurity systems, it can still be difficult to know the best place to start. One area ripe for innovation is data security. The Zero Trust data security framework has gained prominence as a viable defense against ransomware. With state and local governments increasingly becoming ransomware targets, it makes sense for agencies to begin enhancing their cybersecurity defense with Zero Trust data security solutions.

As state and local government processes have grown increasingly complex over the past several years, the public sector has seen a widening efficiency gap. Organizations keep acquiring new solutions to streamline workflows, but the machinery of government just gets more and more complicated. Technologies aimed at improving operations just add new layers of complexity and frustration.

Government IT leaders are facing an increasing number of challenges. From the shortage of skilled IT talent to increasing innovation requests to cybersecurity concerns, IT teams must balance resources and budgets carefully to meet the changing needs of governments and constituents.

UK time we will host the third instalment of our Brexit Webinar series. We will discuss the latest developments, including the Withdrawal Agreement the EU and UK agreed on this week. Hopefully, the agreement will be agreed on by the UK Parliament, but in case the progress does not go as planned, we will start discussing contingency planning and what institutions in the UK and EU can do to prepare.