In an April 24, 2012 report, Threats Impacting the Nation, the GAO classified cyber attacks into nine unique threats and provided a definition for each of them. We created the following eBook based on the GAO’s list. Please share them with coworkers and colleagues, and help us educate users about cybersecurity.

This week in Technically News: NC Government Center Seeks Better IT Management; Cybersecurity Help Wanes Due to Government Shutdown; Should CIOs Be Worried About the Federal Shutdown?; Infrastructure Cybersecurity: Carrots and Sticks; How Analytics is Making NYC’s Streets and Buildings Safer.

Paul Laurent, Oracle’s Director of Cybersecurity Strategy, Public Sector, talks to us about public sector cybersecurity for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The following Q&A is part three of a three-part series where we talk private sector and foreign cybersecurity, and the future.

Paul Laurent, Oracle’s Director of Cybersecurity Strategy, Public Sector, talks to us about public sector cybersecurity for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The following Q&A is part two of a three-part series where we talk citizen privacy & Identity-as-a-Service.

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Earlier this summer, the DLT Cloud Advisory Group surveyed our public sector customers to find out where they stood in their adoption of cloud technology. It was no surprise that information security and data privacy continued to top the list as key obstacles holding them back from their migrations. Traditional IT models allowed CIOs and managers to physically see where their data was being stored; moving to the cloud has raised questions about who controls what, especially in terms of data protection.

It’s that time of the year again. The leaves are changing color, the wind is chillier, and Christmas decorations are already out at Target. Today is October 1, and for a decade now that means it’s also the first day of Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

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We’ve been supporting the public sector for over 20 years, so we have a pretty solid understanding of the current financial and technical constraints within federal agencies. In order to alleviate the challenges associated with the disparity between the surge in data and the shrinking of budgets, we have introduced the DLT Storage as a Service (STaaS) offering.

Cloud computing is a global phenomenon. Its promise of rapid procurement of IT services, scaled up and down as necessary, results in the perfect mix for public sector CIOs and program managers looking to save money and improve service delivery. But what about the procurement process for these sought after cloud services?