This week in Technically News: Absolute Security is a Myth; NIST Cybersecurity Framework: Don’t Underestimate It; Government IT and the Promise of Agile Development; How a Cybersecurity Expert Protects His Smartphone; Cyberthreats For 2014.

This week in Technically News: Battling Malware and Madware; Is PaaS the Savior of the Federal Datacenter Consolidation Initiative; Symantec Gets FISMA Certification for Shared Service Products; 7 IT Strategies for 2014; Less Malware Predicted for 2014 But New Tactics Emerge.

This week in Technically Speaking: What IT Can Teach Utilities About Cybersecurity & Smart Grids; Open Source Benefits to Govt Outweigh Misconceptions, Report Says; 5 Ways to Keep large IT Projects From Tanking; Continuous Monitoring, Maintenance Needed to Maintain Cybersecurity; Improving Federal Cybersecurity Need Not Involve Congress.

This week in Technically News: AWS WorkSpaces May Spark Federal Demand for Desktop-as-a-Service; Agency CIOs Thinking Smarter as IT Spending Declines; Congress Embarks on Government IT Reform; How Federal Cybersecurity Measures Can Apply to Healthcare; DLT Builds Navy New Portal to Manage Oracle Tools.

We decided to teach our employees about cybersecurity. So we phished them to find out what would happen. Read about those results, the lessons we learned, and how we trained employees on the danger.

In this week's Technically News: 11 Concerning Cybersecurity Stats About the Federal Government; A Few Places Where Government Tech Procurement Works; Why Public Sector Gets Technology Wrong; Agencies Widen Open-Source Use; Who's in Charge? Cybersecurity: State vs. Federal Roles.

In this week's Technically News: Federal Agencies Lagging on IT Savings Mandate; 9 Trends for 2014 & Beyond; Users Offer 10 Security Tips to IT Staff; Is FedRAMP Working? It Better; Government Agencies Have No Way of Warning Each Other About a Cyber Attack

In this week's Technically News: The Danger of Cybersecurity 'Ghettos'; Federal Tiger Team Crafted Mobile Security Guidelines; Mellanox Optimizes Network Gear for OpenStack; Why We Need Digital Government Strategy 2.0; Federal Agencies Advised To Brace For Big Data; DLT, NetApp Unveil Cloud Storage Suite for Govt Market.

As we are at the close of this year's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, which also marked the launch of the Healthcare.gov web site, it seems fitting to take a look at healthcare-related cybersecurity risks.

Today, Garrett Dunwoody brings us insight into open data and security at the local level for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Garrett spent a decade involved in the geospatial technology space within the public sector before taking on the role of Open Data Manager for San Mateo County.