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Making Every Agency Employee a Security Advocate

The rising numbers of data breaches should come as no surprise to federal IT security pros who work every day to ensure agency information is secure. However, these breaches may…

4 Strategies to Improve App Performance

Optimizing application performance has more to do with the entire application environment than it does with the individual application. It’s critical for federal IT pros to be able to see…

Giving SIEM Tools a Role in Your IT Security Operations

While there is no one single solution to guard agencies against all cyberthreats, there are tools that can certainly go a long way toward managing and understanding the cyberthreat landscape.…

Assessing Your Agency’s Cloud Readiness

A recent report regarding the modernization of Federal Information Technology (IT), coordinated by the American Technology Council (ATC) in 2017, called for agencies to “identify solutions to current barriers regarding…

The 5 Elements of Application Performance Management

By Paul Parker, SolarWinds Federal & National Government Chief Technologist Every federal IT pro understands the importance of network monitoring, systems management, database performance monitoring, and other essential functions. The…

Five Must-dos of Database Performance Management

Here is an interesting article from my colleague Joe Kim, in which he explores database performance management. Databases are complex, multifaceted, and vital to the health of every agency. They…

AI Should Not Replace Established Security Practices

Here is an interesting article from my colleague Joe Kim, in which he discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on cybersecurity.   Agencies are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and…

Interview: Why the UK NHS is Struggling to Move to the Cloud

Despite ploughing more than £50m into the digital transformation of the NHS, evidence suggests only a handful of trusts have adopted the Government’s “cloud first” policy.   NHS Digital spent…

Tips for Managing Wireless Sensor Networks in Your Data Center

Here is an interesting article from my colleague, Joe Kim, in which he points out some of the challenges of managing wireless sensor networks.   For several years, government network…

5 Fundamental Strategies for Cybersecurity

Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Joe Kim, in which he offers suggestions to reduce cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Agencies should focus on the basics to protect against attacks The government’s…