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Data on short-term rentals helps county collects occupancy tax
June 16, 2021 | NewsPlacer County, Calif., uses the cloud-based Rentalscape platform to identify, track and report short-term rental registrations, bookings and transient occupancy tax payments.
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A solid cloud foundation proves crucial at crunch time
June 15, 2021 | NewsWhen the pandemic hit, agencies’ previous investments in cloud and DevSecOps help them scale websites, manage increased workloads and support telework and application development.
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NIST, FedRAMP push OSCAL for automated cloud review
| NewsThe National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program are advocating the use of the Open Security Controls Assessment Language, a machine-readable language that will help standardize cloud authorization packages and streamline reviews.
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How digitization can break down silos
| NewsAs technology gaps expand and legacy technologies expose weaknesses, agencies need tools that support specialized workflows at the departmental level and have a high degree of interplay at the institutional level.
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NASA expands satellite communications with ‘roaming’ feature
| NewsA new wideband Ka-band communications terminal will allow spacecraft to seamlessly connect to various government and commercial communications networks.
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Georgia, AWS launch cloud talent initiative
| NewsGeorgia is partnering with Amazon Web Services to provide cloud computing training and education to 5,500 high-school and technical college students statewide by 2024.
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Sacramento adopts token-based authentication
June 14, 2021 | NewsTo fight account-takeover attacks and streamline remote access, city officials issued Yubikeys to make multifactor authentication easy and secure for 500 employees.
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Observability: The foundation of zero-trust networks
| NewsBy identifying and tracking every app, user and transaction flow, agencies can gain complete visibility into their entire cyber ecosystem and build a zero-trust architecture.
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Decoy system diverts hackers from critical infrastructure
| NewsCybersecurity researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are luring hackers into an artificial world to give defenders more time to reinforce protections on cyber-physical systems.
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How an app to decrypt criminal messages was born ‘over a few beers’ with the FBI
| NewsA custom-built messaging app preloaded on special handsets was equipped with a backdoor that allowed law enforcement to decrypted criminals’ messages.