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Candace Thorson

New York

Managing Editor at GovLoop

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  • 2 weeks ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

    Cloud technology, for many years, enticed agencies looking for savings and efficiencies. Organizations pursued “cloud-first” policies that migrated data and applications away from onsite infrastructure and into the control, at least in part, of cloud service providers. But the cloud was too-good-to-be-true for agencies that faced cost overruns — and many did. And lately, malicious actors have gotten exceptionally good at exploiting cloud vulnerabilities.

  • 3 weeks ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

    Government employees make ample use of cell phones, tablets, laptops, wireless printers and other mobile endpoints that connect to agency networks from locations near and far. The devices improve access and efficiency and can make workers more productive. But faced with a dramatic increase in nation-state and other cyber threats, agencies have come to realize that these off-premises devices are a significant vulnerability.

  • 1 month ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

    Modernization is more than shiny laptops and high-end servers, the tools of advanced IT staff. Often, the most valuable reforms simply help agency employees — in legal, procurement, human resources, facilities management, and other non-technical divisions — leave their manual drudgery behind, so they can perform more mission-critical, satisfying work.  Transitioning to automated, service-based workflows can yield impressive results: lower costs, reduced manhours, and greater efficiency.

  • 1 month ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

    Analytics, Citizen Engagement, Communications, Digital Government Above all, government’s mission is to serve and safeguard the public — with its different needs, preferences and resources — and agencies try hard to engage constituents in new and more effective ways.

  • 2 months ago | govloop.com | Candace Thorson

    Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Digital Government As agencies become more complex and disbursed, their individual security systems — some focused on physical access, such as video surveillance, and some on cyber threats — become difficult to manage. There are too many systems monitoring too many things, and they generate too many alerts to be fully useful.

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