Last year, modernization initiatives for state and local agencies could be largely categorized as fast, reactive decisions to keep operations running during the pandemic. However, today CIOs and CISOs need to take a step back to consider larger questions around the security implications of those decisions.

Security advisor Wendy Nather says findings from a recent security survey can help organizations, regardless of their budget situations, identify which practices are likely to deliver the greatest security improvements. 

The Security Outcomes Study surveyed nearly 5,000 IT, security and privacy leaders from 25 countries, to gain a clearer picture about which practices correlate to statistically better outcomes for organization.

This podcast was produced by StateScoop and sponsored by Duo Security.

Guest: Wendy Nather, Head of Advisory CISOs, Cisco’s Duo Security

Host:Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group”

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Strategies to get more out of existing security tools

It’s a particularly difficult time for state and local agencies, some of which have moved to almost 100% remote work over the course of days. The number of users accessing government networks and applications from outside the organization’s perimeter has created an urgent security problem.

As CIOs respond to this new surge in remote work, they have an opportunity to deploy future-ready security solutions that can be quickly implemented and managed from the cloud. Sponsored by Duo Security.

Guests from Duo Security: Bart Green, VP, SLED and Sean Frazier, Advisory CISO, Federal

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Security upgrades for the remote workforce, with Duo Security's Bart Green and Sean Frazier

EDUCAUSE recently released its report on the top IT issues that education institutions will face in 2021, and it’s no surprise that the focus was on how schools will move forward with digital learning platforms both during and following the pandemic. 

Among its conclusions, “the report says security threats aren't going to lessen. But with reduced budgets, institutions are going to have to prioritize their security spending even more carefully,” says Okta's Kelsey Nelson.  

Nelson highlights some of the report’s findings and discusses how schools can enhance their technology strategies by capitalizing on identity and access management solutions which mitigate security risks and improve user experience. Sponsored by Okta.

Guest: Kelsey Nelson, Product Marketing Manager, Okta
Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group

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Accelerating digital tools to support student success in higher education

The pandemic fundamentally changed the way agencies approach user access to systems and data. With telework, IT departments had to confront weakness in identity management that weren’t designed for large numbers of unmanaged devices connecting from offsite networks. The shift in security drew a distinction between authenticator tools and authentication controls, says Duo Security’s Bryan Rosensteel.

Efforts to configure security workarounds put a spotlight on modernizing authentication and identity technology for 2021, he explains in this podcast. Sponsored by Duo Security.

Guest: Bryan Rosensteel, Cybersecurity Architect, Public Sector, Cisco’s Duo Security

Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group

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Lessons learned in federal IT in 2020 — and what’s next

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