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Critical infrastructure is defined as “systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, vital to the United States.

We’ll explore five recommendations to ensure organizations are well-prepared for data consolidation.

Doing more with less – that’s been a common theme in the Government IT space, even more so in the last decade. Budget growth has slowed dramatically while information technology capabilities and user demands skyrocket. Finding ways to create efficiencies and provide new solutions for customers with flat budgets is paramount. Data Center rationalization, transformation, and consolidation offers perhaps the best opportunity to provide the same or better service with a smaller footprint and greater efficiency. Government agencies think so too: in August 2016, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finalized a new data center consolidation directive seeking 25% cost reductions through 2018. The directive encourages data center consolidation and notes that any recommended new data center construction budgets won’t be approved without prior consent of OMB. While data center consolidation and rationalization promise great benefits, these consolidations present significant challenges.

In this final installment in our series on ransomware, we will discuss what you and your organization can do to protect yourself from the threat of ransomware and how to mitigate the damages, both financially and to your organizational reputation, if you find yourself the victim of an attack.

Enterprise knowledge management is an important, ongoing process.

Destruction is the only guarantee that data won't be stolen.

Risk analysts struggle to calculate, prioritize and communicate risks to the Authorizing Official (AO), who accepts or denies the risk in support of a system’s accreditation based on a risk report.

Part 2 of a 2-part series on Crypto-ransomware By Andrew Paulette Editor's Note: This two-part series was published in 2016.

Part 1 of a 2-part series on Crypto-ransomware By Andrew Paulette Editor's Note: This two-part series was published in 2016.

By Marvin Marin NetCentrics Technology Program Manager and Cybersecurity Expert Security Operation Centers (SOCs) are built on the concept of managing and monitoring a bulwark of layered defenses.