GovLoop Academy

Agencies have more potential attackers than ever to consider, but oftentimes, the most potent dangers are the ones that come from within an organization. Insider threats have tried to infiltrate agencies for years, and because ...

The rapid rise in government applications has created significant benefits for the public sector. But while software applications are transforming the face of government, they are also expanding government’s technology footprin...

The federal government manages more than $90 billion worth of information technology, including newer cloud solutions and some systems that are decades old. Regardless of the type of system, agencies are responsible for ensurin...

By taking this course, you will be enrolled in five lessons about DDoS attacks and how to prevent them. We will explore what DDoS attacks are, what an attack could mean for your agency, how to prepare for an attack and what to ...

Government agencies are changing the way they achieve their missions. They are procuring, deploying, and even creating their own digital services to help meet rising citizen and employee demands. This collective effort is calle...

The Defense Department created Comply to Connect (C2C) as a way to secure its growing array of network endpoints. It is a formal framework for validating new devices, evaluating their compliance with DoD security policies, and ...

Secure network access is a cornerstone capability for the public sector. Government employees must be able to contribute to their missions on day one, and they need a more secure and reliable means of accessing the agency netwo...

Governments at all levels are increasingly taking a proactive, department-wide approach to cybersecurity. They’re starting to invest in emerging technologies like artificial intelligence to supplement their modest staff sizes. ...

In an effort to enhance the federal government’s cyber posture, the Department of Homeland Security created the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, or CDM, program. CDM provides DHS, and other federal agencies, the capabilit...

This is a five-lesson course on Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, a Department of Homeland Security program that provides government agencies automated cybersecurity capabilities to defend against today’s advanced threats....