Federal agencies must find new and more efficient ways to deliver citizen services, boost employee productivity, optimize operations, and protect their systems and data. This year’s theme, "Empowering Modern and Secure Government” will focus on strategies for simplifying I.T. - so organizations can free up limited resources for use in much-needed innovation.

This week in Technically News: IaaS Performance Benchmarks Part 2: AWS; CryptoLocker, Kegotip, Medfos Malware Triple-Threat; How Government IT Uses Virtualization to Lock Down Clouds; State CIO Scramble to Keep Pace with Technology; 7 Keys to More Modern & Secure Government.

Paul Laurent, Oracle’s Director of Cybersecurity Strategy, Public Sector, talks to us about public sector cybersecurity for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The following Q&A is part three of a three-part series where we talk private sector and foreign cybersecurity, and the future.

Paul Laurent, Oracle’s Director of Cybersecurity Strategy, Public Sector, talks to us about public sector cybersecurity for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The following Q&A is part two of a three-part series where we talk citizen privacy & Identity-as-a-Service.

Paul Laurent, Oracle’s Director of Cybersecurity Strategy, Public Sector, talks to us about public sector cybersecurity for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The following Q&A is part one of a three-part series where we talk NIST, FICAM, and the Federal and SLED sectors.

This week in Technically News: Symantec to Start Revoking Customer’s SSL Certificates by October 1; Oracle Launches Cloud Services Built for Government Agencies; Red Hat CIO Takes an Open-Source Approach to Security & BYOD; Are Federal IT Initiatives Strangling Agency Networks; 13 Cloud Computing Stats for CIOs; Cybersecurity Legislation: What’s Next.

It has become a top priority for government agencies to maintain a secure directory without limiting the amount of data users can access. The Federal CIO Council’s subcommittee created the FICAM mandate to protect sensitive personal information amidst cybersecurity concerns. Learn how the DLT Solutions Professional Services team worked with Oracle solved an agency's security challenge.

We’ve reached the halfway point of 2013, which also signals the beginning of the federal fiscal year end (FFYE). This is a good time to take a second and survey what we’ve seen so far and what we can expect over the next six months.

This week in Technically News: Google Adds BYOD Management Tools for Android; 4 Government Programs that Drive Innovation; CIA, NSA See Benefits in Double-Barreled Approach to the Cloud; Top 10 Virtualization Killers; Can State & Local Govs Benefit From the US Commerce Department’s Cybersecurity Program; Oracle Launches Database 12c for Clouds.

This week in Technically News: Civic Hackers (the good kind) Help Local Governments; Agencies Hot for Big Data, But Plans, Resources Are Lacking; NIST, DHS Push Security Automation to the Next Stage; Amazon’s Invasion of the CIA is a Seismic Shift in Cloud Computing; Google & Red Hat Collaborate on App Engine in Private Clouds; DLT Solutions & Oracle to Save Navy $60 Million