Cybersecurity Action on National Governor s Association (NGA) Meeting Agenda

No doubt, some readers may be surprised that cybersecurity is even being given precious time along such essential topics as education, job creation and Medicaid. Just the same, as cyber attacks against critical infrastructure have grown in frequency and sophistication over the past few years, the negative impacts to business and government are being felt. If significant attention is not given to current cyber risks, the potential exists for derailing advances made in digital government over the past decade.

The hardest parts for research

One of the hardest parts for research and business leaders is the moving threat target. Should the contingency arise new technologies and advances in mobile computing and cloud computing present new security and privacy challenges.

Building effective virtual government requires new ideas, innovative thinking and hard work. From federal stimulus projects to enterprise architectures to cloud computing, Dan Lohrmann will discuss what's hot and what's not in the world of innovation infrastructure.