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Addressing critical K-12 education challenges using data and AI
Serena Sacks-Mandel | General Manager, US Education Customer Success K-12 educators devote their lives to ensuring every child has the opportunity to learn, grow, and achieve their best. However, their work has become more challenging in the past few years.
Beyond the pharma supply chain crisis: Action and impact
Supply chain disruptions have become commonplace: natural disasters, international trade tensions, cyberattacks, and global pandemics are just a few of the shocks that can immobilize pharma companies.
Microsoft expands on cybersecurity commitments for U.S. government agencies
Fostering U.S. economic growth and prosperity hinges on our collective ability to create a safer world. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella recently met with President Biden, cabinet officials, educational institutions, and top executives from some of the largest tech, financial services, insurance, and energy companies to address the critical challenge of cybersecurity.
Uncovering new unknowns: How to approach EDR & logging Cyber EO milestones
Our ongoing series on the Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order (EO) has covered considerable ground to date — from demystifying the Zero Trust journey to providing strategies for securing critical software and classifying agency data — but there is still work to be done as we look ahead to the next wave of approaching milestones.
EO Strategies for Securing Critical Software & Classifying Agency Data
So far in our ongoing series on the Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order (EO) to bolster the U.S. Government’s resilience against cyberattacks we’ve taken a look at what’s next for federal agencies and then mapped out major milestones.
Helping state and local government agencies address cyber security
Cyber-attacks against state and local governments are increasing and accelerating – even before COVID, two-thirds of attacks targeted state and local organizations. From January to May of 2020, there was a 350% increase in phishing attempts, with attackers taking advantage of the fear and uncertainty driven by COVID.
Mapping the Cybersecurity Executive Order Milestones
The recent Cybersecurity Executive Order lists July 11 as the first major deadline for all Federal civilian agencies to provide updated plans for adopting cloud technology and implementing a Zero Trust Architecture.
What is human-operated ransomware, and how does it differ from traditional ransomware?
Ransomware existed in small pockets starting in 2013 and was opportunistic, typically affecting one or two devices within an organization. The Cybersecurity Executive Order: What’s Next for Federal Agencies?
U.S. economic growth and prosperity hinges on our country’s ability to secure our most critical assets and invest with confidence in innovative technology that the American people can rely on.Next-generation cloud innovations further enhance national security
Microsoft is committed to ensuring our men and women in uniform and in the intelligence community have access to the best available technology today. During our the recent three-day Virtual National Security Symposium, Microsoft Federal and our partners showcased many of the new and emerging technologies we have developed to help the U.S.