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TECHNOLOGY, TOOLS AND TACTICS FOR PUBLIC SECTOR IT SEPTEMBER 2015 • VOLUME 34, ISSUE 9 TECH IN CONTEXT: Why SDN matters Page 26 CASE STUDY: A five-state collaboration on benefits data TECHNOLOGY, TOOLS AND TACTICS FOR PUBLIC SECTOR IT Page 28 SEPTEMBER 2015 • VOLUME 34, ISSUE 9 INSIDE DOD’S GLOBAL GRID What DISA is doing to strengthen security and improve situational awareness PAGE 18 0915gcn_0c1.indd 1 9/3/15 3:58 PM Take the complexity out of CDM. Think beyond compliance. Think ahead. HP Enterprise Security Products offers a complete solution to maintain secure data environments and meet agency missions. Our approach to CDM reduces compliance to four simple, integrated steps. We provide industry leading best-of-breed cybersecurity products to modernize agency infrastructure for improved efficiency and increased protection of networks and information systems. 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WELSH biometric future 22 ‘Checkbook’ websites shine light on spending 10 DARPA takes the sting Sites that share spending data with the public can save time and out of DDoS attacks money, but many states still have a long way to go 11 The Army’s health BY JENNI BERGAL platform embraces fitness-tracking TECH IN CONTEXT 26 Why SDN matters COMMENTARY To understand the potential of software-defined networking, it is important to know where it came from and what it can do 12 CYBEREYE Dumb and dumber: BY MIKE YOUNKERS Shadow BYOD CASE STUDIES 13 EMERGING TECH 28 Multistate database cuts duplicate benefits Augmented reality: Coming to a city near Hurricane Katrina prompted five states to pool their information you to reduce fraud and abuse of disaster and food assistance 14 INDUSTRY INSIGHT BY STEPHANIE KANOWITZ How to wring every 30 County first reponders get mobile data system ounce of performance from data center storage Maryland’s Frederick County installed laptops in fire and rescue vehicles to share real-time data and reduce voice radio traffic 15 INDUSTRY INSIGHT How to minimize the BY AMANDA ZIADEH impact from DDoS HOW TO attacks 31 10 steps to secure your print processes 16 INDUSTRY INSIGHT 5 best practices Multifunction printers are as vulnerable as computers, so agencies for reducing risk in must incorporate them into information security plans communication archives BY CHRIS STRAMMIELLO GCN (ISSN 0738-4300) is published 11 times a year, monthly except Dec by 1105 Media, Inc., 9201 Oakdale Avenue, Ste. 101, Chatsworth, CA 91311. 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