SecurityScorecard Weekly Brief: The Cyber Risk and Policy Edition - Amanda Smith

🏛️ In this week’s Weekly Brief: The Cyber Risk and Policy Edition, SecurityScorecard’s Director, Public Sector Channel Amanda Smith unpacks the complexity of government procurement in the expansion of public sector vendors and how that impacts the technologies available to government entities.

🌐 Historically, government partners have been slowed down by the nature of the government procurement process but changes implemented by the administration are changing this precedent.

“The reality of a slow pace of procurement means slower adoption of technology for the federal government or the state and local entities or even higher education institutions. So, while our technology changes every day, there's new versions sometimes by the second.”

📈 Smith points out that accelerating this process with the proper protocols helps keep government agencies and entities modern to serve their intended purposes.

📊 However, this means real time threat intelligence is critical to ensure agencies are watching for gaps in live time as they adopt new technologies.

“Having data that's outdated by even an hour can create a risk for these customers who are so mission driven.”

👉 Subscribe to SecurityScorecard on YouTube for more insights on cyber risk, AI-empowered TPRM programs, supply chain security, and the evolving cyber threat landscape.

To learn more about how you can leverage AI from SecurityScorecard in your TPRM program, visit our TITAN platform page: https://securityscorecard.com/platform/

#CyberSecurity #PublicSector #TechStack #ThirdPartyRisk #VendorManagement #SupplyChainSecurity #Procurement