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Government agencies and public sector organizations are a tantalizing hacker target. Cybercriminals go after public sector organizations because they hold confidential, often classified, information – the exact data state-sponsored and other criminal groups salivate over. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, or CISA, along with the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or CERT, have warned public sector IT of key threats.

The Datadog Service Catalog is a centralized hub of information around the performance, reliability, security, efficiency, and ownership of your distributed services. By using the Service Catalog, teams can eliminate knowledge silos and realize seamless DevSecOps workflows.

In our last blog, we outlined why now is the perfect time for MSPs to embrace co-managed services and discussed why this approach represents a strategic leap forward for them in an era where adaptability and partnership are the keys to success.

There are plenty of excellent platforms and tools available to fuel digital transformation. Increasingly, too, they’re a low-code or no-code solution: a suite of software that can build automation, analytics & applications from the ground up without extensive development skills. These tools level the playing field for businesses that want to automate unique processes, gather data and improve their customer and employee experiences.

Today, automation has shifted from being a luxury to an absolute necessity, especially within the realm of networks. This shift is driven by the rapid evolution of network technologies, compliance standards, and evolving business needs, placing an increasingly daunting burden on network administrators to manage these tasks manually.

When it comes to creating automated process workflows, there is no shortage of tools on the market. StartingPoint is a great example of a workflow automation platform that makes it easy for even the most non-technical users to create automated process workflows in just a few simple clicks. ‍ The real magic happens when you define a sequence of tasks for the tool to follow, achieving a specific goal with machine-like efficiency and precision. ‍ ‍

In today’s digital age, adopting public cloud platforms like Amazon Web Services (AWS) security means reinforcing them. AWS is a complex and versatile platform. When problems or security incidents arise, it's important to have a systematic approach to investigation and analysis or it can quickly become noisy with lots of false positives. This is where the Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (MITRE ATT&CK) framework can help.

The tech landscape is a whirlwind of continuous evolution, making the role of a DevOps engineer more crucial than ever. A "pragmatic" DevOps engineer stands out as a beacon of efficiency and practicality in this dynamic environment.

Synthetic monitoring in Cloud Monitoring tests the availability, consistency, and performance of a web application from a real user’s perspective.