Public sector organisations face considerable pressures when developing software to underpin essential citizen services. Delivery timeframes are short, budgets are tight, skills are scarce, and security is paramount. Many public sector organisations often employ experienced contractors to offset the shortage of in-house skills, but this can bring its own challenges when it comes to ensuring consistent security discipline. Contractors often have their own way of doing things and do not always have the security expertise to match their coding abilities.
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Five Security Best Practices Public Sector Organisations Need to Consider
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By Neil Barton
- April 8, 2021
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Neil Barton
Neil brings 20+ years of experience in the IT industry covering hardware, software, services, and managed services to his role at Checkmarx. In the last 10 years he has aligned himself to the evolving challenges of securing the public sector from cyber threats, data breaches, and information management. In that time so much has changed from the types of threats and where they come from, to how organisations fund cyber security initiatives. His current role is to help the public sector become “secure by design” and he leads with strong security principles - from user requirements to go live.
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Neil brings 20+ years of experience in the IT industry covering hardware, software, services, and managed services to his role at Checkmarx. In the last 10 years he has aligned himself to the evolving challenges of securing the public sector from cyber threats, data breaches, and information management. In that time so much has changed from the types of threats and where they come from, to how organisations fund cyber security initiatives. His current role is to help the public sector become “secure by design” and he leads with strong security principles - from user requirements to go live.
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