We’re thrilled to announce that Greg Crabb, who served as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from 2015 to 2021, has recently partnered with the W2 Communications team as one of our first CISO advisors. Crabb is the first of many industry veterans of his ilk that we will work […]
Welcome to December! Following the Thanksgiving break, we saw a flurry of tech media coverage on recent activity on Capitol Hill, the incoming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and more. Here are some of the trending stories in our latest weekly roundup: Up on the Hill Legislators are rushing to push forward tech bills before […]
This week, we noticed a lot of tech news coming out of the Department of Defense, as well as a lot of reporting at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity. Here are some of the trending stories in our latest weekly roundup: Focus on Defense Defense and government tech publications this week reported on topics […]
Troy Schneider, executive vice president and general manager at Billington CyberSecurity, has been at the forefront of news and influence in the public sector technology space for more than three decades. Schneider served as the editor-in-chief at Federal Computer Week and Government Computer News and later as editor at large with GovExec. Now at Billington […]
When I joined W2 Communications a month ago, it was a strategic move to combine what would’ve been my independent marketing consulting with their existing digital, content strategy, custom research–and, of course, what we are best known for: public relations. As I’ve said ad nauseam, the firm is the primary one I’ve been hiring or […]
Amid the continuing barrage of news regarding the incoming Trump Administration, government tech media outlets were mainly focused on the implications for cybersecurity policy. We’ve compiled some of the trending news in our latest roundup: The New Administration’s Impacts on Cybersecurity Much of the post-election coverage this week in government tech media focused on forthcoming […]
On this episode of Inside the Media Minds, our hosts Christine Blake and Madison Farabaugh discuss the upcoming 2025 cybersecurity prediction season and the evolving world of cybersecurity with Kevin Townsend, Senior Contributor at SecurityWeek. Kevin’s role at SecurityWeek is at the intersection of his two passions, writing and learning. He notes, “You cannot say […]
We need not to tell you where the attention of the government tech media (or any other media sector for that matter) was focused this week. The week started with speculation about where things were headed and has ended with…more speculation about where things are headed. Here’s our roundup of the trending news in Government […]
Welcome to November! With the election looming, we saw a fair amount of election security stories this week in government technology media outlets. However, reporters seemed even more concerned with developments in government AI. Here’s our roundup of the trending topics in the Government Tech Media: Last Minute Election Security Updates As is often the […]
Long before joining W2 Communications, I’ve been a very vocal advocate about the importance of brand awareness and public relations for driving revenue. Early last year, I spoke pretty boldly on the Breaking Through in Cybersecurity Marketing podcast about the shortsighted decisions companies were making to cut back on brand and public relations as they […]