Cue Health Launches New COVID-19 Testing Program for Schools
Med-tech company Cue Health hopes to expand the use of its COVID-19 test among schools looking for fast and accurate results through a new program announced Monday. The company says the test is simple to administer and read, without the need for a lab. A contributed photo from Cue Health shows how its proprietary over-the-counter COVID-19 test can be administered and read via a cartridge reader connected to a mobile device.
Public school districts across the country are on the lookout for new methods to monitor the spread of COVID-19 as millions of K-12 students make the gradual return to in-person learning. And with some tests taking days to record and send results, officials need tests that promise both speed and accuracy.
5 Questions Investors Will Ask About Your Gov Tech Business
So you ve got investors calling and emailing about your company. Now you ll need to prepare to talk to them. Here s how to cover financials, technical details and your story when talking with interested parties. Shutterstock/Africa Studio
In last month’s article, we talked about the five types of folks who might want to buy a gov tech business. Now that you understand these groups, you’ve decided to respond to the emails and set up introduction calls.
Just like a job interview, you should prepare and have answers to the common questions you’ll be asked.
Mississippi CISO Has a New Title, But the Same Job
CISO, or data services director? The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services recently updated its website, a source told Government Technology, resulting in department officials having two titles. Mississippi State Capitol (Pieter van de Sande/Unsplash)
Chief information security officer, or data services director? The Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services website listed Jay White, the department’s current CISO, as data services director last Friday. However, when asked to confirm which title is correct, a department spokesperson said both but one title holds a little more weight than the other.
Supply Chain Hackers Strike Hard at Government Entities
Find out what has driven the scale of these hacks to increase and what governments can do to protect themselves from bad actors infiltrating their networks. by SecureLink / April 5, 2021 SPONSORED
The recent spate of large supply chain data breaches has affected government organizations across the national, state and local levels. The SolarWinds attack discovered in December of last year exposed many top U.S. federal agencies to Russian hackers. This breach, billed as one of the largest of all time, came through an infected update from a software provider. This was followed pretty quickly by the revelation that French government agencies had been hacked in a multiyear effort, also by the Russians, that used a network monitoring tool similar to SolarWinds. And just in the last few weeks, we have heard that Accellion, a company that offers security software, was