Federal and state agencies recently received a C- from U.S. Senate investigators on the Homeland Security Committee, failing to implement basic safeguards against cyberattacks and putting millions of Americans’ personal information at risk. Agencies face tremendous challenges modernizing their data infrastructure, the most important of which is data migration.
The data, security, and cost challenges with data include issues surrounding awareness of what data exists, its purpose, who needs access to it, and how frequently. Security challenges include issues relating to cybersecurity, data privacy, and other threats. Lastly, issues with cost include the initial cost of data migration and subsequent cloud storage fees.