Federal agencies are taking seriously the administration’s September 2024 deadline for implementing zero trust throughout government systems. When Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” was issued in May 2021, it set tight deadlines for agencies to meet zero trust requirements. One year after the EO was released, a survey found that two-thirds of agencies said they would meet the maturity require...

Phishing continues to be one of the most common internet crimes today, but the stakes have risen enormously as our society has become online-driven. More than 80% of these attacks involve credential misuse in the network. With increased remote workers, users need a seamless mobile device experience to be able to do their jobs. Derived credentials allow agencies to utilize existing investments, adopt modern protocols, and apply phishing-resista...

The 2022 Security Transformation Summit, presented by Fortinet Federal, will take on the pressing issues and technical challenges that public sector cybersecurity and IT management professionals are facing now. Participants will hear from government and industry thought leaders who will discuss 2023 priorities and how to incorporate future-proof security into evolving digital modernization initiatives. Learn how your colleagues from civilian a...

Approaching the one-year anniversary of the Office of Management and Budget’s memorandum on “Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles,” this session will reflect on how agencies are meeting the specific criteria while utilizing ZT architecture. OMB’s memorandum involves centralizing identity management to provide enterprise identity and access management services to reduce the burden on agen...

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Public sector agencies are under pressure to quickly move to secure the nations' critical infrastructure while also improving citizen services. Zscaler provides the tools needed to shift to a modern, direct-to-cloud, zero trust architecture that provides secure, always-on access regardless of location. In this webinar, join Zscaler experts and learn: The value of Zscaler's Zero Trust Exchange Key business transformation use cases How Zscaler c...

The cyber threats public sector organizations face continue to evolve. And all too often, agencies and institutions are focused on securing against the threats of the past rather than planning for the next sophisticated attack. However, with the emergence of security tools built on machine learning, AI, predictive analytics and extended detection and response, that no longer has to be the case. Join leaders from across the public sector techno...

The federal government is well ahead of state and local governments in the implementation of a zero trust architecture because of the White House Executive Order on Cybersecurity last year. But state and local agencies see it in their immediate future - 67 percent of state CIOs who responded to the 2021 Annual State CIO Survey anticipate that introducing or expanding a zero-trust framework will receive more attention in the next two to three y...

In May 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14028 on improving government cybersecurity. The order required that all federal agencies develop a plan to implement zero trust architectures for their IT systems, and set aggressive timelines for achieving this goal by 2024. The National Institute of Standards and Technology defines zero trust as “an evolving set of cybersecurity paradigms that move defenses from static, network-based...

In May of 2021, the White House issued the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, mandating that federal agencies begin taking decisive steps to modernize their approach to cybersecurity, with zero trust as the foundation. In that time, federal agencies have been diligently working to meet the Executive Order’s mandates. Last month, the Office of Management and Budget released M-22-16 Administration Cybersecurity...