The May 12th Executive Order has government agencies scrambling to move to a zero-trust framework and migrate to the cloud. This can be fraught with potential issues as agencies balance the need to move quickly with the sheer complexity of the task - sometimes at the expense of careful planning. In some instances, agencies could be migrating their current problems to the cloud along with their resources and applications. The challenges in doin...

Keeping up with how cyber threats are evolving is exhausting and time-consuming. But there are very real and serious consequences if you let your cybersecurity slip. And unfortunately, there is no one cybersecurity product or tool that will create a fully secure environment. Agencies need an integrated approach, where various pieces fit together to create a truly secure environment. Join us online with our government and industry experts to ta...

Among other Federal Government initiatives, the Executive Order 14028 of May 2021, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity” triggered the creation of three documents, critical to helping agencies to adopt zero trust cybersecurity principles and adjust their network architectures accordingly. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released a draft Federal Zero Trust Strategy, to adapt and accelerate civilian agencies...

The recent cybersecurity Executive Order emphasizes the need for more structure and to start moving toward a Zero Trust architecture. This architecture is a broad strategy that follows the mantra, "Never trust, always verify," and assumes untrusted actors already exist both inside and outside agency networks. By moving federal agencies toward Zero Trust, their resources can stay protected through an architecture that adapts to the complexity o...

In earlier ATARC Zero Trust sessions, we discussed why Zero Trust is important for securing enterprise resources in a cloud and multi-cloud environment. In this panel discussion, we will dig into practical approaches to executing a Zero Trust modernization plan. Topic experts will cover how priorities and strategies have evolved in the months since the Biden Cybersecurity Executive Order. Join this webinar to hear topics such as: Assessing cur...

The past several months have been marked by a series of major cyber attacks targeting the identity of thousands of organizations. As government agencies seek to strengthen their cyber posture and address evolving threats, zero trust has emerged as a key strategy as network perimeters become increasingly ineffective at securing assets and resources. During this event, Nextgov and Route Fifty are exploring how to build a strategy and roadmap for...

The White House Executive Order issued in May directs federal agencies to, through bold changes and significant investments, apply zero trust practices to strengthen cybersecurity across government and the private sector. The EO sets objectives and timeframes but does not guide the strategies to achieve those outcomes. Unlike many EOs, however, the administration is allocating funding to help agencies undertake the work – from the edge a...

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For more than a year, cybersecurity professionals in the government have been wrestling with a vastly more complicated threat landscape. Millions of employees suddenly working from home, often using their own devices, brought the full impact of “computing at the edge” to light. Meanwhile, high-profile cyber attacks, from the Solar Winds breach to ransomware threatening public safety and national security, have demonstrated the need...

For more than a year, cybersecurity professionals in the government have been wrestling with a vastly more complicated threat landscape. Millions of employees suddenly working from home, often using their own devices, brought the full impact of “computing at the edge” to light. Meanwhile, high-profile cyber attacks, from the Solar Winds breach to ransomware threatening public safety and national security, have demonstrated the need...