In light of recent events, most of the country is now turning to a remote setup very rapidly. As a result, new devices are now establishing remote connections since many employees are connecting their personal computers to the corporate network, making the attack surface bigger than ever before. Compliance, proper network segmentation, and accurate device network access control are extremely challenging for any IT team right now and the attack...

Join Splunk, Forescout, and Carahsoft to see how Forescout provides continuous visibility of connected devices to Splunk to better identify, prioritize, and respond to incidents. The joint integration also enables the getting and storing of Forescout actions in Splunk. Policy-driven actions can be triggered by Splunk and executed through Forescout for immediate incident response. Forescout sends the action results to Splunk to facilitate close...

Adopting a zero trust architecture is certainly not a new concept but its implementation has never felt as urgent as it does now. With sophisticated and tireless cyber threats, a permanently expanded perimeter defining the next normal, and increased support from the current administration to prioritize its advancement, federal agencies are taking unprecedented measures to modernize their security efforts and defend against tomorrow’s att...

To ensure government can continue its critical mission during unprecedented times, it’s clear that it must modernize legacy systems, accelerate cloud adoption, strengthen cybersecurity posture, automate processes, move services online and more. But how will agencies quickly and securely make these transitions, ensuring data remains protected and citizen-facing services continue being delivered? In this year-long series, Nextgov, Defense...