Cybersecurity professionals are well aware that the threat landscape they live in is volatile and poses ever-changing threats to the systems they defend. One kind of risk is exploding – attacks on APIs. APIs are such attractive targets because their purpose is to allow two or more applications to communicate with each other. Infecting an API drastically expands the attack surface, but most enterprises do not have transparency into their...

Federal agencies have taken the lead in the public sector’s adoption of cloud computing. It has provided many benefits, including flexibility for applications, cost savings as legacy systems have been phased out, and empowering customers in their interactions with agencies – but it also has opened new methods for cyberattacks, such as corrupting elements of the software supply chain. As a result, data protection is more important t...

Government IT is faced with constantly evolving mission demands, limited resources, stringent compliance requirements, and always increasing customer expectations. Agencies increasingly recognize the importance of implementing scalable and secure cloud strategies to meet these challenges.Many agencies’ IT departments are learning that when teams are provided access to a configurable, no code/low code application platform, initiatives can...

Federal agencies have been mandated to migrate to IPv6; the mandate requires at least 20% of IP-enabled assets on agencies’ networks operate in IPv6-only environments by the end of FY 2023. Join us for the last of the quarterly sessions as thought leaders from government and industry share real-world examples and lessons learned in working to meet this mandate over the past year. We’ll Discuss: Review the progress made by agencies...

Modern security threats are evolving at a faster pace than security technologies, while well-funded threat actors are investing in tools like machine learning (ML), automation, and artificial intelligence (AI). Legacy security operations centers – SOCs – are not equipped with the tools to respond to this rapidly evolving landscape, even as the volume of traffic and data grow exponentially. These challenges also come as many agencie...

A recent study concluded that government agencies are deploying mixed-IT environments - whether on-prem, public cloud, CSPs, MSPs, edge, colocation - at a high rate and that hybrid multicloud is projected to grow almost 5 times over the next three years. Government agencies are rethinking their cloud strategies to meet evolving priorities and mandates and how to address this complexity, especially in the face of IT staffing and skills shortage...

When the log4j vulnerability was first identified in late 2021, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency responded very rapidly, including giving all federal agencies less than a week to identify and patch all their affected systems, and coordinating a nationwide response to encourage the private sector to do the same. But the vulnerability is likely to dog agencies and the private sector alike for years. There are at least two rea...

The long-term effects of the pandemic continue to push agencies to accelerate IT modernization and move from owning their own on-site data centers to hybrid and multi-cloud architectures. The pandemic spurred greater customer demand for digital services, while employees adapted quickly to working from home. These trends, in turn, heightened the stakes for cybersecurity that protects the endpoints and strengthens data security – part of t...

Federal agencies have been mandated to migrate to IPv6 – the next-generation Internet protocol, designed to replace version 4 (IPv4) that has been in use since 1983. The move to IPv6 holds the potential to reduce operating costs for cloud service providers and faster performance for agencies that are looking to improve their systems’ throughput. Join us for this session to hear thought leaders from government and industry discuss t...

Cybersecurity is usually framed in terms of IT – from malware to phishing to ransomware, federal agencies are paying attention to securing their networks and endpoints. But leaders often overlook security measures for operational technology (OT) and industrial control systems (ICS), such as building automation systems, physical access control systems, physical environment monitoring systems, and implementing a zero trust architecture. In...