Federal departments and agencies employ millions of personnel to carry out the missions and functions that the American public relies on for its well-being. The IT systems and networks of the Federal government continue to be attractive targets for foreign intelligence services and other malicious actors. As the threat landscape changes and attacks become more human-targeted, it's crucial to understand the data your users have access to and ho...

New surveillance technology and smart analytics allow technology to supplement and sometimes even replace physical security guards. Deploying this technology has the potential to make a facility much more secure, but security experts have a tendency to neglect the most vulnerable areas because of local power or connectivity issues. In a world where the power grid is increasingly unreliable, we'll explore new technology solutions that allow for...

President Biden's Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity states that agencies must "develop a plan to implement Zero Trust Architecture" and "identify activities that will have the most immediate security impact, and include a schedule to implement them." In a Zero Trust Architecture, automation and orchestration of Federal Identity, Credential and Access Management (ICAM) is the first step to address the most critical securit...

In today's digital economy, data is the lifeblood of business. Protecting sensitive data has become more challenging for organizations in recent years. It's not simply the increase in the volume of data or the increase in threats - it's also the fact that as organizations have become more digital, they are moving more of their data and IT infrastructure to a mix of private and public clouds. With the additional impact of the recent Presidentia...

Zero Trust is a philosophy change, not a product change. It's about taking what organizations already have and adapting the tools to be used more effectively. But creating a Zero Trust architecture isn't always so simple, and it's more of a journey than an end-goal. The challenges many agencies are facing today include; where to start, how to prioritize, and most importantly how to map out a plan and framework that is achievable for their use...

The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published memorandum M-21-31 this year, which mandates a 24-month implementation deadline and expands upon the Cybersecurity Executive Order. To achieve the ambitious timeframe, federal agencies must adopt technologies that deliver a high level of out-of-the-box support for all requirements. With Securonix and Snowflake, those needs will be fully met. Join Securonix and Snowflake on December 14th...

The increased risk of cyber-attacks targeting Operational Technology (OT) systems and third-party remote access has skyrocketed in our new hybrid world. Agencies working in converged IT/OT industrial environments must achieve complete visibility, security, and control of operations, and they must understand what third-party vendors (suppliers/contractors) and internal privileged users (operators/admins/remote workers) are doing with their acce...

The Biden administration's recent Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity in 2021 has a provision to implement Zero Trust architecture across the federal agencies. Zero Trust was already gaining momentum before this Executive Order, but now it is accelerating. Secure authentication is one critical component of this strategy. Current authentication approaches are badly broken - passwords are longer, more complex, harder to remem...

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Join SentinelOne on May 26th, to learn the Guiding Principles of ZERO Trust: Never trust, always verify-Treat every user, endpoint, application or workload, and data flow as untrusted. Authenticate and explicitly authorize each to the least privilege required Assume breach-Operate and defend resources with the assumption that an adversary already has a presence within the environment. Deny by default and scrutinize all users, endpoints, data f...