As part of its risk mitigation strategy, the Cybersecurity Executive Order issued by the White House in May moves Zero Trust architecture to the center of cyber hygiene policy for the federal government. Zero Trust can be summarized easily: Trust nothing, suspect everything, authenticate 100%. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency views this as setting an example for state and local governments looking to strengthen their securi...

The animating concept at the heart of the Cybersecurity Executive Order issued in May is Zero Trust – to structure cybersecurity around the premise that every person, every device, whether inside or outside its’ systems, is not to be trusted and must be verified before being granted access. Setting this as core to modernization is reflected in the awards just made by the Technology Modernization Fund. Three of the six public awards...

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...

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...

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...

The White House "Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity," issued May 12, will be critical to address the surge in increasingly bold and aggressive cyber attacks. The EO includes provisions on modernization, pursuing Zero Trust architectures, and improved detection, investigation and remediation, among other provisions, all of them vital. In this webinar, thought leaders from agencies and industry will discuss what federal agen...