Federal agencies’ cloud migration is well underway, from the “Cloud First” initiative to “Cloud Smart,” but the journey never ends. Along with increasing reliance on cloud, agencies have to plan for the inevitability of multi-cloud environments, from AWS to Azure, to Oracle to Google. The proliferation of capabilities that come with multiple cloud environments brings challenges.Being able to centralize visibility,...

State and local governments have become increasingly attractive targets for ransomware attacks. Enhanced defenses and employee education can reduce the risks, but public sector organizations must also be prepared to respond and recover when ransomware makes it onto critical systems.The good news? Steps taken to prevent and mitigate ransomware attacks also pay dividends against a wide range of other cyber risks.In this webcast, GCN Editor-in-Ch...

The SolarWinds hack, increasing pressure on U.S. networks by foreign incursions, and software vulnerabilities underline the importance of effective internet operations management.Government and military networks need to have full end-to-end discovery and management capabilities. This includes both their on-premises and cloud attack surfaces. In fact, according to the 2021 Cortex Xpanse Attack Surface Threat Report, nearly 80% of exposures are...

As the White House’s recent 30-nation summit on the subject made clear, ransomware is “an escalating global security threat” that effects organizations in all sectors. State and local governments have been hit especially hard, however, and can’t wait for international efforts to crack down on the bad actors.Today’s defenses must continue to be strengthened, and public-sector organizations must design their data sy...

Join us as we take a look at what’s required of agencies by the Executive Order on Cybersecurity and the deadlines for meeting those requirements. Hear from government and industry about the best approaches and the challenges agencies face.Attend this live webcast to learn more about: Adopting security best practices Advancing toward zero trust architecture Speeding the move to secure cloud services Facilitating access to cyber security...

Zero Trust is now an integral part of the federal government’s strategy to bolster Cybersecurity in the face of increasingly aggressive and resourceful attackers, infiltrators and hackers. Understanding how pieces of enterprise networks play together and with Zero Trust is a crucial part of implementing it, but less noticed challenges will also present themselves as agencies move ahead with implementation. Anticipating those areas can al...

The White House has made Zero Trust a cornerstone of federal cybersecurity efforts, setting clear agency goals with the May Executive Order and more recently seeking comment on a maturity model, technical reference architecture and formal federal Zero Trust strategy.That push portends dramatic changes for federal IT, but it aligns perfectly with the steps government agencies must take to ensure their data and systems are protected against incr...

Zero Trust is an integral part of the federal government's strategy to bolster cybersecurity in the face of increasingly aggressive and resourceful attackers, infiltrators and hackers. Understanding how to implement the strategy and a supporting platform across an enterprise can be daunting, however, as agencies move to the cloud and away from VPNs and other more traditional systems. Understanding how those pieces of enterprise networks play t...

In recent months, Zero Trust has been more firmly cemented into the foundation of federal IT. In May of 2021, The White House issued an Executive Order requiring the federal government to adopt a Zero Trust approach to cybersecurity. The Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is working on a long-term vision for Zero Trust adoption by federal agencies.As network boundaries dissolve, Zero Trust...

Agencies modernizing their legacy systems are increasingly looking to the cloud for solutions that can help simplify and accelerate the process. Along with flexible, capable services, the cloud also offers a way to control costs and insure continuous network operations. As the migration to the cloud moves ahead, agencies are relying on multi-cloud, platform-as-a-service, as well as software-as-a-service solutions to help avoid the wholesale ...