When the pandemic drove millions of government employees out of their offices and into remote work two years ago, the need to overhaul legacy identity and access management (IAM) processes became apparent. President Biden’s Executive Order and National Security Memorandum on cybersecurity pushed this further by embedding Zero Trust architecture at their core, and January’s memorandum from the Office of Management and Budget (M-22-0...

While agencies strive to meet changing zero trust requirements, which of OMB’s security pillars (identity, device, network, application, and data) are taking precedence and which are falling behind? MeriTalk and Merlin Cyber surveyed more than 150 Federal cybersecurity executives to explore momentum, priorities, and challenges around the evolution to zero trust. When it comes to the pillars of zero trust, three out of four say reaching o...

Implemented correctly, a Zero Trust architecture / strategy / approach to Information Technology, and the architecture that supports it, has the potential to provide a simpler, more secure, more flexible environment for an organization to do business. The advent of Zero Trust should be regarded as an opportunity to better align IT with an organization’s business strategy. The whole purpose of modern networked computing is to facilitate c...

Cybersecurity is now an organization requirement and workforce and technology issue for many agencies, especially as cyber threats continue to escalate. Join moderator Tom Temin and Steven Hernandez, chief information security officer at the Department of Education in this exclusive webinar as they discuss zero trust and cybersecurity. IBM’s Koos Lodewijkx and Chris Crummey from the IBM Center for Government Cybersecurity will follow wit...

As agencies look to replace legacy systems with the cloud, Zero Trust has risen as a best cybersecurity practice. Listen in as topic experts discuss the shift to a teleworking workforce and the importance behind Zero Trust security. This shift has triggered new cybersecurity strategies within the Federal Government, especially as Government agencies make the migration to the cloud. Hear from topic experts as they dive into the best practices f...

Hacking, ransomware, phishing and other sophisticated cyberattacks have taken center stage in the recent conflict between Russia and Ukraine. However, those attacks are not limited to the borders of those countries. Here in the U.S., many government agencies are actively working to train, prepare and respond to similar attacks. Join us online Thursday, April 14 at 2 p.m. ET/11 a.m. PT, as government and industry experts talk about the realitie...

Ever since the White House issued its Cybersecurity Executive Order in May 2021, a lot of attention has been paid to the concept of zero trust embedded as its core objective. But the reason to get to zero trust is to protect the data – after all, what do system intruders want? To read, or alter, or copy the data, which they can then use for their own purposes, from monetizing intellectual property to stealing someone’s identity to...

Join the Identity Revolution Tour meetup in Washington, DC to learn how your peers are starting a cybersecurity movement at their organization with converged solutions and Zero Trust frameworks. Come network with our community over delicious food and drinks — all while earning CPE credit. The game has changed. And we can no longer play by the rules that defined the last generation of Identity. The move to the cloud, Zero Trust mandates,...

With the growing threat of cyber attacks, DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and the White House have recently released guidelines for agencies to adopt a Zero Trust approach to cybersecurity. Isolation is paramount to Zero Trust Architecture. Isolation creates a virtual "air gap" between the network end user and the online world. Instead of opening a website directly, the end user sees a sanitized version of it with al...

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