SOLVING THE TOUGHEST CLOUD CHALLENGES TOGETHER Federal agencies have invested years incorporating multiple styles of IT architecture to solve financial, mission, and operational challenges. As a result, unifying resources across private and public clouds, simplifying the command and control of IT infrastructure, leveraging AI to seamlessly deliver the right resources where and when they’re needed, and securing the enterprise and its part...

From Cloud First to Cloud Smart policies, cloud computing has underpinned much of government’s IT modernization for the past decade. The importance of cloud adoption took on an increased urgency over the past two years as agencies needed to quickly and securely enable remote work for thousands of employees. Now, as agencies at all stages of their cloud journey develop the next generation of cloud strategy, issues around security, enterpr...

"How can we implement a holistic approach to cybersecurity?" "What methodologies, policies, technologies, and specific tools can we deploy to prevent, detect and monitor cybersecurity threats"? "How can we build a more effective program?" As more data breaches are disclosed, cybersecurity is at the forefront of Boards, executives, employees and consumers. Breaches are a continuing threat to an organization's reputation through the disclosure o...

Cyber threats are evolving at such rates that Federal training of cybersecurity practitioners are struggling to keep up. The continued cybersecurity push across government and industry, it is increasingly important for organizations to have proactive cyber plans in place. As the nation looks to recover from a once-in-a-century pandemic and increasingly more sophisticated cyberattacks, the U.S. government must ensure that it can secure its netw...

The upheaval in the American workforce due to the Covid-19 pandemic and volatility in the nation’s economy provide a perfect opportunity for the government to retain the next generation of employees. Gen X workers are generally between 40 and 54 years old, in the prime of their lives, concerned with stability and opportunities to improve their own and their families’ quality of life. The Gen Z cadre, roughly 20 to 24 years old, are...

Ransomware continues to be one of the single biggest threats to government networks, and IT professionals are increasingly worried about employees who work remotely ignoring security guidance and clicking on malware-infested links or attachments. Their concerns are justified, particularly with regard to highly evasive adaptive threats that target web browsers and take active measures to avoid detection by current-generation security. These att...

As the Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation (CDM) program matures, it continues to evolve its capabilities to help federal agencies improve their security posture. From access to critical executive dashboards and shared services to guidance on secure acquisition strategy, CDM offerings provide a dynamic approach to fortifying the cybersecurity of government networks and systems. The increased focus on cybersecurity following President Biden...

Government’s Journey to IPv6 – What It Means for Agencies 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 depletion crisis that exists with IPv4 unique addresses requires the shift to the robust, 128-bit IPv6 with its 340 undecillion or 340 trillion trillion trillion unique addresses. The explosion of Inte...

Government guidance on cybersecurity is gaining momentum but it's still unable to keep pace with current trends. Changes in how we work (such as remote working) and evolving cyber threats will continue to endanger state, local, tribal, territorial, and educational networks. Today’s threat landscape means that private and public sector organizations can no longer rely on their users or on detection-based security tools to protect their us...

CYBERSCOOP PRESENTS CYBERWEEK Join over 10,000 influential leaders from the cybersecurity community at CyberWeek, the nation’s largest week-long cybersecurity festival focused on digital threats, best practices and the U.S. government’s work on improving cyberspace. CyberWeek is an annual movement bringing together top C-Suite leaders from major technology companies, state and federal government agencies, and other influential deci...