OMB’s memorandum M-22-09, “Moving the U.S. Government Towards Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles,” is setting deadlines for implementation across the government. Specifically, the memo calls out the end of FY24 – an extremely short time frame in government circles – for multiple actions across the CISA-defined five pillars of a Zero Trust Architecture. One of the most important actions is for agencies to move to...

FedRAMP, DFARS, and PCI are just some of the frameworks that public sector organizations must navigate on the path to an ATO on AWS. Unfortunately, these organizations report that it can take up to 18 months to achieve their ATO. However, it doesn't have to be this way. Join our complimentary webinar to learn actionable steps you can take today to simplify and expedite your accreditation process. AWS, CTAC, and Kion will share how the ATO on A...

The clock's been ticking - Federal agencies are reaching the end of the first year of President Biden's signed Executive Order 14028, "Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity; Transforming Government Through Technology-Driven initiatives," on May 12, 2021. Join our complimentary webinar as we discuss this executive order which aims to tighten federal agency cybersecurity by requiring all federal government agencies to adopt multifactor authentica...

Situational awareness of cybersecurity risks is achieved through assessing and monitoring every corner of your network and the threats that are a part of that landscape. Explore key strategies and approaches to implement the next generation cyber safety structure ahead of the bad actors without ripping and replacing your existing cybersecurity tools. Gain insight on the challenges in the current approach to cybersecurity practices, and how to...

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...

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Learn from staff at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) who will discuss the key programs to provide for a secure cyber environment for the nation s warfighters. DISA is exploring ways to operate in a secure information environment while creating an optimal user experience. As the lead IT service provider for the Defense Department, the users experience is of the utmost importance.

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...

As a part of The President’s Management Agenda, Priority #2 focuses on the customer experience and asks the Federal government to refine their current standards to better fit the needs of the American people. The stresses and burdens that come with interacting with the government, such as when the public needs to pay their taxes or file a change of address, need to be eliminated in order to elevate the customer experience. Strengthening...

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...