The FITARA 8.0 scorecard, released in June, has been reverberating throughout the government as agencies identify what they need to improve during the next scorecard period as well as consolidate…
No time to read? You can listen to the podcast of this conversation here. With the INDOPACOM Area of Responsibility spanning 36 countries and more than 50 percent of the…
The pace of change and barrage of attacks mean cybersecurity can no longer be reactive, due to one key vulnerability for government agencies
Insider threats are the number one cybersecurity risk, according to IDC’s recent whitepaper, “Affordable Tools and Shared Responsibilities Define Midmarket IT Security Trends,” sponsored by SolarWinds. Inadvertent threats are the…
For government aircraft, both military and civilian, the challenges sparked by digital transformation take on an entirely new aspect. Maintaining secure, high-speed, uninterrupted connectivity on land is difficult enough, but…
Verizon CTO explains that while compliance with standards is the typical approach to security, the compliance model frequently leads to “checkbox security.”
In the push toward IT Modernization, agencies are quickly moving away from stovepiped legacy apps and outdated process. But what are they moving toward? Edge computing – putting processing power…
A lot has changed over the past ten years. In the past, when it came to putting together a big picture view of cyberattacks, threat vectors, and other key pieces…
The good news for federal CIOs: the latest FITARA scorecard shows that, for the most part, the 24 agencies tracked either improved their scores or held steady; only 4 agencies…
Between insider threats and an array of attacks from bad actors and nation-states, the government is being assaulted on multiple fronts simultaneously. This requires approaches that can adapt, anticipate, and…