Federal Cybersecurity

In an increasingly complex environment, cybersecurity can seem like a frustrating enigma. It remains one of the most important priorities for federal IT pros—and one of the most challenging. While…

The ability to secure federal data, networks, and assets is impacted by the ability of agency cyber leaders to access required technology. They need to continually respond to well-resourced adversaries…

There is so much involved in improving agency performance that it can be difficult to pinpoint one thing—to make one recommendation—as a starting point toward performance enhancement. That said, technology…

Federal agencies face a smorgasbord of cybersecurity solutions, all of which promise to solve some, if not all, their problems. Speaking at the recent Fortinet Federal Partner Forum, Phil Quade,…

We talk a lot about cybersecurity and the federal government. From insider threats to nation-state sponsored hacking, but are we having the right conversations to solve the problems that we…

If you read any of the information on the recent Meltdown and Spectre processor vulnerabilities that were identified this month, the news is decidedly unsettling. While no exploits using the…

When most people think of what happens inside the Beltway, what springs to mind is gridlock. From Congress to traffic, the area is notorious for moving at a slow place.…

The cyber attack on the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in the summer of 2015 was a watershed moment for federal IT leaders.  The attack compromised the personally identifiable information…

One challenge facing federal IT managers in an ever more connected world is finding “shadow IT”, the type of IT an agency CIO or CISO did not purchase or authorize,…