Safeguarding Cybersecurity Amid Data Sprawl
Agencies subsequently need a strong data governance strategy for protecting their sensitive citizen information from cybersecurity threats.
Agencies subsequently need a strong data governance strategy for protecting their sensitive citizen information from cybersecurity threats.
The stats speak for themselves. 52 percent of public sector organizations that were breached were attacked where a patch was available.
The agencies that protect the citizen data in their clouds the longest are the ones that best assess the risks facing them daily.
The Trump administration rolled out a new program aimed at retraining federal employees to fill open cybersecurity positions in the government.
GovLoop surveyed 113 public sector employees about the approach their agency is taking to track cybersecurity spend and how they are improving visibility.
Cloud-based security could be the future of user-focused identity and access management.
Organizations with multiple cloud environments are repeatedly losing track of where their data resides and what walls are surrounding it.
There are four common reporting and visibility challenges that government agencies face. Splunk’s Anthony Perez explains how agencies can address them.
To the surprise of many, moving data to the cloud does not necessarily make it secure. Agency IT and security operations teams must still use cloud providers’ tools and processes, as well as their own existing infrastructure, to protect data.
As part of the expanding Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program, the Homeland Security Department (DHS) plans to bring on another 30 employees to evaluate, monitor and standardize cybersecurity capabilities across agencies.