The Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, or CDM, was launched in 2012 to help agencies get better visibility into their risks and to improve their ability to detect and respond to threats. As implemented, the CDM solution has been successful in standardizing cyber risk operations and brought system owners more insight into their cyber posture. But in the ensuing years, cloud, mobility, the Internet of Things (IoT) and other technologies have led to an explosion of unmanaged devices and greatly expanded their attack surface area, and the original CDM solutions have not kept pace.
While CDM tools and related sources provide a wide range of cyber data, agencies without deep integration into operational processes, the CDM data lacks the fidelity and comprehensive scope to be the foundation of federal cyber programs. The extent of the current visibility and management gap is a serious threat to federal networks and our country.
But in late 2024, DHS awarded a task order for a data services solution, which will provide a modern, cloud-based approach to harnessing CDM data, said Matthew Shallbetter, Director of Strategy for Civilian at Armis, which is a subcontractor on the task order. “This new model of cloud-first technology applied to this space is very powerful,” Shallbetter said. “Especially at this time when you have shrinking staffs, having the right data, the right information and the right tools is going to be really important.”
In this video interview, Shallbetter explains how this new approach to data could reshape cyber efforts. Topics include:
- Governing data from the data center to the edge
- Gaining better visibility into the IT environment through AI and machine learning
- Turning cyber data into actionable insights
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