A growing cadre of federal IT leaders recognize that fortifying their defenses is no longer enough to protect their agencies amid the rising tide of cyberthreats. The reality is that cybersecurity threats are evolving quicker than most agencies can respond. Nearly 7 in 10 federal civilian agency IT leaders — and more than half (55 percent) of their defense and intelligence agency counterparts — say their agencies aren’t keeping pace with evolving threats, according to a recent study from CyberScoop and underwritten by RedSeal. That statistic is leading agencies, including the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, to look for more effective ways to contain breaches, improve resilience and sustain critical operations unimpaired during attacks, according to a separate report released by RedSeal. According to the report, the agency is in the process of acquiring automated network mapping and modeling tools to improve cyber resilience, including tools […]
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