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Anyone for Alphabet Soup? ZTNA, SWGs, MFA, and More: Lessons Learned from Fed Day CyberThreats 2021

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Last week, we gathered a few of the most prominent leaders and experts from every corner of the federal space to talk about all things cybersecurity and digital transformation. Discussions ranged from the move toward Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and effectively managing identities and access with a secure web gateway (SWG) to keep data safe, to what the executive order on cybersecurity means for agencies — time to implement a multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution. Continue reading Anyone for Alphabet Soup? ZTNA, SWGs, MFA, and More: Lessons Learned from Fed Day CyberThreats 2021→

Why FIDO2 Is the Answer to Better Security

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A groundbreaking increase in security incidents is affecting governments around the world. In light of this, the United States issued a formal order to implement a robust set of security measures designed to improve the security of federal systems. In his most recent executive order, President Biden acknowledged that the United States and many other governments around the world are facing increasing malicious cyberattacks. In order to prevent, and recover from security incidents, the President is pushing to significantly improve the government’s security stack, including the implementation of multi-factor authentication (MFA). In this post, I’ll discuss how the government’s plan to leverage MFA could be even better. Continue reading Why FIDO2 Is the Answer to Better Security→