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A new report dives into how government agencies can meet the zero-trust security mandate with strategic partnerships and innovative technologies.
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This past year’s seismic shift in how and where people access corporate resources has heightened the urgent need for organizations to upgrade the identity and authentication systems they rely on. That urgency isn’t likely to diminish anytime soon, according to a 2021 Gartner CIO survey. The survey found that 64% of employees at CIOs’ organizations are now able to work from home, and two-fifths are actually doing so, suggesting the landscape for authenticating users has clearly taken on new and more dynamic contours. But it’s not just people accessing enterprise resources. The transition to cloud-based services and the underlying automation supporting digital workloads have led to dramatic increases in the volume of non-human entities — virtual machines, mobile devices, applications, containers, and IoT/OT devices — all seeking their own access to enterprise resources independent of the end user’s identity. As a result, managing machine identities has also become part of […]
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Agencies that have built network infrastructure over decades may not be doing enough to manage basic cyber-hygiene practices and stay ahead of modern threats, cautions a new report. When out-of-date configuration rules lurk on networks, attackers essentially have a back door to walk into government systems. However, modern network modeling platforms, capable of integrating into existing infrastructure, can help agency IT departments identify and manage cyber risks and accelerate essential hygiene practices. Network modeling tools give agency leaders a way to simulate upgrades and evaluate the impact of planned changes to their networks, as well as review past connections and rules. This can be helpful when trying to accurately understand the costs associated with cyber risk, explains the report, produced by FedScoop and CyberScoop and underwritten by RedSeal. Cyber-hygiene practices to reduce risk Targeted attacks on government agencies are becoming more sophisticated. To defend networks, IT administrators need to know […]
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