cybersecurity

Top executives with private sector cybersecurity technology providers are echoing one of the broader themes of October’s 20th annual Cybersecurity Awareness Month: spurring the entire IT ecosystem – from the biggest providers to all levels of consumers – to make the basics of cyber hygiene routine behavior. […]

CISA

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) binding operational directive (BOD) issued this week is a “step in the right direction,” according to industry leaders, who are eager to see its effectiveness in protecting network management interfaces from the public-facing internet. […]

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The White House is targeting June to release its implementation plan for the National Cybersecurity Strategy (NCS) unveiled early last month, and private sector technology leaders are eager to see the Office of the National Cyber Director’s (ONCD) public strategy that aims to charge Federal agencies, the private sector, and civil society with specific cybersecurity action items. […]

FedRAMP

Illumio, a provider of zero trust segmentation (ZTS) technologies, said today that its Illumio Government Cloud offering has received FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) In Process designation at a Moderate Impact Level, under the sponsorship of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General. […]

IT

Technology suppliers to the Federal government are telling MeriTalk that they expect to see Federal agencies place increasing emphasis on IT modernization efforts in 2023, along with continuing efforts to boost cybersecurity protections that modernized systems can help to achieve. […]

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cybersecurity

The old adage “consistency is key” rings especially true for Federal cybersecurity operations centers (CSOCs) today. Agencies who pay close attention to their operations center but lack visibility and control of cybersecurity blind spots – specifically applications and workloads – are ripe for attack. […]

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