Security

Solving the Contractor Breach Challenge

05/05/20 According to our Federal Cybersecurity Survey Report from last year, more than half of federal IT pros surveyed say IT security risks are greater with contractors than wit…

Securing a Tide of the Internet of Things

04/21/20 IoT has the potential to offer state and local municipalities real and tangible benefits for their citizens. The IoT is already powering smart city efforts throughout the …

The Top Five Security Fails in Every Data Breach

04/20/20 If your company hasn’t had a data breach, it’s only a matter of time until it happens. Unless you begin to make a big investment in security, have regular audits and penet…

Assemble a Team of IT Experts Focused on Cybersecurity

04/14/20 In today’s world of constant cyberthreats from terrorism, hackers, and viruses, public and private sector organizations need to assemble a strong, experienced team of secu…

Medical Device Hacking Worldwide: Part 2

03/20/20 Did you read my last post with the positive story of how people are community-hacking their medical devices to improve their quality of life? While writing my last post, I…

Three Steps to Improve Identity and Access Management Without Undermining Productivity

03/10/20 Mobile devices and cloud services have made it tougher for IT teams to get a handle on network activity. Employees are turning to many different applications—some of which…

Unpopular Opinion: How SD-WAN Will Improve Security

02/21/20 The consensus is software-defined networking in a wide area network (SD-WAN) will provide organizations unprecedented agility but possibly at the expense of security, as t…

Details on DISA’s Infrastructure “Hardening” Rules

02/18/20 The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has a set of security regulations to provide a baseline standard for Department of Defense (DoD) networks, systems, and appli…

Careless and Malicious Insider Threats Are on the Rise Despite Better Detection

02/04/20 According to a 2019 Federal Cybersecurity Survey released last year by IT management software company SolarWinds, careless and malicious insiders topped the list of securi…

New Laws Alone Won’t Be Enough to Secure IoT Devices

01/28/20 Security concerns over the Internet of Things (IoT) are growing, and federal and state lawmakers are taking action. First, the U.S. Senate introduced the Internet of Thing…

Three Ways the Department of Defense Can Plug Security Holes

01/21/20 An early 2019 report from the Defense Department Officer of Inspector General revealed how difficult it’s been for federal agencies to stem the tide of cybersecurity threa…

Modernizing Security to Protect Next-Generation Federal Networks

01/14/20 As agencies across the federal government modernize their networks to include and accommodate the newest technologies such as cloud and the Internet of Things (IoT), feder…