Security

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…

Federal IT Pros Optimistic About Security, but Insider Threats Remain a Challenge

01/07/20 Federal IT professionals feel threats posed by careless or malicious insiders and foreign governments are at an all-time high, yet network administrators and security mana…

You Too Can Stink at Information Security!

01/06/20 “Security? We don’t need no stinking security!” I’ve actually heard a CTO utter words this effect. If you subscribe to a similar mindset, here are five ways you too can st…

4 Keys to Successful Cyberdefense Automation

12/31/19 Automation can reduce the need to perform mundane tasks, improve efficiency, and create a more agile response to threats. For example, administrators can use artificial in…

3 Ideas to Build a Better Cybersecurity Strategy

12/24/19 Data from the Center for Strategic and International Studies paints a sobering picture of the modern cybersecurity landscape. The CSIS, which has been compiling data on cy…

Using User Access Management to Defend Against Insider Threats

12/17/19 According to the SolarWinds 2019 Cybersecurity Survey, cybersecurity threats are increasing—particularly the threat of accidental data exposure from people inside the agen…

Worried About Protecting Your Data? CDM Is Here to Help

12/03/19 The Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program, issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), goes a long way toward helping agencies identify and prioriti…