The beginning of a New Year is always a strangely quiet time for government agencies. The holidays have just ended, agency employees are slowly trickling back into work and settling back into their home offices, to sign in and begin…
Five characteristics of a true XDR solution
This article is part of a larger piece that was published on the CrowdStrike blog. To read the original in its entirety, click HERE. Many of today’s government agencies rely on a collection of disparate security tools to identify and…
Four necessary considerations for securing cloud-based government IT
Government IT is unique from enterprise IT in many varied and distinct ways, however, one that transcends both the public and private sectors is the need to balance money in with money out. When looking towards a future with more…
You’re a Mean One, Mr. Adversary
With COVID-19 keeping some families and friends apart, and supply chain issues limiting what’s available on store shelves, this might not feel like the normal holiday season to many Americans. But there is one thing that makes this holiday season…
Five ways to spot a phishing attack
Phishing has existed for almost two decades – and for very good reason. Everyone can be targeted by it. It’s still just as effective as ever. And there’s really no way for surefire way for security professionals to keep every…
GovCyberHub Podcast – Can government agencies get cyber insurance?
Large-scale cyberattacks are no longer rare in the news cycle. Your standard frontpage news is highlighting a new cyberattack seemingly every day due to the frequency and severity of the breaches of 2021. That’s because cyber threats are getting more…
GovCyberHub Podcast – What exactly IS cybersecurity insurance?
In our last GovCyberHub Podcast, we sat down with two experts from CrowdStrike – Deborah Blyth and Adam Cottini – to discuss the cyberthreat landscape facing state and local government agencies, and how the increased threat is making cybersecurity insurance…
GovCyberHub Podcast – Does the government need cyber insurance?
According to IBM’s annual “Cost of a Data Breach Report,” the average cost of a cyberattack in 2021, “…rose from $3.86 million to $4.24 million, the highest average total cost in the history of [the] report.” And that exponential increase…
9 Steps to make cybersecurity everyone’s duty this CSAM according to CrowdStrike
As Cybersecurity Awareness month continues on, many around the industry are reviewing many of the best practices that have helped safeguard government agencies as they have adapted to modern threats. Information security professionals have had to address a number of…
Deborah Blyth on the Lessons Learned During Seven Years as Colorado CISO
While fighting wars is almost exclusively the responsibility of the U.S. Department of Defense, today’s state and local governments find themselves on the front lines of a battle. And, unfortunately for them, it’s a battle where they’re constantly on the…
