This article originally appeared on Quest Software’s official blog, HERE. Insider threats take several forms for federal government agencies. In a classic scenario, highly privileged contractors install spyware that exfiltrates sensitive data to them long after their project is complete.…
Microsoft’s Federal Security CTO on the impact of OMB’s zero trust strategy
Last January, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released M-22-09, a memorandum that set forth the federal government strategy on zero trust adoption, in an effort to reinforce the security and protection of government agencies’ critical systems, networks, and…
New Year, New Breaches—Three modern identity attacks insights to know going into 2022
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…
Biden’s Cybersecurity Executive Order Should Worry Hackers
The risks that cyber threats pose to American critical infrastructures, supply chains, and government networks have been forewarned by cybersecurity experts for nearly two decades. On May 7, 2021, hackers from Eastern Europe leveraged a ransomware attack against the Colonial…
