In today’s age of digital transformation, it seems that new, groundbreaking and revolutionary technologies are emerging every day. A lot of us grew up with futuristic movies capturing the possibilities of technology and what our world could evolve into. Now,…
All Roads Lead to Federal Zero Trust
Over the last few years, the federal government has begun to embrace a zero trust approach as the new cybersecurity standard for agencies. Utilizing the latest solutions and best practices, the hope is to bolster federal cybersecurity and create a…
How Government IT Can Plan for DDoS Attacks in 2022 and Beyond
Richard Hummel, ASERT Threat Research Lead at NETSCOUT, recently joined GovCyberHub to detail some of the topline messages from the NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence Report and shared how DDoS attacks have evolved over the second half of 2021. During our conversation, he described…
Bolstering Multi-Cloud Security with Identity Management
As organizations adapt to hybrid work and more and more cloud services are deployed, new service entities that collaborate and exchange data without human interaction, such as virtual machines and containers, are proliferating. The growth of these service accounts and…
Defense-in-Depth or Zero Trust: What is the Best Strategy for your Agency?
The digital transformation has had a profound impact on the way organizations operate. Long-standing security solutions have demonstrated signs of wear against the rapid speed of innovation from cybercriminals. However, one paradigm has quickly risen to be the new standard…
Four Best Practices for Leveraging the Cloud for Data Protection
Everything is not the same for applications and data, so why treat everything the same for cloud cyber security and data protection? This question was the primary driver of a recent webinar hosted by Quest, titled Best Practices for Using…
Three DDoS Lessons Learned from the 2H 2021 Threat Intel Report
NETSCOUT recently released the latest installment of its Threat Intelligence Report, which features the insights and information extrapolated from the data generated by NETSCOUT ASERT in their work defending the networks of government agencies and large enterprises from DDoS atatcks.…
A New Global Pandemic – Threat Intelligence Report Shows Massive Uptick in DDoS Attacks
NETSCOUT recently released its semi-annual Threat Intelligence Report with deep insights into the notably distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) and cyber activity during the second half of 2021. The report contains troves of valuable information about the ongoing threat posed to organizations…
Taking the Challenge Out of Embracing Event Logging
There has been an increased focus among U.S. government agencies on adapting to modern IT environments and enhancing cybersecurity solutions. This increased focus on security government networks, data, and critical infrastructure is a result of ongoing digital transformation initiatives that…
Four Automation Targets That Can Help Overcome the Federal Cyber Workforce Shortage
Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, cyberattacks have become increasingly frequent and sophisticated, looking to leverage a changing IT landscape that resulted as government agencies and their IT teams worked to enable the “new normal” of a distributed workforce.…
