While operating within an ever evolving and complex cybersecurity landscape, federal agencies face difficult decisions around what to prioritize for protection and recovery in the face of advanced security threats. There are a few things that can be done to…
Quest’s Chris Roberts on how federal agencies can bridge the skills gap between legacy Active Directory and Azure
It is a well-known fact that the majority of federal government agencies utilize on-premise Active Directory (AD) as the primary directory service for their IT infrastructures. But with the federal government encouraging agencies to follow aspirational federal IT initiatives like…
Why federal agencies must prioritize zero trust workforce training before FY24 deadline
This article originally appeared on Government Technology Insider. It’s no secret that the U.S. federal government operates in one of the world’s most threatened IT environments. When evaluating today’s federal cybersecurity landscape, it’s obvious that government agencies face more than…
Digital transformation driving cyber challenges – How modernization initiatives are creating risk in the public sector
2022 was an incredible year for the adoption of advanced technologies and modernization within the federal government and the U.S. military. But, while significant strides have been made in government digital transformation and modernization initiatives since the early days of…
How federal agencies can keep up with the evolution of identity supply chains
Three years after COVID-19 forced federal agencies to crank their modernization dials to warp speed, the proliferation and adoption of new technologies, applications, and network solutions are still continuing to spread throughout the federal government. Though these technologies have completely…
Modern strategies federal agencies can take for endpoint management and the migration to cloud
When COVID-19 reached American shores, most of the federal government agencies moved their processes and procedures online, accelerating a digital transformation that has been underway for decades. While the pandemic demonstrated the tremendous potential digital transformation presents to federal government…
How Azure Government delivers emerging cloud capabilities at a classified level
When a new cybersecurity, database management, or cloud solution debuts on the commercial market, there is almost always a lengthy waiting period before the technology trickles down into the hands of federal government agencies. Due to the government’s significantly heightened…
4 key ways to securing federal government networks
For the federal government, truly securing its IT infrastructures, networks, and systems requires embracing modern, cybersecurity frameworks and dogmas in a big way. One security architecture that government agencies are being strongly encouraged to adopt is zero trust. Zero trust…
Five Characteristics of an Effective Common Cybersecurity Technology Stack
This article is part of a larger piece that was published on the NETSCOUT blog. To read the original in its entirety, click HERE. The last few years have seen several far-reaching cyberattacks against our nation’s critical infrastructure and essential…
With a zero trust framework, federal agencies can block hackers at every turn
According to Quest Software, there are two types of government agencies: those that have been breached and those that are going to be breached. Modern hackers are easily bypassing traditional network protections used by today’s federal agencies. They use tactics…
