February 2021 was a moment in time where federal agencies were knee deep in modernizing their IT infrastructures to accommodate the digitized new normal of their processes, workflows, and services. But while the federal government was busy digitally transforming their…
Time to get ready for CMMC 2.0
Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) 2.0 is here. If your company is not prepared, the time to get ready is now, or your company may risk losing business with the Department of Defense (DoD). The CMMC program requires cyber protection…
What federal government security architects need to know about zero trust
For the federal government, a zero trust architecture assumes that all traffic on an agency’s internal network is potentially malicious. Consequently, it requires taking measures to: Authenticate all connections Identify all devices, users, applications, and services Ensure that traffic goes…
The Early Bird Gets the Worm, When It Comes to CMMC and the DIB
This article originally appeared on SteelCloud’s official blog site. The Department of Defense’s CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) program has undergone multiple changes, revisions, updates, and organizational shifts over the last two and a half years. As a result, DoD…
Federal Zero Trust: Agencies have questions, Quest and DLT have answers
In the last few years, there has been a dramatic increase in both the number and sophistication levels of cyberattacks against federal agencies. And with a record number of federal employees relying on remote work technologies, agency network perimeters are…
“Some Things Haven’t Changed” – Chris Wilkinson discusses the difficult task of defending government networks
Just last month, the Prime Minister of Australia, Scott Morrison, announced that his country was facing a massive cyberattack that was impacting, “Australian organizations across a range of sectors, including all levels of government, industry, political organizations, education, health, essential…
