Government IT leaders should consider improving their security with tools designed to go beyond signature-based detection to spot unknown but potentially malicious behaviour
We live in a world of escalating digital threats to government IT systems. The public sector recorded more global incidents and data breaches than any other over the past year, according to a recent Verizon study.
That’s why it’s heartening to see the launch of the new GovAssure scheme, which mandates stringent annual cybersecurity audits of all government departments, based on a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) framework.
Now the hard work starts. As government IT and security leads begin to work through the strict requirements of the Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF), they’ll find network detection and response (NDR) increasingly critical to these compliance efforts.
What is GovAssure and how can it protect governments?
GovAssure is the government’s response to surging threat levels in the public sector. It’s not hard to see why it is such an attractive target. Government entities hold a vast range of lucrative citizen data which could…
