INDUSTRY INSIGHT
Building real cyber resiliency in government
Across the country, government teams are pushing through roadblocks and finding new ways to get the job done while working remotely. The challenge is that as “how” and “where” work happens evolves, cyber threats likewise adapt. Adversaries are exploiting vulnerabilities and finding new ways to attack government networks and data. These attacks include an alarming rise in ransomware, phishing, smishing and vishing, with agencies experiencing upwards of 6.5 million attacks a day, up from 150,000 daily attacks before the pandemic.
I recently moderated an ACT-IAC panel of experts from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of Education and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program to discuss how organizations can take a threat-based approach to cybersecurity, paving the way for expanded use of cloud services and resiliency for the future. Here are some takeaways from that discussion:
The state of the threat landscape
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