The SolarWinds breach, the Colonial Pipeline, the JBS meatpacking ransomware attacks, and most recently a ransomware attack on a House of Representative email vendor have Federal cybersecurity and IT leaders wondering what’s next.
These events have catapulted cybersecurity to the forefront of the national agenda – with the White House, U.S. Congress, and Federal agencies focused on prevention through modernization and education. The Biden Administration’s Cybersecurity Executive Order is setting the pace. Zero Trust Architecture is a pillar of the new strategy, along with moving to secure cloud services, adopting multifactor authentication and data encryption, and boosting supply chain security.
MeriTalk recently connected with Rob Davies, chief operations officer at ViON Corporation, and Cameron Chehreh, Federal chief technology officer at Dell Technologies, to discuss the steps agencies can take to protect critical infrastructure and data from the influence of cybercriminals. Davies and Chehreh also provide insight on challenges unique to multi-cloud environments and how Federal leaders can accelerate mission value with a managed-risk approach to…
