Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, wrote in a Nextgov article published Thursday that federal agencies looking to achieve cyber agility should invest in their cybersecurity platforms to deal with rapidly evolving cyber threats.
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Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler on Advantages of Secure Access Service Edge Approach
Eric Trexler, vice president of global government sales at Forcepoint, has said that adopting a secure access service edge network could bring potential benefits for agencies seeking to deploy unified and cloud-native services.
Read More »Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler: Zero-Trust, Workforce Investment Key to Direct-to-Cloud Implementation
Eric Trexler, vice president of global government sales at Forcepoint, has said that agencies must invest in cloud experts, implement zero-trust security concepts and ensure operational flexibility in executing direct-to-cloud approaches.
Read More »Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler: Agencies Should Ensure Supply Chain Security Beyond CMMC Requirements
Eric Trexler, vice president of global government sales at Forcepoint, has said that agencies need to incorporate stringent controls to ensure that supplier networks are secure even after they are verified.
Read More »Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler, Deep Water Point’s Joseph Brendler Talk Benefits of Cross-Domain IT
Eric Trexler and Joseph Brendler, executives at Forcepoint and Deep Water Point, respectively, have said that the service branches should consider implementing cross-domain solutions in their enterprise information technology programs.
Read More »Forcepoint’s Eric Trexler on Three Strategies Agencies Should Adopt to Protect Data in Public Cloud
Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, wrote in a Nextgov article published Tuesday that there are three strategies federal agencies should implement to secure data in the public cloud and the first one calls for agency leaders to understand that cloud providers are not responsible for data protection.
Read More »Forcepoint's Eric Trexler: Human-Centric Monitoring Could Help Protect Controlled Unclassified Information
Eric Trexler, vice president of global government and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, wrote in a Fifth Domain opinion piece published Tuesday that the defense industrial base should implement a human-centric monitoring approach to protect controlled unclassified information from cyber threats.
Read More »Forcepoint-Ponemon Institute Survey: Federal Agency Leaders, IT Pros Embrace Cloud Tech Platforms; Eric Trexler Quoted
A study from Forcepoint and the Ponemon Institute found that 55 percent of 618 federal senior leaders and information technology professionals reported they have “strongly embraced the cloud."
Read More »Forcepoint's Eric Trexler: CDM DEFEND Phase Could Help Agencies Address Modernization, Interoperability Issues
Eric Trexler, vice president for global governments and critical infrastructure sales at Forcepoint, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network that the Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program's transition to the third phase - Dynamic and Evolving Federal Enterprise Network Defense - could provide agencies an opportunity to address interoperability and modernization challenges. Such challenges were revealed in a survey of more than 200 federal civilian IT leaders conducted in August with research firm Market Connections.
Read More »Forcepoint's Eric Trexler: Greater Transparency Could Help Agencies Improve Cyber Trust
Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, has said government agencies should build up trust when it comes to cybersecurity and one of the first steps is improving transparency with contractors. Trexler wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that having “security trust ratings“ could help agencies improve trust and achieve greater transparency.
Forcepoint's Eric Trexler: Government at Risk of Losing Cyber Talent Due to Partial Shutdown
Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, has said the recent partial government shutdown impacted 800K federal employees, including cybersecurity workers in the public sector. “One of the greatest challenges to come out of the most recent shutdown is likely going to be the unmeasured loss of an entire generation of the best cybersecurity workers the government employs,“ Trexler wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday.
Read More »Forcepoint's Eric Trexler: Automation, “˜National Guard' Could Help Agencies Maintain Stable Cyber Workforce
Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, has said agencies should initiate efforts to hire and retain a stable pool of cybersecurity professionals and one of those measures is to establish a cyber “National Guard.“ Trexler wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that the National Guard …
Read More »Forcepoint's Eric Trexler: CDM Program Could Help Federal Agencies Build Cyber Needs Into IT Efforts
Eric Trexler, vice president for global governments and critical infrastructure sales at Forcepoint, has said the Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program launched by the Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration is an initial step in the integration of cybersecurity requirements into federal information technology efforts. Trexler wrote …
Read More »Forcepoint Presents Cybersecurity Predictions for 2020
Forcepoint called on its strategists, researchers and engineers to identify and discuss cybersecurity trends they forecast for the coming year and one of those predictions concerns with the Cloud Smart strategy. Eric Trexler, vice president of global government at Forcepoint, shared that more organizations will transition from Cloud First to Cloud Smart in 2020 but will remain “cloud dumb“ when it comes to ensuring the security of their public cloud environments.
Read More »Cybersecurity Representatives Provide Insights in Operationalizing New Offerings From CDM Program
Representatives from Booz Allen Hamilton and Forcepoint have said new developments in the Department of Homeland Security's Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation program will help federal agencies further secure their networks, FedScoop reported Sunday. The third phase of CDM named DEFEND has allowed agencies to acquire more cybersecurity and data protection …
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