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ThycoticCentrify’s Bill O’Neill: Government Should Work Cohesively to Protect Critical Infrastructure

Bill O’Neill, vice president of public sector at ThycoticCentrify, said protecting U.S. critical infrastructure from cybersecurity threats demands a whole-of-nation effort. O’Neill wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on GCN about the Biden administration’s recent efforts to secure critical infrastructure and one of those is the release of a national security memorandum, which he said […] More

by Jane Edwards September 22, 2021, 11:47 am
in News, Technology

Carahsoft to Offer New Customizable Cloud Services Stack

Carahsoft Technology will distribute a new cloud services stack designed to facilitate data management, migration and security across cloud, on-premise, hybrid and edge environments. CloudStack uses an open architecture that allows government agencies to customize cloud service components including data protection, infrastructure monitoring, zero-trust security and data protection, Carahsoft said Thursday. The software distributor’s customers […] More

by Nichols Martin September 17, 2021, 11:44 am
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Peraton’s Chris Valentino on How Industry Could Help DOD Advance JADC2
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Executive Spotlight: Bill O’Neill, VP of Public Sector for ThycoticCentrify

Bill O’Neill, vice president of Public Sector for ThycoticCentrify, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview to explore the advantages of bringing Thycotic and Centrify together to create complex solutions for large enterprises. In addition, O’Neill also discussed recent disruptions in our supply chain management and the lessons we should learn […] More

by William McCormick September 14, 2021, 11:58 am
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Jay Chaudhry on Zscaler’s Federal Market Performance, Cybersecurity Executive Order

Jay Chaudhry, founder, chairman and CEO of Zscaler, said the San Jose, California-based company added 20 government clients in the fiscal fourth quarter ended July 31 and has been selected to conduct a pilot program meant to advance implementation of zero trust architectures in line with the current administration’s cybersecurity executive order, CRN reported Thursday. […] More

by Jane Edwards September 10, 2021, 11:50 am
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Forcepoint’s George Kamis on 5 Measures Agencies Should Take to Protect Cloud-Based Sensitive Data

George Kamis, chief technology officer of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, said there are five steps federal agencies can implement to protect mission-critical data in the cloud against ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks and the first is adopting zero trust. “Zero trust replaces implicit assumptions about who is trusted with explicit decisions made […] More

by Jane Edwards September 3, 2021, 11:25 am
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Microsoft Federal’s Steve Faehl: Agencies Should Use Identity as First Pillar in Zero Trust

The Biden administration’s cybersecurity executive order calls on agencies to implement zero trust to mitigate cyberthreat risks and Steve Faehl, chief technology officer of security for Microsoft’s federal business, said the company could help agencies in their zero trust journey through a three-phase plan that starts with identification and monitoring, Federal News Network reported Thursday. […] More

by Jane Edwards August 27, 2021, 11:42 am
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in Cybersecurity, News, Space

Booz Allen’s Kevin Coggins: Space Sector Should Adopt Zero Trust to Protect Space-Based Assets

Kevin Coggins, vice president for positioning, navigation and timing at Booz Allen Hamilton, said he believes the space industry should implement zero-trust architectures to safeguard space-enabled networks from cyberthreats, Breaking Defense reported Monday. “The architectures of government systems are inherently trusting,” Coggins said. “If we continue to have these open, trusted links, we’re going to […] More

by Jane Edwards August 17, 2021, 11:36 am
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Palo Alto Networks Gets FedRAMP OK for Cloud-Based Security Offering; Dana Barnes Quoted
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Zscaler’s Stephen Kovac Highlights Need to Focus on Cyber Scores in 12th FITARA Scorecard

The House Oversight and Reform Committee’s government operations subpanel released the 12th iteration of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act scorecard and Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler, said federal agencies should focus on improving cyber scores in the latest FITARA scorecard. “We should be laser […] More

by Jane Edwards July 30, 2021, 5:27 am
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Deloitte, Palo Alto Networks Team Up for Zero Trust, Cloud Cybersecurity Offerings

Deloitte and Palo Alto Networks have partnered to offer integrated end-to-end zero trust and multi-cloud cybersecurity services. The two companies will help enterprise and government customers defend their digital assets through an agile and simple security infrastructure, a joint statement said Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Deloitte’s zero trust framework will be offered with […] More

by Angeline Leishman July 29, 2021, 11:51 am
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Google Cloud Launches Zero Trust Service Offerings for Government; Mike Daniels Quoted

Google Cloud has unveiled a set of service offerings meant to help federal, state and local government agencies establish zero trust architecture in compliance with the new executive order on cybersecurity. The company said Tuesday its new service offerings are Zero Trust Assessment and Planning, Secure Application Access Anywhere and Active Cyber Threat Detection. The […] More

by Jane Edwards July 21, 2021, 12:11 pm