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CYBERSECURITY & MODERNIZATION
The right technology can help cybersecurity professionals triage indicators and automate some responses so that they can devote their time to making the tougher decisions.
Funding the most
promising projects
Congress and the White House have made IT modernization a priority,
and there’s a big push to transform cybersecurity at the same time.
The Modernizing Government Technology Act is playing a key role and can have an even bigger impact if we shift the focus from funding many small
projects to tackling a handful of bigger projects that have high promise.
If a proof of concept goes well, a project like Sharkseer could be replicated across multiple agencies through the regular budget process or through the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program.
The government needs to continue
funding CDM, Sharkseer, the Defense Department’s Joint Information Environment and similar programs to help all agencies create the right balance of people, processes and technology to defend their increasingly complex IT environments.
Dennis Reilly is vice president of federal sales at Gigamon.
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