Page 20 - Federal Computer Week, July 2019

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Such an approach helps agencies stay secure and compliant while encouraging innovation
GOVERNMENT HAS a remarkable opportunity to modernize technology infrastructures to meet
the needs of today’s digitally savvy users. By pivoting to meet these new demands, agencies are able to open up new government services and new channels of connecting, while streamlining their IT programs and saving taxpayer dollars.
Moving to the cloud is one way agencies are transforming. But as different instances of cloud get set up across agencies, silos are created, and a holistic approach to security can become nearly impossible.
Handling cybersecurity in government is like a game of whack-a-mole for CIOs and CISOs. Today, because of legacy technology and infrastructures, agencies are faced with many different siloed systems requiring
lots of time, attention and expense. If a security directive comes out, it is very hard to comply with it holistically. Agencies are attempting to patch, remediate and scan across an impossible combination of legacy systems, technology and software versions.
This is challenging because the time spent dealing with security in a reactive way means agency IT teams may not be able to
work toward meeting mission needs. While agencies need to stay secure
and compliant, they must also be able to innovate, optimize cost and stay agile in their approaches and development. Setting up an enterprise cloud platform can allow for more freedom, agility and compliance, while allowing agencies to leverage and inherit the built-in security and compliance.
One such platform is the Salesforce FedRAMP-authorized Government Cloud. It’s a partitioned instance of salesforce.com’s multi-tenant public cloud infrastructure, specifically for use by federal, state and
local government customers. It enables organizations to digitally transform
the business of government rapidly and revolutionize the citizen experience,
all while meeting the regulatory and compliance needs of government.
We help agencies modernize with
our integrated, secure cloud platform, which enables government to cut costs, accelerate mission success and provide a more complete ecosystem for employees, stakeholders and beyond. Salesforce’s multi-tenant platform reduces security risks to agencies because their information is managed through a rigorous security monitoring and remediation program aligned with FedRAMP.
Agencies should adopt a cloud platform approach because it allows them to leverage and inherit built-in security and compliance while accelerating their digital transformation efforts.
Paul Tatum is vice president and systems engineer for the Public Sector Unit at Salesforce.
Agencies are attempting to patch, remediate and scan across an impossible combination of legacy systems, technology and software versions.
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