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CYBERSECURITY & MODERNIZATION
As daunting a security challenge as IoT is, the government must address it smarter and faster than it has any cybersecurity challenge before it.
with mandates in near-real time. Meeting requirements such as those in the Federal Information Security Management Act, Command Cyber Readiness Inspections, Binding Operational Directives and even the Federal IT Acquisition Reform Act will soon no longer take the form of a “snapshot” or audit. It will represent a continuous state.
Connected devices enhance agencies’
missions in innumerable and essential ways. Yet they also create a vastly larger threat surface and introduce complexity into agencies’ IT networks. DOD and civilian agencies must remain committed to “cyber basics” while pursuing newer technologies, such as agentless asset discovery, to adapt to fast-changing IT landscapes. They must make securing IoT devices part of their risk mitigation strategies and demand the same
of contractors and suppliers.
As daunting a security challenge as IoT
is, the government must address it smarter and faster than it has any cybersecurity challenge before it. Its citizen customers are counting on it.
Niels Jensen is senior vice president of Americas sales at ForeScout Technologies.
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