Public sector systems provide services that support the military, critical infrastructure, emergency response, transport, to civilian state and local government operations, and more. The public sector lives under the constant threat of IT infrastructure attack from malware, bad actors, and Advanced Persistent Threats (APT’s). For many government entities, the process of measuring, maintaining and validating their IT security efficacy under compliance frameworks such as FISMA, FedRAMP, and DISA STIG, has evolved into a costly and resource intensive 24/7 requirement.
With the addition of virtualization and cloud platforms, many public sector IT and security practitioners are struggling to meet the most basic compliance requirements due to missing or under-developed platform technology. Unfortunately, this lack of native security functionality makes the utilization of these platforms a risky proposition when used for high value, mission critical deployments. Departments and agencies must mitigate these risks by implementing third party, automated solutions that bridge these gaps and meet the standards required for success in the public sector.
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Strengthening Public Sector Security and Compliance
Mitigating risk and achieving security compliance in the cloud
