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Cybersecurity for Federal Government

Threats against our Federal government are growing. And so is the complexity of our nation’s networks, which are tasked with mandates and challenges unique to their specialized missions. As both outsider and insider threats evolve, it is critical that network technologies also evolve to provide a more intuitive and automated defense.

At Cisco, we are committed to partnering with the Federal government at every level to enhance the security of these networks, and our nation, by providing education, thought leadership, and promotion of best practices in cybersecurity.

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March 4, 2020

GOVERNMENT

Zero Trust – Making a Deliberate Cybersecurity Lifestyle Choice

These days there are so many initiatives for cybersecurity and digital transformation across Federal Government that it’s getting hard to keep up, let alone figure out how to implement them all. But by adopting Zero Trust as your agency’s operational paradigm, you can chart a principled…

February 20, 2020

GOVERNMENT

AMP for FedRAMP: Relentless Breach Defense

Cyberthreats targeting Federal government IT are becoming increasingly evasive and complex. That’s why Federal agencies are rethinking their legacy antivirus solutions. And the best place to start? FedRAMP. Because a FedRAMP Authorized solution means strong, risk-based security that meets stringent…

December 20, 2019

GOVERNMENT

Using Automation with your Security Products

Guest Author: Chris Johnson, Cybersecurity Technical Solutions Architect, DoD – Cisco Systems For network engineers, automation is changing the way we interact with the network devices that are a key part of our responsibilities. This is a fundamental change in the way that we’re used to contr…

October 2, 2019

GOVERNMENT

One Security Framework to Address Zero Trust, NIST, CARTA, CDM, and HVA

Well, the industry now understands where Cisco is going! A modern security framework/architecture should be designed to cover all the important security frameworks and compliance requirements. Cisco has been developing a comprehensive end to end, cross-domain network architectural approach over the…

August 13, 2019

GOVERNMENT

Cybersecurity for Federal Networks: It All Starts with Visibility

Guest Author: Neil Lovering  |  CCIE #1772  |  Sr. Solutions Architect, Security @Cisco   True story: A security director walks into a Security Operations Center (SOC) where a demonstration of a network visibility tool is occurring, in real-time, on his network. He immediately points out what h…

July 1, 2019

GOVERNMENT

Zero Trust for Government Networks: 6 Steps You Need to Know

Government agencies are well along on their journey of Digital Transformation to fundamentally change the way they manage and deliver services throughout our country and to citizens. They are doing this by thinking differently about how they use their networks and taking advantage of new technologie…

April 24, 2019

GOVERNMENT

Securing Government: It all starts at the DNS Layer

There’s no doubt that today’s business technology landscape is vastly different than five or ten years ago. That’s especially true for the Federal Government in the United States. With initiatives like digital transformation, cloud-first strategies, and defending forward in cyberspace, the attack su…