Cybersecurity is getting the most attention after a number of high-profile breaches have shown the vulnerability of even the most sophisticated government IT systems. But cybersecurity is just one new dimension for government to protect. It’s not the only one. The days of a fixed network edge are gone. Digital transformation, cloud computing, Bring.
Your Own Device and the Internet
Things (IoT) have fragmented the traditional government network perimeter. Add to that the challenge of an increasingly distributed and mobile workforce, and it’s nearly impossible to determine where an agency’s perimeter actually lies.
Avaya calls this new scenario the
Everywhere perimeter,” where physical objects, cyber assets and network configurations all play a vital role in security. But most overseas chinese in worldwide data public and private sector organizations haven’t matured operations to meet the needs of an “everywhere perimeter”. We still live in a world of silos of security responsibilities.
That makes it difficult to set up a coordinated
Defense to multi-vector attacks, even though organizations should be working together. Technology also continues to be a challenge, with new advertisement if you don’t plan to sell them in the foreseeable tools providing as many problems as solutions. For instance, innovations like cloud computing offer better ways to understand what’s happening on and around networks.
Cloud can power analytics and extend
The edge of your network. But cloud comes with its own set of security risks, like privacy and sharing concerns, as well as the ability to access rich data data from nearly anywhere. Plus new tools have to integrate with the legacy infrastructure that government continues to use, extending security to new devices while making sure older tools are safe too.