Secure Your Agency for Long-Term Remote Work
Across the federal government, agencies are rethinking their telework policies and practices in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Across the federal government, agencies are rethinking their telework policies and practices in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Supporting IT for a distributed workforce is tough at all agencies. The latest version of the TIC policy, known as TIC 3.0, has provided relief.
Remote workers for one defense health agency were having problems accessing what they needed to do their jobs so the agency invested in a SASE solution.
Providing the right level of access, performance and security for remote workers using the cloud requires solutions that can scale virtually infinitely.
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased pressure on agencies in two key ways. First, they are facing unprecedented demand for remote work. Second, this push has strained their IT networks with historic burdens.
To move forward, successful agencies will leverage TIC 3.0 and Zero Trust in tandem.
Most organizations have between 20 and 75 security solutions, each solving a separate problem. While these tools can help fight specific cybersecurity threats, they often don’t integrate well with one another, creating visibility problems and complexity overload.
In response to the global need to work from home, we’ve seen many government agencies put a renewed focus on equipping their workforces with modern, mission-critical technologies.
This roundtable discussion covered topics, from the continued relevance of the original TIC vision to the uncertainty and excitement about its evolution.
In theory, a cloud-based security solution should provide the necessary flexibility and scalability. However, many so-called cloud solutions were not designed for the cloud but instead retrofitted for it, relying on script languages to provide automated capabilities.