By Saimon Michelson
Feb 08, 2021
The SolarWinds attack is already being described as one of the worst cyber-espionage cases in history. This massive hack has compromised local, state and federal agencies in the U.S., as well as the European Parliament and NATO.
The sweeping impact of this data breach, which keeps broadening as new information emerges, is a shrill wake-up call for government organizations to rethink their data protection strategies.
Anatomy of the SolarWinds attack
In March 2020, attackers injected a malicious Trojan into an update of the SolarWinds Orion IT infrastructure management software, which was then inadvertently distributed by SolarWinds and installed as an update to all Orion users 18,000 government and private users downloaded the compromised versions.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has published requirements that can help organizations protect controlled unclassified information against nation-state backed threats.
The Defense Department’s MilCloud 2.0 contract now gives Defense Information Services Agency and other non-combat DOD agencies access to cloud services from Amazon Web Services.
By Dennis Thankachan
Feb 02, 2021
COVID-19 changed the face of the government workplace in 2020, with more employees and contractors working remotely than ever before. The “work from anywhere, anytime” trend, vastly accelerated by the pandemic and innovative, cloud-based digital workforce tools, offers unprecedented flexibility and benefits for agencies and workers alike.
The question for IT and network managers is how to best support this and other vital, modern business and communication tools now and in the future. Legacy methodologies and technologies simply cannot keep up. A solution is unified communications systems. UC provides a flexible, cloud-based platform that allows the workforce to effectively and seamlessly communicate and collaborate regardless of their location and the devices they use.