Bloomberg Government regularly publishes insights, opinion and best practices from our community of senior leaders and decision-makers. This column is written by Monzy Merza, Director of Cyber Research and Chief Security Evangelist at Splunk.
Just over a year ago the Office of Personnel Management revealed it had suffered two breaches that compromised the personnel records and security clearance information for approximately 22 million people, a group that not only included federal employees and contractors but their family and friends as well. Since then, sensitivity to cybersecurity incidents has been substantially higher across the federal landscape, with agencies looking to avoid enduring the loud and public criticism OPM still faces today.
Responding to the OPM breaches, Federal CIO Tony Scott initiated a month-long Cybersecurity Sprint calling on all agencies to evaluate and address security problems. This program yielded some positive results, including immediate improvements in authentication practices. Federal civilian agencies increased their use of strong authentication practices for privileged and unprivileged users by 30 percent during the sprint. For the full article click here
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