Security in Network Modernization

Shaun Khalfan, Customs and Border Protection’s chief security officer, discussed the agency’s comprehensive cybersecurity strategy, from managing data to educating users.

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The Homeland Security Department’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center analyzes information to help give other federal, state and local officials a clearer picture of real and potential threats.

Federal leaders in cybersecurity are finding themselves in the position of trying to guess what the next big thing is going to be and how to prepare for it.

The internet is getting more complex as more devices come on board, so to speak. The threats to agency and organization’s networks, applications and data also are evolving–the latest example is ransomware.

All of this is leading uncertainty from users and executives about how best to secure the network and data.