Why now is the time for zero trust in DoD cybersecurity
Jim Hansen
The sudden and massive shift to a remote work policy across the Department of Defense and the contracting community has created a perfect storm of cyber challenges needing to be addressed. Keenly aware of this, threat actors are taking advantage.
A few months into the COVID-19 crisis, the Pentagon reported a surge in cyberattacks as threat actors sought to exploit more than 4 million employees and contractors who now rely on DoD networks to telework.
Even before COVID-19 struck, security breaches and ransomware attacks on DoD suppliers continued to plague the DoD.
https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2020/11/20/why-now-is-the-time-for-zero-trust-in-dod-cybersecurity/
