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Organizational cyber hygiene is fundamental to national security . Now , more than ever , there are no cyber borders . The examples of Russia s and China s continued aggres- sion require cybersecurity vigilance but our determina- tion and focus to apply these defensive cyber measures will shore up our organiza- tions and secure our nation .

About the Author

Sam Kinch , Director , Tanium Federal

Sam Kinch is the Director of Technical Accountment Man- agement , supporting cyber- security firm Tanium s public sector customers . Kinch s ex- perience includes more than 20 years of military cyber of- fense operations expertise building , optimizing and streamlining cybersecurity initiatives . He is the former Director for the U . S . Department of Homeland Security s Technical

Security Team , the former Chief Information Officer / Chief Information Secu- rity Officer for the Dela- ware National Guard , and served as the Na- tional Guard Advisor to the Commander for U . S . Cyber Commandmand .

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