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A recent SolarWinds survey of federal IT professionals found that 43 percent of respon-
dents felt that inadequate user training was a barrier to system optimization.
Three Strategies Agencies Can
Take Today to Improve Their
Cyber Defenses
By Jim Hansen, VP of products, security dent per month in the government
and cloud, SolarWinds
sector.
Since 2006, U.S. agencies have That indicates that cyber attacks ar-
been the victims of more than 100 en’t slowing down. They’re ramp-
ing up.
cyber attacks.
In 2018, on average, there appears to The U.S. government is taking steps
have been at least one reported inci- to combat these incidents.
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