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Volume 27
September 2018 Edition
As the defense sector continues investing in connected devices, thereby increasing the complexity of its networks, it’s
creating additional access points for hackers to exploit, and more challenging for federal IT professionals to lock their
agencies’ virtual doors, monitor their networks, and keep data protected.
Arming Against Attack: Three
Strategies to Fight Foreign Hackers
Guest Editorial By Paul Parker, Chief Technologist,
Federal and National Government, SolarWinds
threats posed by external hackers.
Earlier this year, Director of National In-
As we move closer to the United telligence Dan Coats sounded the warn-
States midterm elections, cyber- ing bells.
security has become a hot topic of
In his Worldwide Threat Assessment
conversation.
of the U.S. Intelligence Community,
From Facebook to the Department of Coats wrote:
Homeland Security, both private and
public organizations have become ex- “THE POTENTIAL FOR SURPRISE IN THE
traordinarily cognizant of the potential CYBER REALM WILL INCREASE IN THE
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