Closing the gaps in cybersecurity resilience at U.S. Government agencies

FedScoop: While about 2 in 3 federal IT officials claim their agency can detect cybersecurity incidents within 12 hours, they also stress the need for more skilled cybersecurity help to confirm that there aren’t deeper, undiscovered threats lurking in networks, according to a new study.

Federal IT executives are relatively confident that their agencies can absorb a cyberattack and continue to function, but a number of gaps in cybersecurity resilience remain. More than half of IT leaders at civilian agencies — and 6 in 10 at defense or intelligence agencies — say their agencies don’t have the tools and resources needed to meet their security objectives.

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