Cybersecurity

The biggest cybersecurity threat facing federal agencies is legacy IT

Improving our cyber posture is among the top priorities for the Trump administration. However, there are still many questions raised as to how they hope to achieve this goal.

As we have seen over the past several years, high-profile hacks are practically the norm. Starting with the OPM data breach in 2015, which affected millions of current and former federal employees to Russia’s efforts to influence our election through hacking of our political parties, cyberattacks have become a constant source of news and frustration in our lives.

There are many new IT initiatives emerging across government. Texas Republican Rep. Will Hurd’s revised Modernizing Government Act has finally been reintroduced. The president announced both a modernization-focused American Technology Council and an Office of American Innovation. A cybersecurity executive order will also be released.