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Mar
05

Feds Look To Big Data On Security Questions

From: InformationWeek/Government

Elena Malykhina

Government IT leaders believe continuous monitoring and advanced analytics can help agencies better understand their networks and security.

Government IT leaders believe the growth of big data analytics may provide new tools in combating cyber security threats, according to a new report.

The new report — based on conversations with18 federal government IT leaders with expertise in big data, cybersecurity, and operations — found that agencies are exploring the opportunities and threats emerging at the intersection of their big data and cybersecurity initiatives.

Experts from agencies including the Government Accountability Office (GAO), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), General Services Administration (GSA), and NASA, discussed the emerging interplay between these two disciplines and other trends in a study conducted by MeriTalk, underwritten by Northrop Grumman.

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