From: FCW
By Patrick D. Howard
In the timeless words of Yogi Berra, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” Federal IT managers know all too well of the challenge of going down two paths. Two of the biggest have been the mandates to migrate to the cloud and to better secure government IT systems through continuous monitoring.
On the one hand, federal agencies have been directed to use a “cloud first” strategy, but they’ve been hesitant because of concerns about the security of their data in the cloud. On the other hand, the successful penetrations of agency networks and systems at the Office of Personnel Management, State Department and elsewhere have given agencies pause about the security of their systems and information.
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