Information technology vendors who can provide productive ways to protect against cybersecurity threats should find a welcome market among federal agencies. Cybersecurity is the major worry of government IT personnel, two recent surveys concluded. Federal IT managers polled for a Cisco-sponsored study were asked to select which of nine possible scenarios posed the “greatest risk” to their agencies over the next year. The “increased sophistication of cyberattacks” was a risk cited by 71 percent of respondents, and it ranked at the top of threat scenarios.
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Cyberthreats Rise as Federal Agencies' Defenses Slip
Posted by: John K. Higgins October 11, 2011 05:00 AMInformation technology vendors who can provide productive ways to protect against cybersecurity threats should find a welcome market among federal agencies. Cybersecurity is the major worry of government IT personnel, two recent surveys concluded. Federal IT managers polled for a Cisco-sponsored study were asked to select which of nine possible scenarios posed the “greatest risk” to their agencies over the next year. The “increased sophistication of cyberattacks” was a risk cited by 71 percent of respondents, and it ranked at the top of threat scenarios.