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Strategy: Cybersecurity: Continuous Monitoring Action Plan

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Federal agencies must transition from static cybersecurity defenses to automated, real-time monitoring and response. Here's how IT security teams can get started.

Federal agencies must transition from static cybersecurity defenses to automated, real-time monitoring and response. Here's how IT security teams can get started. (S2470211)

Table of Contents

    3 Author's Bio

    4 Executive Summary

    6 A New Approach to Cybersecurity

    7 Continuous Monitoring Tasks

    9 Organizational Profile

    10 Technology Tools

    11 Figure 1: Two-Year Plan for Security Technology Use

    13 Next Steps

    14 Conclusion

    15 Other Resources

    16 Related Reports

About the Author

Strategy: Securing EMR Systems

John Sankovich is a vice president with Inforeliance Corp., which designs, develops, deploys and secures enterprise IT systems that transform the business operations of clients across the globe. He leads a healthcare IT practice and is an InformationWeek Analytics contributor.

John has more than 20 years of government and commercial IT experience in managing complex programs and deliverables. He has extensive experience in the areas of consulting, telecommunications, information technology, healthcare and security.

John is a graduate of Purdue University (BS in engineering) and the University of Pittsburgh (MS in engineering and MBA). You can reach him at john.sankovich@inforeliance.com.

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