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HP Federal’s Todd Gustafson on Three Steps Agencies Should Consider to Build Up Endpoint Security Posture

HP Federal’s Todd Gustafson on Three Steps Agencies Should Consider to Build Up Endpoint Security Posture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
Todd Gustafson
HP Federal’s Todd Gustafson on Three Steps Agencies Should Consider to Build Up Endpoint Security Posture - top government contractors - best government contracting event
Todd Gustafson

Todd Gustafson, president of HP’s federal business, wrote in an article published Tuesday on FedTech that there are three steps government agencies should do to protect endpoint devices from cyber threats and the first is to acknowledge cybersecurity gaps.

“A core differentiator for security lies in the willingness of agencies to take meaningful strides to accommodate, locate and protect devices connected to their workforce,” Gustafson wrote. “A first step toward solving this problem would be to conduct a comprehensive audit to determine what devices are accessing the network, where they are located and how secure they might be.”

The succeeding steps agencies should consider are putting security ahead of all other procurement considerations and investing in a range of protective measures for endpoint devices, including attack detection and remediation, configuration maintenance and automated threat monitoring.

Agencies should also consider using devices with integrated features such as tools that work to detect malware and built-in privacy modes, Gustafson added.

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Written by Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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