Zscaler, Inc. has been added to the Department of Homeland Security Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program Approved Products List, the company announced on Thursday. 

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Zscaler announced on Tuesday that Zscaler Private Access, a zero trust network access service, has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program Ready status at the High Impact level.

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Stephen Kovac, vice president of Global Government and head of Corporate Compliance for Zscaler, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding TIC policy reform, the opportunities and benefits of TIC modernization and its impact on the federal market in 2020. 

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Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler, wrote in a commentary piece published Monday on FCW that the federal government should advance a certification process for platforms under the updated Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 policy.

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Stan Lowe, global chief information security officer at Zscaler, has said federal agencies should shift their focus to operational security as they modernize their information technology infrastructure and meet evolving missions. Lowe wrote in a GCN article published Friday how the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation initiative provide agencies an opportunity to address cyber threats and implement operational security.
 

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Zscaler has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification for its internet security and web gateway platform. The company said Monday its Zscaler Internet Access-Government secured the FedRAMP authorization to operate at the moderate-impact level. ZIA-Government is designed to directly send mission-critical traffic to the cloud to allow users to connect to external applications […] More

The Federal Communications Commission has granted authority to operate for Zscaler‘s application access platform for compliance with security requirements under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The company said Monday it can now offer the Zscaler Private Access-Government service to agencies that aim to manage sensitive apps and data in multiple devices. ZPA-Government uses a software-based perimeter […] More

Carahsoft will act as Zscaler‘s master government market aggregator and offer the latter’s cloud security platform on General Services Administration and NASA contract vehicles for an extended partnership between both companies. Zscaler designed its Internet Security Platform cover secure web gateways, cloud sandboxes, cloud firewalls and secure private access to internal assets in an effort to block malware, Carahsoft said Oct. 21. James […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has unveiled zero trust edge capabilities that have been tested on Amazon Web Services-built devices that offer on-board storage and enable users to perform edge computing and data transfer tasks. SAIC said Thursday it worked with AWS, Koverse, Okta, CrowdStrike, Splunk and Zscaler to deploy zero trust technologies that offer multilevel security from the edge and enable offline computing capabilities to help address network connectivity challenges.

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Steve Jacyna is director of emerging cybersecurity solutions at Carahsoft, where he develops and facilitates sales and marketing strategies for a portfolio of cybersecurity and other technology vendors. He applies his extensive knowledge of government contract vehicles and procurement cycles to connect solution providers with the government organizations that can benefit from their offerings. Jacyna […] More

A new Information Services Group report has found that U.S. state and local government agencies and related public sector organizations recognize the need to modernize their information technology systems and advance cybersecurity to meet the increasing demand for online services and remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ISG said Thursday the report showed […] More

Amazon Web Services and Splunk have initiated a project with 15 other technology companies to develop a common framework for standardizing cybersecurity data formats. Splunk said Wednesday the consortium aims to simplify taxonomy meant to help security professionals accelerate the process of ingesting and analyzing data through the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework. The initiative builds […] More