Nation-state adversaries have set their sights on critical infrastructure — and that focus has only increased in the past year. A recent Waterfall Security report found a 140 percent increase in cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in 2022.

In this episode of MeriTalking, MeriTalk’s Gail Emery is joined by Jim Richberg, the public sector chief information security officer at cybersecurity and networking firm, Fortinet.

With legacy systems in state and local governments buckling under the pressure of modern-day technology and advanced cyberattacks, government entities need to secure their systems and build operational resiliency into their technology roadmaps.

Privileged access is the gateway to an organization’s most valuable assets, and a factor in nearly every major security breach. Learn how to develop an effective process for securing enterprise identities, protecting credentials and secrets, and managing privileged access in this guide.

By 2024, Federal agencies are required to adopt zero-trust architecture, a security framework that requires everyone and everything to be continuously validated before being granted or maintaining access to applications and data. As a result, state, and local agencies that interface with Federal agencies will eventually need to operate a zero-trust environment to access their systems.