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The cybersecurity posture of the United States government stands as a critical pillar in protecting national security against digital threats and cybercrimes. As cyberattacks grow in frequency and sophistication, the imperative to secure the nation's data infrastructure has never been more pressing. So what are federal agencies doing about it?

As the news is dominated by natural disasters wreaking havoc – hurricanes leaving trails of destruction, floods submerging entire towns, and wildfires engulfing vast expanses of land – it's a stark reminder of the importance of safeguarding not just private homes and businesses, but also our nation’s most critical data.

A cloud hosting vulnerability assessment is a proactive approach to evaluate the security posture of cloud-based infrastructure, applications, and data. It involves identifying weaknesses, misconfigurations, and potential threats that could compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of resources hosted in the cloud environment.

GovDataHosting, a division of IT-CNP, is proud to have sponsored Digital Government Institute’s virtual workshop, “Securing the Cloud.” The Digital Government Institute (DGI) workshop featured speakers from the Architecture and Engineering Center of Excellence at DHS’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).

Each and every member of our cloud technical and compliance support staff understands: When hosting government mission critical systems, there is absolutely no room for error.

In a January regulatory filing, Microsoft revealed that a Russian intelligence group gained entry to a non-production test tenant account, opening a door that enabled access to the email accounts of senior executives working on Microsoft’s security and legal teams.