The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) has made cybersecurity, a top priority in 2021, to tackle the immediate threat of ransomware and building a more robust and diverse workforce.
The Secretary of Homeland Security quoted--"With over $4 billion in cybercrime losses reported to the U.S. government last year alone, it affects the wallets of Americans across the country, often the most vulnerable – elderly and unemployed individuals reliant on government assistance, communities of color, and American families. And as we have seen with the wave of ransomware attacks and intrusions into critical infrastructure, cyber threats are coming dangerously close to threatening our lives." The roadmap details how the US should strengthen its cyber practices in federal, public, and private organizations to defend against unforeseen cyberthreats.
Cybersecurity is about the people. It is about protecting our way of life and protecting what we hold dear.
Fostering bold and immediate innovations, wide-scale investments, and raising the bar of essential cyber hygiene to improve our cyber defenses.
Determining the risks to prioritize and how to allocate limited resources to maximize impact with the help of a fact-based framework.
Strengthening collaboration between the private sector and government to generate the insights necessary to detect malicious cyber actors.
Integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout every aspect.
On an enterprise level, implementing these principles on an enterprise level would translate to fortifying your organization against cyber risks in the following ways:
In light of the recent attacks at Colonial Pipeline, JBS and Kaseya, Cybersecurity is more important than ever. The DHS has warned organizations in US to strengthen their defenses against ransomware attacks as mandated by the National Cyber Strategy. The need to secure enterprise networks and devices in a unified way is quintessential. This is where Endpoint Central, ManageEngine's Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solution, can help.
