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COVID-19

Cyber Security Efforts Lag Move To Federal Multi-Cloud Adoption, Survey Says

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, July 27th, 2020

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Cyber Security Efforts Lag Move To Federal Multi-Cloud Adoption, Survey Says

Most federal agencies are adopting computing environments with multiple cloud networks in response to changing telework and mission needs due to COVID-19 and less than half say they are adopting cyber strategies to keep pace, according to a new report by MeriTalk. The report says that 83 percent of federal cyber respondents say their agency is increasing multi-cloud adoption related to COVID-19 but 42 percent say their cyber strategies lag the shift to the new computing environment. Only 25 percent…

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