A cyber security breach at a U.S. government agency can literally place the nation’s national security at risk, especially in classified national security systems. Protection is needed against both external and “insider threats” on Microsoft platforms within government agencies. The U.S. Government has very specific and strong interest in protection against “insider threats.”
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G O V E R N M E N T X S E C T O R
NVD is a comprehensive cyber security vulnerability database that integrates all publicly available U.S. Government vulnerability resources and provides references to industry resources. It is based on and synchronized with the CVE vulnerability naming standard.
Security Content Automation Protocol Validated Products
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget has required, in a memorandum to Federal CIOs, that "Information technology providers must use S-CAP validated tools, as they become available, to certify their products do not alter these configurations, and agencies must use these tools when monitoring use of these configurations."http://nvd.nist.gov/scapproducts.cfm
The National Cyber Alert System was created to provide access to timely information about security topics and threats, as well as useful security tips.