Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Quantifying the economic impact of Elastic Security As public sector organizations grapple with a changing economic and political landscape, the focus has increasingly turned to driving efficiencies, reducing costs, and strengthening resiliency.

Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) was mandated by the US Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 2007 and provides a set of security standards that must be adhered to by all federal workstations and laptops running Windows XP or Vista. FDCC evolved into the United States Government Configuration Baseline (USGCB) starting in 2010, although some agencies and contracts may still be under lingering FDCC compliance obligations.

The cybersecurity risks facing government agencies have evolved dramatically in recent years. Foreign actors, criminal organizations, and malicious insiders are significant threats to sensitive operations and infrastructure. Agency leaders must focus on comprehensive security strategies that address sophisticated external attacks and potential insider risks.

When it comes to cyber attacks, it’s no longer a question of if but when. Threat actors aren’t discriminating between the public or private sector — each organization has valuable data, which means every organization is a viable target. In this new threat landscape, digital resilience — the ability to defend against, withstand, and recover from attacks — has become an operational imperative.

Governmental cybersecurity is largely focused on federal government agencies. When we talk about FedRAMP, CMMC, DFARS, and other security standards, it’s almost always with an eye toward the governmental agencies and departments that comprise the federal government and the contractors and suppliers that work with them. For private businesses and non-governmental partners, ISO 27001 provides a great security framework. What about the middle ground, though?

The evolving landscape of state-sponsored threats demands the highest levels of security for federal systems and critical infrastructure. As part of our longstanding commitment to protecting federal agencies and critical infrastructure, the AI-native CrowdStrike Falcon platform has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) High Authorization — the U.S. government’s most stringent cloud security standard.