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What are the benefits of a secure KVM?

1. Why Cybersecurity?

 

Cybersecurity is on everyone’s mind these days and with good reason: it’s a growing threat that many organizations are unprepared to face especially governments. However, it’s in their best interest to establish robust cybersecurity measures, considering cyber-attacks cost the global economy about US$600 billion in 2017, according to McAfee and the Center for Strategic and International Studies 

(CSIS)1. Hackers, from independent ones to terrorists and those working for foreign governments, are responsible for ransomware, distributed denial of service, and stealing of classified information. What’s worse, the Cisco 2018 Annual Cyberspace Security Report2 found cyberattacks are expected to increase in 2019 and are growing more sophisticated by the day. Welcome to the future of warfare, fought safely from behind a keyboard. 

 

Many government agencies are still lacking when it comes to cybersecurity. For example, the US government only just established its first cybersecurity agency in late 2018. The UK’s government revealed around the same time that it was ill-equipped to deal with cyber-attacks on its national infrastructure, including power grids. That means hackers could potentially shut down power to large portions of the UK. The nation is now considering creating its first cybersecurity minister. 

 

2. Is Your Cyber Backdoor Wide Open?

Risk management firm SecurityScorecard noted in 2017 that many US government agencies struggled with basic cybersecurity measures, from reusing older passwords on management accounts, to devices exposed to the public Internet. Internet of Things (IoT) devices was especially poorly managed, and thus exposed, often undetected by agencies. Simply put, many are leaving the door wide open for hackers, terrorists, and other cybercriminals. 

 

The good news? All of these problems are relatively simple to solve. The key is to be proactive instead of reactive. Replacing legacy technology that has long since been figured out by hackers is one of the first things government agencies can do.  

 

3. Secure KVM Switches to the Rescue

With cyber threats growing every year, a robust solution needs to meet them head-on. Enter Secure KVM solutions.  Security-reinforced KVM switches provide the means to consolidate multiple workstations of various security classification levels with a single keyboard, monitor, and mouse also known as a KVM console. With hardware and software-based security features built into the units, military, intelligence, and federal agency installations can rest assured that their data is being protected on both physical and digital levels.  

 

NIAP for Trusted Secure KVM Certification 

 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NAS) have established a program under the National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) to evaluate IT product performance to international standards. The program, known as the NIAP Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme for IT Security (CCEVS), was implemented to help consumers and government agencies select commercial off-the-shelf IT products that meet their security requirements.  

 

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