Blue Ridge Networks has been in business for over twenty years. CEO John Higginbotham shares how network security began with untrusted networks and has become focused on Zero Trust Architecture.

Today's federal systems reflect commercial systems – there is a mess with data, there are application issues, and some systems have poor security. COVID has caused federal information technology professionals to reassess this status and revise many aspects of security.

COVID has certainly caused a drastic increase in connections taking place Along with that, there is also a need for more protection. During the interview, John Higginbotham suggests that a great starting point is multi-factor authentication. He agrees that frameworks from groups like DoD, NIST, and CISA can help in structuring a plan.