The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Computer Security Incident Response Center (CSIRC) is the primary entity responsible for not only maintaining department-wide operational Information Technology (IT) cybersecurity, but also determining the overall operational IT security risk posture of the HHS infrastructure.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) developed the Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Initiative to optimize and standardize the continuous monitoring of cybersecurity for external network connections in use by federal agencies in order to improve security posture and incident response capabilities, as well as provide enhanced monitoring of external network connections.
With these demanding objectives for the HHS and all of its operating division (OPDIV) networks, including the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Federal Drug Administration, (FDA), National Institute of Health (NIH), and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), CSIRC was looking for a powerful and strategic solution.
