Troy Grubbs
Area Director of Federal Sales, CyberArk
As Troy Grubbs considers what public sector challenges to expect in 2024, he thinks there will be a continued focus on the adoption and enforcement of cybersecurity mandates. This includes additional protections to mitigate and reduce cyberattacks’ impact on mission-critical systems.
The vast majority of malicious cyber intrusions focus on compromising specific identities (persons, assets or automated robot processes), with the intent to gain access to sensitive data and resources. There has been an explosion of identities ⏤ with machine identities outnumbering human ones by a factor of 45 ⏤ and more and more require access to sensitive systems to perform job duties, thereby placing a higher demand on identity protection.
In 2024, there will need to be increased importance placed on securing all human and machine identities for the federal government to meet cybersecurity initiatives and compliance objectives in 2024 and beyond.
“Troy’s understanding of the federal government and his ability to foresee what’s needed has made him a valuable champion on behalf of our customers and partners,” said Ernie Rhyne, vice president public sector at CyberArk. “Using a customer-centric framework, Troy has built a foundation by which our company is more aligned with customer missions and priorities, helping them to develop and execute on their vision.”
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To combat these challenges, Grubbs and his team are working to further their investment in federal certifications, like FedRAMP High, to ensure CyberArk products exceed the requirements and best security practices to better serve the federal government. Additionally, by leveraging CyberArk’s broad ecosystem of technology partners, Grubbs and his team will continue to extend the impact of CyberArk’s solutions, in support of zero trust initiatives and other cybersecurity needs.
“I believe our company priorities align exactly with the feedback we’ve received from public sector customers, who share the challenges they face with maturing their cybersecurity posture,” Grubbs said. “The shift on embracing Zero Trust has been a great first step, but for progress to continue these agencies must work to prioritize securing all identities as a foundational element of their cyber risk reduction and mitigation efforts.”