How to Unlock the Hidden Value of Your Cyber Defenses - GovLoop Academy

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How to Unlock the Hidden Value of Your Cyber Defenses

In cybersecurity, do more solutions make for a merrier defense? Not necessarily. Too many tools can actually lead to infighting and undefined roles. In this course, we’ll cover how integration seals up gaps in cyberdefense by bringing data from disparate solutions together.

This course was created in collaboration with Recorded Future and Carahsoft. Learn more at https://www.recordedfuture.com/platform/

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