Quest Public Sector Solutions Overview

They are out there, and they are desperately trying to get in. From basement-dwelling hackers to state-sponsored threats, bad actors desire to wreak havoc on public agencies by stealing data, releasing highly confidential information, and ransoming files and other digital assets. Plus, agencies and federal enterprise IT solutions must be vigilant for internal threats and unauthorized access, particularly to privileged resources. The ideal proactive security posture to mitigate these threats is a zero trust cybersecurity model.

To say the least, Active Directory and end-user identity data are under constant siege. In 2021 alone, Microsoft reported more than 25 billion (yes, with a B) brute force attacks on Azure Active Directory. The goal for the threat actor is to compromise end-user credentials, escalate to privileged access and then exfiltrate data and cause damage. Active Directory is the backbone of end-user identity for most public sector entities – and Fortune 1000 companies – therefore it remains a high-priority target for threat actors and must be protected with best practices, and secure and efficient management solutions. Quest Software Public Sector has those federal enterprise IT solutions to enhance and protect your AD infrastructure.

For IT leaders at federal agencies, few things are more exciting than updating to the latest thing. However, at times, this can be one of the most frustrating, fearful and time-consuming things. With budget and efficiency a constant concern, federal agencies don’t have time for down time, slow processes or lost data. You need the migration tools to keep your agency running smoothly, constituents happy and services flowing. Quest Public Sector has the portfolio of federal enterprise IT solutions to support your Microsoft environment while moving from one version of an app to a newer version or making the leap to cloud services or a hybrid cloud environment with data and processes intact. Learn about Quest Public Sector’s knowledge and experience with migration of Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, OneDrive for Business and other Microsoft solutions and platforms.

It’s easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer mass of log data – and storage costs – that a federal agency infrastructure can produce on any given workday. Every keystroke, mouse click, user login, database query and admin command creates a piece of data that needs to be routed, analyzed, prioritized, encrypted, stored and archived. Without the proper log management tools, this nonstop data onslaught can hinder productivity, mask bad behavior, skyrocket storage costs and increase your agency’s risk surface.

The recent executive order memorandum (M-21-31) is an effort to centralize management and access, and to increase visibility into the health, security and performance of federal enterprise IT solutions operations. Learn how Quest Software Public Sector can help your agency harness log management, be cost-effective and bring clarity to your IT operations.

Quest Software Public Sector supports the Federal Data Strategy action plan and can help your agency accelerate the adoption of the tools and process to implement the best practices that apply to your agency’s mission. Our experience with federal enterprise IT solutions can help prioritize first steps and next steps, and identify which data centers, apps, platforms and environments need to be augmented to enhance your database management, business continuity, compliance and data governance.

Collecting, organizing and storing data is just the beginning. From there, how can your agency ensure it is fully leveraging the value of that data? What story, challenge or guidance resides in that data? What actions can be taken based on that data? Citizens’ lives are impacted by how data is used. Therefore, you need to ensure ethical collection and usage, as well as transparency, is achieved. Learn how Quest Software Public Sector can help to deploy effective enterprise modeling and data intelligence practices.