Guide
Ways Hackers Look to Exploit Federal Agencies
Federal agencies are often high targets of attackers to obtain access to your environment, steal data, or leak information.
There are 7 common ways hackers try to get into federal agencies. In this guide you'll get:
Descriptions of each type, a couple of which might surprise you
Real-world examples of why hackers want data in that way
Strategies for...
Blog
How Cyber Weaknesses Lead to Empty Shelves: An Offensive Security View
By Katrina Thompson on Tue, 09/23/2025
Empty grocery shelves can be caused by natural disasters, wars, and trade embargoes, as we’ve seen in recent years. But they can also be the result of successful cyberattacks, which could be more preventable than the other three agents of chaos.
Whether a company sells computer chips or potato chips, if the logistics of production, distribution, or sale are disrupted, shelves will remain empty...
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Adopting a Proactive Approach to Federal Cybersecurity
Thu, 07/14/2022
Cyber criminals focus on the easiest targets, which often are federal agencies. A recent White House Executive Order on cybersecurity puts renewed focus squarely on securing federal network infrastructure. The order promotes, among other things, modernizing federal cybersecurity, improving detection of vulnerabilities and incidents, and moving toward a Zero Trust security model. But where do...
Guide
A Proactive Approach to Federal Cybersecurity
Cyber criminals focus on the easiest targets, which often are federal agencies. A recent White House Executive Order on cybersecurity puts renewed focus squarely on securing federal network infrastructure, which means federal agencies must step up their security games, complying with both existing and emerging regulations related to information security.
Among other things, the order promotes...
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Department of Energy Core Security Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA)
Core Security's Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the Department of Energy (DOE) establishes a cooperative agreement that streamlines the purchase process, allowing Core Security to efficiently fulfill the recurring needs of the DOE, with their specific requirements in mind.
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Core Impact
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How Pen-Testing Protects Your Federal Agency
Wed, 05/27/2020
It seems as if government agencies, both locally and nationally, are making headlines for mostly the wrong reasons these days. From scandals to breaches and cybersecurity this has become such a sensitive subject within the past year that these events have left most folks feeling even more on edge. As stated by Thales Data Threat Report, within the past year alone, 33% of government agencies...
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How Penetration Tests Protect Your Retail Business
Wed, 05/27/2020
Retail is arguably the leader in terms of the most financial transactions executed in an industry. With that in mind, the retail industry also makes up 8% of all data breaches. It may feel nerve-racking to both work and participate in such a risk dense environment. However, if you have the right security measures in place and remain aware of other’s security breaches and best practices you may be...
Case Study
U.S. Government Laboratory
Overview
Core Impact helped this U.S. Government Lab:
Compliment vulnerability scanning
Prepare for security audits
Test end-user security awareness