The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Office of Regulatory Affairs (ORA) is the lead office for all of the agency's field investigations, a far flung operation with 198 locations nationwide. But the pursuit of its critical mission, to protect consumers from harmful foods and drugs, was hampered by an aging, inadequate IT infrastructure. (more)

Threats against an agency's IT are often aimed at the most valuable asset: the data center. But when security is considered at the very beginning of data center planning, agencies can increase protection and reduce operational costs. A well thought-out defense-in-depth strategy includes multiple layers of security and different overlapping technologies. (more)