{"id":242645,"date":"2026-05-08T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/you-can-buy-better-tools-but-that-alone-wont-get-you-to-perfect-cyber-security\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T19:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T23:45:24","slug":"you-can-buy-better-tools-but-that-alone-wont-get-you-to-perfect-cyber-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/08\/you-can-buy-better-tools-but-that-alone-wont-get-you-to-perfect-cyber-security\/","title":{"rendered":"You can buy better tools, but that alone won\u2019t get you to perfect cyber security"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can buy better tools, but that alone won\u2019t get you to perfect cyber security<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/federalnewsnetwork.com\/cybersecurity\/2026\/05\/you-can-buy-better-tools-but-that-alone-wont-get-you-to-perfect-cyber-security\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-08 13:38:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: federalnewsnetwork.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Terry Gerton <\/strong>Cybersecurity is a big topic for us. We talk about it a lot. Our audience is really interested in it. We talk about typically cybersecurity tools, training, rules and regulations. And at the same time, though, we\u2019re noticing that phishing and social engineering attacks are getting more sophisticated every year. Breaches continue to happen at every level of government. From your perspective there at Fors Marsh, What explains the gap between investment in technology for cybersecurity and outcomes?<\/p>\n

Nicole Togno <\/strong>So I see this as, I think to answer honestly, I think perhaps we\u2019ve been solving for the wrong problem. So agencies invest a lot in the tools and those tools are really good at managing systems. I think perhaps what they haven\u2019t invested as much in is understanding the people operating inside those systems, right? People are complicated. We\u2019re all very complicated beings, right. We are busy. We act under pressure more and more, right, as our work advances and technology infuses the way in which we work. And so we are called upon to make, you know, a zillion judgment calls throughout the course of a day. And attackers understand that, right? Phishing, really prominent, works not just because someone\u2019s careless or they lack the competence. Those things work because it\u2019s designed to exploit how humans actually process information, especially when they\u2019re under stress. So when I look at why these kinds of breaches still happen, and I don\u2019t see necessarily the technology gap, right? I\u2019m coming at it from a different angle. I see how the gap really is an understanding, is in the way in which we understand human behavior.<\/p>\n

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Terry Gerton <\/strong>What I hear you say is that no matter how much we invest, we\u2019re never going to have a fail-safe technical solution to cybersecurity, that it\u2019s a behavioral challenge. What does that mean for government leaders in a practical sense, when they\u2019re thinking about their cyber risks?<\/p>\n

Nicole…<\/strong><\/p>\n

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