Government cybersecurity teams have to manage countless additional entry points for threat actors. The sheer number of connections into government networks substantially increases the risk and complexity facing these administrations. Government cybersecurity experts need to stay ahead of these criminals and, in doing so, understand the environments theyre defending. The number of endpoints, network connections and infrastructure devices that interoperate internally within a government body at any level creates substantial risks. The challenges governments face in hardening their environments are large and widespread, with drastic change being the only foreseeable solution.”]