Infoblox Inc., the leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, today unveils new research into the foundational infrastructure challenges faced by networking and security decision-makers in the US government. The report reveals a disruptive year of workforce transformation forced by the COVID-19 shutdowns during which respondents also handled expensive fallouts from network outages and data breaches. Based on 294 responses from federal, state and local government IT decision-makers, key survey findings include: Cybersecurity breaches inflict multi-million dollar pain on government organizations: 81% of respondents estimated data breaches have cost their organizations at least $1 million. The majority of network outages exceeds $1 million in damages: 60% of networking outages cost at least $1 million in operational disruptions, reputational damage, lost data, and financial losses.