The Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) have entered a new age of warfighting, where battlefields exist in the digital realm as much as the physical one. This makes moving to the cloud a mission imperative, but the resulting multi-cloud and hybrid landscape can lead to immense operational complexity. Managing that complexity is critical to the success of IT modernization projects both currently underway and contemplated...

ICIT’s monthly "Cyber Legislation & Federal Initiatives Webcast" provides an efficient yet powerful summary of ICIT's monthly analyst reports covering new cybersecurity, technology, and privacy related legislation and federal agency initiatives. Pre-Briefing, all ICIT Members are sent 2 separate ICIT Analyst Reports detailing the content discussed during this webinar. For more details on ICIT Individual and Corporate Membership, plea...

The US Federal Government has the tremendous responsibility of protecting and defending its employees, civilians and the nation’s critical infrastructure and buildings, all the while ensuring mission accomplishment. Federal agencies face complex challenges that include maintaining a safe environment for all citizens and staff, as well as improving operational productivity while remaining compliant to appropriate security standards. With...

Customer and employee experience (CX) is becoming increasingly important to organizations across the government. Both customers and employees see and participate in technological advances promoted by the private sector, and want to see government make use of the same kinds of tools. A robust digital system to track data from citizens, partners and employees is critical in this modern era, as the federal government moves more and more resources...

The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in both the United States and internationally is accelerating with companies and governments looking to gain from the many benefits that AI can provide. However, with this increased adoption of AI, it means that regulations need to be established to address transparency, data protection, accountability, fairness, bias, safety, and related areas. Regulations should aim to maximize the benefits of AI...

In May, the White House issued its Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity. The EO states as policy, “Incremental improvements will not give us the security we need; instead, the Federal Government needs to make bold changes and significant investments in order to defend the vital institutions that underpin the American way of life. The Federal Government must bring to bear the full scope of its authorities and resources...

Cloud migration started out as a cheaper, more effective way for Federal agencies to store and manage data, but it’s evolved into much more in the past decade. The efficiencies inherently given in cloud platforms allowed agencies to put their data to use in new ways that are changing the nature of work. Cloud is the foundation of technologies like robotic process automation, artificial intelligence, data analytics, and the Internet of Th...

Ransomware is posing an increasingly urgent threat to U.S. safety and national security interests. In recent years, ransomware attacks have become much more common among State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial governments, as well as threatening critical infrastructure entities. The danger is so great that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at the Department of Homeland Security has a web page that gathers recommended be...

In a world where technology provides the winning edge, no one values innovation more than the U.S. military. As a result, enabling best-in-class DevSecOps is an increasing priority across the services. The heart of DevSecOps is built on the teams of programmers, systems operators and cybersecurity professionals who collaborate, share responsibilities, and learn from failures and new ideas. Identifying the right skills for new hires and reskill...

As government agencies rapidly advance in their digital transformation efforts, the flexibility, speed, and agility of new models of acquiring technology infrastructure are growing incrementally. This enables agency leaders to run their IT operations like a business, by connecting technology to business value, building partnerships between IT and mission teams throughout agencies, and breaking down data silos across organizations. Join us as t...