Governments everywhere and at all levels should be applauded for finding ways to meet their citizens’ needs during the pandemic. While many agencies had continuity-of-operations plans in place, no one imagined that every agency would have to act on them at the same time. What made it possible, of course, was the rapid spread of cloud-based technology that enabled government employees to work from their own homes, frequently using their o...

The animating concept at the heart of the Cybersecurity Executive Order issued in May is Zero Trust – to structure cybersecurity around the premise that every person, every device, whether inside or outside its’ systems, is not to be trusted and must be verified before being granted access. Setting this as core to modernization is reflected in the awards just made by the Technology Modernization Fund. Three of the six public awards...

Advances in security technology have diverted cybercriminals from targeting individuals to a more lucrative approach; holding an organization’s entire operations hostage until a ransom is paid. The data that underlies government mission operations is the lifeblood and when it stops flowing, operations come to a halt. With government agencies ranked as the 4th most likely sector to be hit by ransomware, it’s imperative that business...

In the iconic “Star Trek” – whether the TV series of the 1960s or the two-movie adaptations over the past 40 (!) years – Dr. McCoy uses a handheld scanner to examine, diagnose, and treat his patients. What “Star Trek” doesn’t show is the vast amount of machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) that culminated in the creation of the scanner’s capabilities. Though this level of compute...

The pandemic and great resignation have put talent acquisition and employee retainment front and center for companies and federal agencies alike. Today, there are several emerging technologies that can make a substantial impact on improving recruitment, reducing regrettable attrition, and promoting diversity and inclusion. At the forefront of this innovation is Artificial Intelligence (AI). Yet misconceptions, misunderstandings, and a lack of...

Briefing Summary: Security operations centers (SOC) are the backbone of the cybersecurity industry providing defense, mitigation, and incident response against risks and attacks. However, SOCs are often criticized as ineffective, and one of the most frequently asked questions about SOC performance is “how to measure SOC effectiveness?” While mean time to resolution (MTTR) is the standard measure of effectiveness, this high-level me...

Far too often, agencies, organizations, and consulting firms are running data and AI projects without taking the right steps to ensure their success. Agile and iterative approaches have become adopted best practices for application development projects, but why don’t we have something similar when it comes to advanced analytics, big data, and AI projects? Without using best-practices approaches that standardize steps for data preparation...

George Bernard Shaw famously once said that England and America are two countries separated by a common language. In the digital domain, however, zeros and ones transcend that difference. In diplomatic circles, the U.S. and the U.K. are known to have a closely aligned relationship. That extends to the military, as well - both are pursuing digital transformation strategies to facilitate adoption of emerging, innovative technologies, such as art...

As the Defense Department moves to connect everything, everywhere through the services and mission partners, creating secure points to the networks using identity, credentialing and access management tools becomes ever more crucial to military operations. Creating a secure, cross-service network is complicated by hybrid cloud systems and ever-evolving technologies. This 60-minute webinar show will bring together thought leaders from government...

As the global pandemic drags into its second year, pressure grows on the healthcare sector – whether public or private, federal, state or local – to deliver innovative, data-based services to patients. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, in its 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, identified building a secure, data-driven ecosystem to accelerate research and innovation and connecting hea...