As today’s DOD leaders contend with growing threats and rising international instability, leveraging innovative intelligence gathering, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) tools has become essential in maintaining a prepared and dominant military posture. Though a technical and operational baseline has long been the goal of officials, the complexities of implementing cutting-edge technologies and operating systems on previously closed...

Federal agencies big and small are pursuing IT modernization to improve operational efficiency, digitize customer experiences, and fundamentally transform the way government works. These undertakings are massive and the complexity of implementation goes beyond the tech infrastructure itself. Policy, legal, budget, and workforce constraints can derail modernization initiatives and the scale of projects means it is often years before agencies ex...

Intelligence agencies are prioritizing a number of workforce initiatives as they enter 2023. NSA recently announced job openings for more than 3,000 positions, marking one of the biggest hiring surges in years. ODNI has outlined plans to prioritize DEIA in hiring and retention efforts. The CIA named the next-gen workforce as one of its top four priorities. DISA and NSA have collaborated to improve remote access capabilities for hybrid workers....

What are the threats, technologies, and weapons shaping the top strategic priorities and tactical considerations of the U.S. military? Defense One explores this and more with leaders from the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Space Force in its fourth annual State of Defense series.

Today's public sector IT leaders are challenged by siloed environments, security risks, stalled modernization efforts, and poor customer experiences. They're looking for modern, multi-cloud solutions that can help them deliver a trusted foundation for technical innovation in their agencies.Supported by solutions that offer higher productivity, better security, and lower costs, employees and administrators can modernize applications, secure hyb...

The pandemic ushered a new era of hybrid work, and with it, the need for a more scalable, flexible security model. Most agencies have turned to a zero trust framework to meet these needs. As an organization’s footprint expands beyond the four walls of its office — and contains more devices than ever — IT leaders must be able to implement a solution that can deploy quickly and streamline complex security practices. What are th...

Today's public sector IT leaders are challenged by siloed environments, security risks, stalled modernization efforts, and poor customer experiences. They're looking for modern, multi-cloud solutions that can help them deliver a trusted foundation for technical innovation in their agencies.Supported by solutions that offer higher productivity, better security, and lower costs, employees and administrators can modernize applications, secure hyb...

Public cloud – a shared environment that incorporates public sector best operating practices – is designed to constantly evolve to help local government organizations take advantage of new technologies and breakthrough business process innovations. They empower more proactive, automated, strategic, data-driven, and citizen-focused services. SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platforms based on public cloud benefit from best business prac...

What are the threats, technologies, and weapons shaping the top strategic priorities and tactical considerations of the U.S. military? Defense One explores this and more with leaders from the Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force and Space Force in its fourth annual State of Defense series.

Approaches to securing critical tech infrastructure must adapt to evolving threats and changing workplaces. Federal guidance has been issued to strengthen the nation’s cybersecurity, with zero trust architectures playing a key role. Whether to protect against ransomware, migrate on-premises resources to the cloud, or streamlining security across disparate departments, embracing a zero trust architecture can create meaningful security imp...