While the pandemic up-ended much of 2020, it has provided agencies a chance to test, at scale, remote working and cybersecurity protocols that come along with it (i.e. zero trust, VPN’s). Many of these measures are carrying over into 2021 as the government workforce continues to operate outside of the traditional boundaries of the Federal workplace. State-sponsored international hacking efforts are also helping to drive the zero trust ar...

In its annual update to Circular A-11 Guidance, the Office of Management and Budget expanded the definition of “customer” in customer experience to include federal employees themselves. To fully understand the employee experience, agencies are going beyond their annual survey and collecting real-time feedback. This deeper understanding helps agencies to gain public trust, adapt objectives to better align with constituent needs, gai...

The U.S. Government has long relied upon technological superiority to ensure its dominance in conflict and to underpin U.S. national security. The rapidly evolving technological landscape is changing the foundation of supporting the Warfighter with emerging technologies and digital strategies such DevSecOps, analytic edge computing, fifth-generation wireless capability, artificial intelligence and machine learning being used to support the mis...

According to the global consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, hybrid cloud capabilities deliver a 75% reduction in complexity and 50% improvement in reliability and availability. Increased remote work requirement have put an increased focus on IT teams who rapidly adapted to nearly universal telework to support mission needs. The use of hybrid and multi-cloud provides agencies with the digital dexterity to satisfy the IT challenges of rapid...

Election officials throughout the country, armed with cyber-trooper support from Washington, went on the offensive this year and staved off significant cyber penetration of the election process. Threat hunters were able to help American authorities study foreign cyber-operatives, identify their targets, learn more about their practices and even study the malware they use. This webinar will explore cybersecurity, now and in the future, and its...

Gartner predicts that by 2025, 85% of infrastructure strategies will integrate on-premises, colocation, cloud and edge delivery options, compared with 20% in 2020. With the shift to distributed digital infrastructure, agencies are rationalizing workload placement with an eye toward compliance, data protection, security, latency, resiliency, reputation, service continuity, location, availability and performance. This webinar will detail how age...

The first year of the federal data strategy’s action plan established a solid foundation for government to fully leverage data for the public good by practicing ethical governance, conscious design, and a learning culture. This 60-minute webinar will review how government agencies are achieving milestones for effectively using data as they implement the strategy over the next decade.

Ransomware attacks remain the top cyber-enabled crime seen by law enforcement agencies with the threat becoming increasingly targeted at cities, educational institutions, healthcare organizations, and extending to smart cities and devices. Ransomware attacks have multiplied dramatically since the beginning of 2020, accounting for a third of all recorded attacks in the past 12 months. Cyber criminals are stepping up their game by exploiting fea...

Federal agencies are threatened by increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks that target vital data and infrastructure. Phishing attacks have quadrupled since 2018, and session hijacking and insider threats can wreak havoc on an agency’s day-to-day operations. Traditional cybersecurity approaches leave agencies open to zero-day attacks, which can bypass firewalls, allowing malware to operate without detection. Bad actors are increasingly u...

The value and integrity of trusted federal data is critical to performing agency missions, delivering government services, and maintaining the public good. Data is particularly important in the current pandemic environment as government agencies, scientists, and the public work to understand and respond to COVID-19 using data-focused approaches. The need to protect, automate, and modernize government data is driven by a multitude of factors fr...