The federal government is moving quickly to embrace the use of AI tools across agencies. The purpose of such tools is to improve delivery of public services, enhance decision-making, and strengthen national security. To use these tools responsibly, agencies must understand their infrastructure, data governance, and workforce availability policies, and how they intersect with AI requirements and operations. Additionally, there are ongoing conve...

There have been plenty of articles warning of the cybersecurity risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI), whether it is bad actors – from hostile nation-states to cyber criminals – or new attack vectors caused by AI implementations. At the same time, numerous other reports point out that AI can strengthen cybersecurity. For agencies looking to incorporate AI into their systems, cybersecurity is a great place to focus. AI tools c...

Government agencies are under increasing pressure to deliver high-quality services while optimizing resources. It has been a challenge as they wrestle with budget constraints and manpower limitations, but that emphasizes the urgency of producing better outcomes. By leveraging digital front door strategies and data-driven modernization, agencies can significantly enhance their service delivery capabilities. This approach enables the creation of...

As the cyber threat landscape grows increasingly complex, pressure grows on agencies to implement Zero Trust architecture to protect their users, their data, and their systems. Among the obstacles: the need to modernize legacy systems, how to manage identity, and keeping up with both evolving threats and evolving compliance standards The administration is working on the preparation and release of ‘Zero Trust 2.0,’ with a focus on e...

Agencies have spent years working on cybersecurity, from implementing continuous diagnostics and mitigation to installing identity authentication and management tools to moving to a Zero Trust architecture. The challenge now is how to build on what is already in place to contend with a new threat landscape, including AI being used by hostile interests to circumvent current security measures. It is not about “ripping and replacing...

There is a critical conversation to be held on safeguarding U.S. critical infrastructure against persistent and evolving cyber threats. With global adversaries increasingly targeting power grids, communications networks, water systems, and other essential services, the urgency to fortify national cybersecurity has never been greater. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation continue to evolve. Organizations must ret...

Federal agencies are accelerating their adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) to meet growing demands to increase speed and efficiency to keep pace with AI requirements. Yet, AI is only as effective as the trusted data that powers it. While agencies possess vast data amounts of datasets and data products, much of it remains isolated, inconsistent, and untrusted, putting AI program at risk. To unlock the full potential of AI, data must be ac...

Federal, state, and local governments, public safety agencies and the national intelligence community (IC) have different but parallel needs for timely, accurate information about individuals, organizations and conditions that pose a threat. Public safety agencies, already drowning in terabytes of data, are pioneering the application of data analytics to video. For the IC, the rapid changes shaking the international power structure require inn...

Zero Trust architecture is not an end state – it’s a framework to support the continuous improvement of cybersecurity so that networks and systems can stay protected even as threats evolve. Instead of security models that crack under pressure, agencies need resilient architectures that get stronger when attacked. And that’s what Zero Trust delivers. At the same time, organizations are faced with constrained resources and incr...

Zero Trust architecture is not an end state – it's a framework to support the continuous improvement of cybersecurity so that networks and systems can stay protected even as threats evolve. Instead of security models that crack under pressure, agencies need resilient architectures that get stronger when attacked. And that's what Zero Trust delivers. At the same time, organizations are faced with constrained resources and increasing manda...