As government agencies mature their cloud strategies to support mission-critical workloads, securing sensitive government data and applications in the cloud is paramount. Increasingly complex environments and attack surfaces introduce new vulnerabilities. To avoid security gaps, agencies need cloud solutions that will help them streamline processes and collaboration through five key steps:Enhance visibilityPrioritize riskImplement comprehensiv...

Federal agencies face the critical mission of continually adapting public services to meet evolving citizen needs, while ensuring community safety and fostering economic growth. Despite dedicated efforts and substantial resources, today's federal environment encounters significant challenges in simplifying and personalizing processes, improving real-time planning and forecasting, as well as automating workflows with intelligent, integrated tec...

As organizations tackle the intricate requirements of federal compliance amid an ever-evolving threat landscape, one constant remains: all roads lead back to identity is at the core of cybersecurity. Identity and Access Management (IAM) is essential for protecting sensitive data while streamlining access, making it a key element for federal agencies and contractors safeguarding national security. From CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certifi...

Modern IT infrastructures seamlessly integrate platform- and software-as-a-service solutions with cloud-based applications that securely analyze and process data to meet mission-critical requirements. If data is the most precious resource for most mission owners, cloud is the key enabling technology required to securely maximize its value through advanced analytics, storage and through the use of other emerging technologies, including generati...

The Homeland Security Department has a board mission with multiple stakeholders, from other federal agencies to state and local entities as well as the private sector. Through its component agencies, DHS is one of the biggest spenders in the market with an IT budget of $8 billion and a professional services spend that totaled another $8.5 billion in fiscal 2023. The department’s IT and professional services spending grew by 14% and 8.4%...

Today’s B2G marketers are business growth accelerators and sales cycle compression artists who are dramatically reducing the time between Marketing Qualified Leads (MQL) and Sales Qualified Leads (SQL). But it’s difficult to gain traction when you’re trapped between the promise of a brighter, digital, AI-driven future and the heavy, regulation-laden marketing of the past. At the 8th annual GAIN conference, join hundreds of yo...

Ensuring robust mobile security is critical in today’s digital landscape, particularly with the increasing reliance on mobile technology for sensitive tasks. In this GovExec TV Dispatch from the Federal Mobility Summit in Reston Va., you’ll learn more about key aspects of mobile security, best practices for mobile acquisitions, the impact of next-generation networks, and how your organization can optimize mission enablement for a m...

Agencies across government are on the cusp of a major digital transformation, driven by the integration of Artificial Intelligence (AI) into its operations. As customer interactions and work becomes more dynamic there is a pressing need for transformation that will reshape how customers and employees are served, enhance efficiency, personalization, and overall service delivery. AI is poised to play a critical role in program delivery by automa...

In an era where every connection is pivotal, law enforcement and emergency services find themselves at the forefront of navigating through unprecedented challenges. The demand for an uninterrupted, secure network has escalated, driven by the increasing reliance on critical assets such as body cameras, video surveillance, and other digital tools necessitating reliable and secure connections. Recognizing this, the urgency for a robust, innovativ...

Earlier this year, the Department of the Navy issued a new memo titled “Structured Challenges Approach for Innovating and Optimizing” – to share information about structured challenges themselves, spur the adoption of new capabilities, minimize the risk of adopting suitable ones, consider diverse perspectives, and more. Other agencies – like the Department of Veterans Affairs – are leveraging new frameworks, inven...