As Federal agencies navigate tighter budgets and faster technological change, cross-skilling has emerged as a strategic lever to drive efficiency, agility, and mission delivery. Rather than rely on narrow specializations, cross-skilling enables agencies to build teams with competencies that span domains like cloud, cybersecurity, and data analytics. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with Kynan Carver, senior director, cybersecurity, at Maximus, to discuss the growing cyber threat landscape, strategies for implementing multi-layered defenses, and how automation and advanced tools like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are aiding disaster response. […]
Top cybersecurity professionals from across the Federal government and industry gathered on Thursday evening at Morton’s in Washington, D.C., to honor the 2025 Cyber Defenders Award winners. […]
As Federal systems integrators (FSIs) navigate increasingly complex modernization efforts, digital maturity has emerged as both a strategic goal and an operational necessity. In a recent MeriTalk Coffee Talk interview, Mike Watkinson, chief revenue officer at Future Tech, offered an insider’s view into how FSIs are evolving their IT lifecycles, harnessing data, and building lasting partnerships to enable mission-driven outcomes. […]
Federal agencies are modernizing cybersecurity through zero trust architecture, but siloed tools, sprawling data, and budget constraints often complicate the journey. Achieving visibility across five distinct zero trust pillars – identity, device, network, application, and data – requires an integrated approach that many legacy environments lack. […]
Federal government human resources (HR) leaders are sending a clear message: modernizing workforce management is no longer optional. According to new research from MeriTalk and Workday, inefficiencies tied to outdated government HR systems are significantly hindering Federal mission success and draining nearly $1 billion in productivity annually. […]
In a recent conversation, experts from General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) explored the numerous potential benefits digital engineering offers to Federal defense, civilian, and intelligence organizations. […]
In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Aaron Mulgrew, solutions architect at Everfox, examines the governmental imperative for safeguarding sensitive data amid widespread AI adoption. […]
In this episode of MeriTalking, MeriTalk’s Gail Emery chats with George Teas, Vice President of Solutions Architecture at Elastic, about the Federal zero trust journey. As agencies move from crawl to run, they face mounting challenges with visibility, interoperability, and scalability. Teas shares insights on how agencies can harness data across the five pillars of […]