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In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Bryan Thomas, vice president of U.S. public sector at Pure Storage, shares practical and actionable strategies to help agencies overcome obstacles and utilize their data for impactful mission outcomes. […]

Legacy privileged access management (PAM) solutions, rooted in a perimeter-centric security model, can become security liabilities for Federal agencies. In an interview with MeriTalk, James Scobey, chief information security officer (CISO), Keeper Security, discussed his recent move to Keeper from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Federal agencies’ progress toward zero trust security architectures, and why modern PAM solutions are a foundational element of zero trust.   […]

As the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) modernize software to meet increasingly complex missions, a collaborative development model – powered by open-source technologies and agile methodologies – speeds the development process. In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Michael Hardee, chief architect for law enforcement and justice at Red Hat, discusses how a container-first and cloud-first approach can help. […]

MeriTalk recognized 17 Federal agencies for their excellence in IT during the FITARA Awards ceremony at Tech Tonic on Thursday evening, with Federal chief information officers (CIOs) taking home awards to celebrate their success on the 18th edition of the FITARA Scorecard. […]

cyber workforce

In the Federal government’s Cybersecurity Workforce Training Guide, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas makes clear that efforts to improve cyber defenses should focus on the people working to protect the nation from attack. His words reflect what experts call a people-first approach to defeating foreign and other cyber threats. […]

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Innovation

Federal agencies face a pressing need to modernize their network infrastructures to support the growing demands of AI-driven operations and data-centric citizen services. With the increasing number of connected devices and the need for higher data capacity and network speeds, legacy networks are falling short. […]

Federal agencies are increasingly exploring ways to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to improve efficiency, enhance services, and drive innovation. MeriTalk recently sat down with Arno Bergstrom, vice president of sales at IT solutions provider CounterTrade Products, to discuss best practices for identifying and prioritizing AI use cases, evaluating IT for AI, selecting data models, and scaling from pilot to broad agency implementation. […]

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