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. […]
MeriTalk recently sat down with David Smith, Senior Director, Americas Public Sector, and Gary Pentecost, Senior Director Public Sector Account Technical Strategy, from Citrix, which provides mission-critical software solutions, to discuss what is needed to enable hybrid multi-cloud in the Federal environment. […]
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. […]
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. […]
Threat actors are increasingly targeting the operational technology (OT) vital to maintaining the nation’s critical infrastructure, according to government officials and other experts. […]
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. […]
Technology advances, especially in artificial intelligence (AI), have put a spotlight on technical skills gaps across the workforce. This is of particular concern amid growing cybersecurity threats and budgetary challenges for Federal agencies. […]
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. […]
Senior Federal government officials are gathering in Washington, D.C., on October 16 at the 7th annual Pega Government Empowered conference from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern time to showcase how government is using AI-driven automation technologies to transform its operations, and you are invited to join in. […]