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Event Spotlight: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit

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The 2025 Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit invites attendees to "Engage. Innovate. Lead." The event draws on the expertise of Gartner analysts to address the challenges of increasingly complex cyber environments, providing insights on cybersecurity strategy and innovation, leadership, business engagement, metrics, risk management, cloud security, data security, AI, and more.

Access to Gartner analysts is a major feature of the summit. In addition to presenting research and insights in sessions, analysts are available to meet with attendees throughout the event.

This year's summit is being held June 9-11 in National Harbor, MD, just outside of Washington, DC. Gartner has seen tremendous growth in interest over the years, and this year's gathering is expected to be the biggest yet, with around 5,400 attendees. This growth can be attributed to the increased use of artificial intelligence (AI). AI use introduces new efficiencies to organizations but also opens up new opportunities for threat actors to infiltrate and impact those groups. Additionally, regulations around AI use are just being developed, leaving many chief information security officers (CISOs) unsure of how best to implement and secure AI, as well as how to communicate the associated risks to senior stakeholders. Continue reading →

The Top 10 Customer Experience and Engagement Events for Government in 2025

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Customer experience (CX) and engagement is at the forefront of positive innovation in Government, creating efficient and convenient services, accessible access to information and opportunities for communication between agencies and their customers to build a clearer understanding of public needs and how to develop and reform operations. Carahsoft Technology Corp., The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, features a portfolio of industry-leading solutions and providers to support the Government in its efforts to share and report information to its community. Throughout this year, new and returning events will showcase the latest technologies, generate meaningful conversations through networking sessions and provide live product demonstrations to enhance Government CX. We look forward to joining these events with you soon! Continue reading →

Paving the Way for Quantum Computing

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While data is traveling faster than ever thanks to the dizzying pace of technical evolution, we haven't seen anything yet. Quantum computing promises to make today's computing speeds look like a carnival merry-go-round. This is because quantum computing multiplies the speed of today's computers by employing quantum bits (qubits), which use both types of regular computer bits--0s and 1s--at the same time. This means quantum computers can look at, process, and analyze information at much faster rates.

This speed can be leveraged in a wide variety of ways across government, including improving cybersecurity threat detection and response, speeding intelligence analysis, optimizing logistics, enabling more in-depth economic trend prediction, providing faster modeling for research and development, and more. Several programs, initiatives, and pieces of legislation have been created to support the development of quantum computing in government.
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Building AI Knowledge = Building Your Career

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a key element in every workplace. More than a tool, AI is a colleague, helping us work more efficiently and providing better access to data. While AI is not being built and implemented to replace humans, some people may find their roles greatly altered by its use. While AI itself will not replace an employee, a person who cannot work with AI may find themselves replaced by a person who can. Ensuring you understand how to use AI in your daily work is critical to ongoing career growth.

Understanding AI does not mean having to become a programmer, a software engineer, or a data scientist, and a deep dive into its technical workings is not necessary. What will help is a hands-on understanding of how to utilize AI for tasks, as well as how to interpret and use the data AI generates. Continue reading →

How Agencies are Building Experience and Trust with AI

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State and local agencies are looking for ways to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI), and specifically generative AI, into their operations. While the promise of increased efficiency is a driving force in AI adoption, there is considerable resistance to implementing this technology when it remains largely untested in government settings. Additionally, states and localities lack the personnel and infrastructure to manage and effectively use some of the more advanced AI solutions now available.

The adoption and success of AI in state and local government requires an open mind and a measured approach. Agencies are looking for low-risk, high-reward opportunities to begin testing out AI effectiveness. A recent report from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers found that transcribing meetings, managing and generating documents, and generating software code were some of the top processes for which state CIOs reported currently using generative AI. Continue reading →