The networks of today are a complex, hybrid mix of cloud and on-premise resources being accessed by users globally from a myriad of devices. This has significantly increased the attack surface which must be defended. While efforts are continually made to prevent breaches, modern organizations assume breach and seek to minimize breach impacts. Finding innovative, adaptive security measures, like micro-segmentation, is key to ensuring an organiz...

Collaboration, and the security that must support it, is a huge priority for all federal government agencies given the uncertainty of the pandemic. Although it's clear that the workforce must be able to work remotely, agencies are at different stages of embracing secure collaboration tools. How can agencies accurately assess their continuity of operations readiness in the event of another disruptive event? What should I be prepared for during...

The Presidential Directive is driving federal agencies, their employees, and customers, who rely on the ability to communicate and collaborate remotely. These remote work capabilities were accelerated by the pandemic. The Zero Trust model designed by Cisco provides balance between security and usability for the workforce, workloads, and workplace. Zero Trust provides a comprehensive approach to securing all access across applications and envir...

With federal agencies under pressure to securely power digital processes across their communities, digital collaboration is essential to drive mission critical services. Now more than ever, organizations are expected to extend the same seamless, modern workflows across their network of stakeholders in order to accomplish major missions. But, when critical processes are burdened with paper-based workflows, legacy IT, or siloed data, mission su...

As organizations face a sustained period of transition and hybrid activity, it is imperative for leaders to understand how to navigate the changes effectively. What impact will the further expansion of hybrid work patterns and locations have? What will the continued growth in hybrid modes of delivery of customer/citizen-services and the use of Operational Technology and Robotic Process Automation look like? How will the continued hybridization...

Federal agencies took swift and decisive action at the onset of COVID-19 to protect the health of their workers. They maximized remote work, accommodated flexible schedules, and supplied the IT workers needed to do their jobs from home. Now, preliminary data suggests productivity is up in a work-from-home environment. What impact will that data have on agency leaders considering the possibility of hybrid workplace post-pandemic? This digital...

As many Americans are limiting contact and spending more time at home, state and local governments must go contactless and deliver essential, critical services digitally, and the pandemic has made it clear that governments need a “digital-first” mindset moving forward. Of particular, pressing interest? Unemployment benefits and services. While the current unemployment rate may not be as high as April spikes, hundreds of thousands s...

Digital transformation continues to be critical, as many government employees must now be able to access large swaths of data and services from their homes. As both federal and defense agencies leverage new tools that allow for a more seamless workflow, how will they continue to enact and strengthen cybersecurity initiatives? What are the crucial security lessons that government leaders must learn as they improve and promote IT innovation? Du...

The world is changing rapidly - from the geopolitical landscape, to the ongoing public health crisis surrounding COVID-19, shifting global threats to the very nature of how we work. In a world filled with uncertainty how should government leaders navigate the choices and challenges they face? During the Great Debates series, Deloitte is bringing together the top leaders and thinkers in national security to discuss their bold ideas around some...

The Clerk’s Office of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit provides a dual-supporting role to the court by facilitating the progression of cases before the court and by accurately preserving the court’s record. In FY 2017, the Clerk’s Office concluded that its case managers lacked the tools they needed to fulfill the Office’s mission in optimal fashion. They created a new training program using a gradual cu...