In the face of escalating attacks spanning broader scope, scale, and attrition, today’s public sector cybersecurity leaders must transition from simple compliance to more comprehensive risk management. Join us on May 21st for the Qualys Public Sector Cyber Risk Conference as we gather leading minds from across the public sector to delve into emerging cybersecurity issues. Throughout the summit, these leaders will discuss next-generation...

In the face of escalating attacks spanning broader scope, scale, and attrition, today’s public sector cybersecurity leaders must transition from simple compliance to more comprehensive risk management – while accelerating threat response and mean time to remediation (MTTR). From leveraging artificial intelligence-enabled automation to operationalizing zero trust, from fortifying cloud environments to mitigating supply chain vulnera...

As we explore a new era of hyper-personalization and intelligent technology, people have come to expect seamless, intuitive interactions with their favorite brands — and their government systems are no exception. Join us for the 15th annual Adobe Government Forum on May 1st in Washington, DC. Esteemed leaders from federal, defense, state, and local sectors — along with industry specialists — will delve into cutting-edge strat...

The federal government’s roles and missions extend far and wide, including protecting and defending the United States, transforming service delivery, exploring space, gathering weather and climate data, and overseeing massive health and social welfare programs. GovExec has been front-and-center for over fifty years as the government has evolved, misstepped, and achieved. We are excited to honor the people in government and the people par...

It’s a pivotal year. Federal agencies face immediate deadlines for key Zero Trust goals, while transforming digital service delivery and modernizing legacy systems. State and local governments made cybersecurity and digital services their top strategies for 2024. The DoD’s identity program is accelerating cloud adoption, while government contractors are readying for new compliance rules. And across the nation, colleges and universi...

GIST24 explores the missions, strategies, and operational goals that government agencies face in delivering successful mission outcomes and meeting the needs and expectations of citizens and other stakeholders, and the major role that AI is playing. Gartner foresees a transformative shift in 2024, projecting that 60% of government investments in AI and data analytics will directly shape operational decisions and outcomes. GIST24 unravels pract...

In the wake of a once-in-a-generation pandemic, the nation’s public health system has never been so important and under such considerable spotlight. Holes in the existing public health infrastructure — at the federal, state and local levels — require both innovative technologies and dedicated leadership to address. For hospitals and health care providers to provide better patient care, they need IT innovations that promote an...

As custodians of critical information and public trust, government employees confront intricate security challenges in a landscape filled with multifaceted threats. They require a sophisticated approach to the technology that underpins their operations. IT leaders are strategically incorporating specialized frameworks into their tech stacks, thereby gaining comprehensive control over mobile operations. This encompasses overseeing identities, m...

Zero Trust is a must for most federal civilian agencies in 2024, with the Biden administration’s directive for agencies to adopt at least some level of zero trust architecture by September. Faced with challenges in everything from automation and modernization to the hybrid work environment, today’s IT and cyber leaders aim to mitigate risk by adopting the latest zero trust security solutions to secure their endpoints and protect th...

Federal agencies face a growing number of internal and external threats to their networks, making modern identity management and cybersecurity practices critical linchpins to protecting government data. How are federal leaders looking to improve upon existing multifactor authentication options and experimenting with advanced phishing-resistant multifactor authentication that moves beyond the PIV Card? And how are agencies preparing to meet oth...