To keep pace with rapid, systemic change, the government mission requires agencies to have the ability to adapt quickly and continuously. As such, government customers expect problem solving and innovation to be at the forefront of any approach, while balancing time and resource requirements. Small businesses are well-positioned in these partnerships, often operating by that exact motivation: how to do more with less. Join AWS and industry exp...

Many federal agencies – whether DoD or civilian – are accustomed to remote work environments that challenge data collection, response times and service delivery. Whether at the tactical edge in degraded, low-bandwidth battlefield scenarios or simply working far from mission datacenters in rural environments, remote workers and defense personnel require access to real-time data and analysis to do their jobs best. Advances in edge co...

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...

The frequency and ferocity of ransomware attacks grew steadily throughout 2021, prompting the federal government to accelerate both defensive and educational efforts. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, is a valuable resource for not just federal agencies, but state and local government organizations as well. In this webcast, GCN Editor-in-Chief Troy Schneider will ex...

Cybersecurity was already an acute challenge for government leaders, with high profile data breaches and ransomware attacks costing organizations millions of dollars and eroding trust with the public they serve. Since the beginning of the pandemic, as the workforce became more distributed and internet-facing technologies became core to continuity of operations, cybersecurity is key to meeting government’s essential mission. In a world wh...

The Space Development Agency, founded in March 2019, was founded to pursue the new National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA). The NDSA is routed in the same principles as Starlink, focusing on small, cheaper satellites operating in LEO with different sats focused on different missions. The architecture is designed to be cheaper, more survivable and in some ways more capable than existing US military space-based capabilities. Plans call for hu...

Join us for the latest edition of Roadmap to Modernization, where government leaders reveal how they are turning insights and ideas into action through the use of new technologies such as AI and RPA and the adoption of Cloud. We’ll also discuss how they are thinking differently though Agile and DevSecOps to bring new technologies quickly to the edge. You won’t want to miss this installment of Roadmap to Modernization; register today!

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...

Cloud adoption continues to be a strategic priority within the defense community, albeit an ever changing one. Given the Department of Defense’s diverse and disparate needs, leaders must pursue strategies that draw on the best of every solution without compromising on security. With the termination of the JEDI contract, what’s ahead for DOD’s cloud strategy, what are the implications for milCloud and Cloud One, and what does...