Federal agencies across government have started the shift in mindset from just patching and remediation to truly transformative cybersecurity modernization. There is no better example than the move to developing zero trust architecture governmentwide. While every agency is in a different stage of its ZT implementation journey, there are key guideposts and best practices that every federal IT and security team should be following to optimize th...

Join us at the ATARC Advancing Missions with AI Summit, on August 2, 2023, from 7:30 AM to 3 PM ET at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, D.C.. This enlightening event brings together a panel of experts who will discuss the opportunities and challenges of implementing AI in a governmental context. They will explore AI's potential to streamline processes, improve decision-making, and enhance citizen services, while addressing concerns related t...

Do you think of innovation as a lightbulb turning on, that “aha” moment that changes everything? That can happen, but often innovation is a lot less dramatic: It’s the small tweaks, tech improvements, and process changes that are truly transformative. Join us online Wednesday, Aug. 2 from 2-2:50 p.m. ET/11-11:50 a.m. PT to learn from government and industry leaders about how they define and put innovation into practice.

Government IT is faced with constantly evolving mission demands, limited resources, stringent compliance requirements, and always increasing customer expectations. Agencies increasingly recognize the importance of implementing scalable and secure cloud strategies to meet these challenges.Many agencies’ IT departments are learning that when teams are provided access to a configurable, no code/low code application platform, initiatives can...

Modern security threats are evolving at a faster pace than security technologies, while well-funded threat actors are investing in tools like machine learning (ML), automation, and artificial intelligence (AI). Legacy security operations centers – SOCs – are not equipped with the tools to respond to this rapidly evolving landscape, even as the volume of traffic and data grow exponentially. These challenges also come as many agencie...

As artificial intelligence (AI) applications proliferate across the internet ecosystem, other changes are being triggered, from the commitment to R&D funding to workforce development to new initiatives in higher education. The federal government’s spending on IT R&D and AI in fiscal year 2023 is estimated at $9.6 billion. Meanwhile, the University of Florida, for instance, declares it is “building an AI university,” a...

Cyber attacks are on the increase across all levels of government – and state and local governments are often targeted because they have fewer resources for security. For instance, an October 2022 survey found that more than half of state and local governments faced ransomware attacks in 2021, and just one in five organizations successfully stopped the attack. Strengthening the security and resilience of these agencies’ systems req...

The universe of artificial intelligence applications is going through its own Big Bang right now. As artificial intelligence (AI) applications proliferate across the internet ecosystem, other changes are being triggered, from the commitment to R&D funding to workforce development to new initiatives in higher education. As public awareness grows of AI’s potential and how it may affect them, there still are issues to be resolved. For i...

Customer expectations are rising. Today, patients expect healthcare to be convenient, accessible and delivered seamlessly. The need to provide high-quality personalized care has never been greater. Patients want convenience, personalization and accessibility in the same way they receive it with online shopping. This need comes at a time where the providers, technology firms, payers, life science services, etc. are experiencing workforce short...

The missions of the federal government are vast and complex. Agency leaders are increasingly pulled away from those missions to focus on administrative responsibilities managing the workforce, tracking budgets and providing back-office service But with modern cloud-delivered HR and finance applications, that burden can be eliminated, allowing leaders to reinvest time and resources back into high-value, mission-oriented work. At the Workday Fed...