During the course of the pandemic, government agencies have embraced hybrid cloud technologies, but they have faced challenges in managing and securing them. The Executive Order for agencies to develop a plan to implement Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) as part of their cybersecurity strategy runs in tandem with the federal “cloud smart” strategy. It’s not an easy combination. As agencies move to multi-cloud environments, an ag...

Agencies and corporations alike are facing an increase in supply chain attacks. Recently, these cyberattacks have succeeded in exfiltrating an alarming amount of data with extortion fees well beyond typical ransom prices. For agencies in particular, there are a number of critical cybersecurity priorities outlined by the federal government and recommended by vendors alike.One key area focuses on improving detection of cybersecurity risks and in...

The General Services Administration is a hub for governmentwide IT modernization and acquisition, with best-in-class contract vehicles, in-house tech expertise, a leading role on cloud security and a wide range of digital shared services. GSA's internal innovations also hold valuable lessons for IT leaders at any government agency.In this Agency Spotlight webcast, FCW will explore GSA's tech-related priorities for FY2020, its plans for improvi...

Like commercial industry, federal agencies see data as the lifeblood of their operations. Inconsistent access to that critical asset can dull agency missions. A unified, cohesive data fabric that can weave in all types of data from all locations, operations and applications is growing more critical.Having an edge-to-core-to-cloud approach to data management increases access and sharing. In turn, those access and sharing capabilities allow grea...

The proliferation of internet-of-things sensors and an increasingly mobile workforce are pushing essential IT operations ever farther from the data center. Government employees and military personnel increasingly need robust capabilities in the field, and decision-makers need fast access to data analytics. All those factors are driving agencies' interest in computing that happens at the network edge.By placing compute power and analytics close...

As federal agencies have embraced agile software development, many have struggled to expand their initial DevSecOps efforts across the enterprise. Solutions and strategies that supported pilot efforts often don’t scale, especially as the security requirements continue to expand and evolve.To support DevSecOps at government scale, many of these organizations are building out software factories -- suites of tools and services to standardiz...

The U.S. Air Force is aggressively pursuing both cutting-edge technologies and new methods of driving innovation across the service -- and for almost every mission, better use of data is essential. The individual innovations and broader approaches alike hold valuable lessons for IT leaders at any government agency.In this editorial webcast, FCW will explore how the Air Force is capturing and leveraging data for JADC2 and other key missions, th...

The Electronic Records Management requires that all agencies must be compliant by December 2022. In this webcast learn how a cloud-based, platform approach is essential to doing it right.

Current and immutable backups are essential to a well-designed disaster recovery strategy. For many government organizations, however, the data powering mission-critical systems is growing and changing at a dizzying rate. Deciding the frequency of those backups is a complex balancing act, and the risk of ransomware hiding undetected on a system complicates those complications further.In this webcast, GCN Editor-in-Chief Troy Schneider will dis...

The Department of Homeland Security plays an essential role in ensuring cybersecurity across all federal agencies with operational guidance, specialized security teams and broad range of services and governmentwide programs.This FCW webcast will focus on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and how this DHS hub for cyber risk management is evolving to build capacity across the executive branch.Nitin Natarajan, Deputy Dir...