The Federal Data Strategy's action plan was reworked in response to the COVID-19 crisis, while state and local governments are simultaneously expanding health data initiatives and looking for more cost-effective data solutions. Add in the growing importance of data-intensive cyber threat detection and the broad potential of AI and automation, and it becomes clear: Agencies' data challenges are evolving rapidly, and a solid data strategy is mis...

Fending off cyber threats and preserving cybersecurity has never been more challenging. Among federal, state and local executives, cybersecurity consistently tops the list of concerns that keep them up at night. Attack surfaces are larger; the universe of bad actors seeking to breach security is expanding; techniques for exploiting vulnerabilities are more sophisticated; and in a digitally transformed environment, the stakes are higher, as wel...