Monthly Archives: August 2024

Securing IT Systems for the 2024 Election Season

State and local governments are updating technologies, processes, training and procedures to ensure election security. As state, local and territorial governments administer their elections and election infrastructure, they take different approaches using various technologies and processes. In doing so, they face common infrastructure challenges, ranging from scanner ballot readability to touchscreen system programming errors. These challenges can [...]

Election Security: Protecting the Foundation of Democracy – AI can Boost Election Integrity, if Done Correctly (E164)

In this week’s episode of Fed’s At the Edge, we are talking about US Elections. From observations about challenges seen in previous elections to best practices to ensure a safe and fair election process. We’ll explore sources of help for election officials like utilizing CISA, local associations, and the US Election Assistance Commission. We also touch on critical areas [...]

Zero-Day Chronicles: Lessons from the Front Line (E163)

People imagine large organizations such as the Department of Transportation when they think about who needs to utilize Zero Trust. What they don’t realize is that a smaller entity can make for a profitable attack, even a gateway to those larger targets. In this week's Feds At The Edge podcast, Nick Graham, Senior Technical Sales Engineer of Civilian Sales [...]

Zero Trust: Protecting Both Data & Identity (E162)

When the federal government adopts Zero Trust principles, it must consider both user identity and the data being accessed. This week on Feds At the Edge, leaders from federal and commercial sectors stress the importance of centralized coordination, automated labeling, and real-time access control through Identity Management. Bryan Rosensteel, US Federal CTO for Ping, advocates for a "federated" identity [...]

Partnering to Protect Operational Technology & Critical Infrastructure

Government & industry must share information, streamline compliance & work together to protect critical environments from evolving cyber threats. Safeguarding critical infrastructure is crucial to maintaining the stability and security of our society. Unfortunately, critical infrastructure is a desirable target for nation-state actors, hacktivists and other threat actors. Operational Technology (OT) is often targeted as an entry [...]

Unlocking Your Agency’s Data Treasure Trove with Large Language Models (E161)

In this week’s episode of Fed’s At the Edge, we talk with agency and industry experts about the potential of Large Language Models (LLMs) in government, where improved knowledge management and a reduction on tedious tasks are just some of the benefits waiting to be unlocked. We’ll explore the large Knowledge Management Platform CMS has put together to assist [...]

Protecting the 2024 Elections: Be Prepared for Anything (E160)

Disputes over the 2020 presidential election have persisted for four years. This week on Feds At the Edge, we discuss best practices to ensure the 2024 election's safety and accuracy with a focus on the need for robust cybersecurity measures, having a strategy to respond to cyber threats and the need to have strong partnerships with the private sector. [...]

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