2020 will go down in history books with two dominating topics: COVID and the presidential election. This interview is part one of a two-part series that will look at securing the voting process. We have experts from state governments, academia, and the world of technology and cybersecurity give opinions, as well as predictions, as to what will happen in [...]
World’s Largest Employer Transforms Approach to Intelligence Community Needs Driven by previously unknown challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has become a year highlighted by many unplanned public sector innovations. One of the best examples of this is how Department of Defense agencies rapidly expanded and streamlined their virtual private networks (VPNs) while simultaneously increasing bandwidth capacity to [...]
As employees dig in for long-term telework, government agencies are trying to streamline remote working technologies and practices. This year has been an extremely challenging one for federal employees. Instead of commuting to their normal office spaces, they must now clean up their spare rooms and kitchen tables to create home offices and makeshift workspaces. Before COVID-19 [...]
In today’s interview, moderator Francis Rose sits down with two panels of experts on the issue of airport security. Each person brings a unique perspective to the discussion. We have participants from trade associations, federal agencies, and technology partners. The discussion starts with the opportunity that the reduction in flights gives for airports gives people responsible for safe flights. [...]
Everybody seems to be talking about artificial intelligence and its ability to handle unsolvable problems. The federal government is ground zero when it comes to massive amounts of data and an insatiable need to solve complex problems. This ranges from giving healthcare to veterans to locating space debris. The practical question is, how can this be done in an [...]
May people will resist change and transformation. An argument can be made that humans will operate under the status quo until there is an event that makes them change. Well, the COVID crisis seems like the event that is pushing federal information professionals to move in the director of more flexible network solutions. This interview showcases the experience Allen [...]
Today’s interview reinforces the concept that large federal information technology initiatives can gain tremendous advantage if they listen to users. You will avoid costs down the road, increase trust, and even get less friction from citizens who use the system. The difficult part is how to understand the customer experience, or CX. Three people share lessons learned from listening [...]
When this health crisis is over, we will all have our stories to tell. One story that could dominate all others is how leaders in the intelligence community reacted to the sudden change to remote work. They are in a crucible where they cannot afford to miss information that would assist military and political decision-makers. This interview details concepts [...]
You should listen to this podcast because it shows you two similar approaches to implementing a zero trust initiative in two challenging federal environments. Compare the obstacles your agency is having to learn best practices. Brian Campo from DHS has a workforce that includes 250,000 employees with contractors that can surge to 450,000. Gerald Caron, from the State Department, [...]
Strap on your seat belt for this interview. We have four people with extensive federal information technology experience who give frank opinions on securing data at the edge of their respective networks. "Massive" is an overused term. Each guest can use this word with its appropriate meaning. Alma Cole from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection talks about 1,700 [...]
The focus of technology and cybersecurity within higher education is going through a cultural shift. While higher educational institutions in the past focused on building the strongest firewalls to keep intruders from breaching their systems from the outside, it left everything inside the security perimeter vulnerable — and that unprotected attack footprint is getting even larger and moving away from [...]
The intelligence field, like many other industries, has had to make adjustments in dealing with COVID-19. Before the pandemic, there were many concerns about telecommuting in the Intelligence Community, and thus very little implementation. But faced with the need to go from limited remote operations to having a majority of employees working from home, the government responded quickly by fielding [...]