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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
To achieve a successful digital transformation in your organization, it’s essential to consider the users. This week on Feds At the Edge, we have gathered leading experts from City of Brownsville, TX, Delaware Department of Technology and Information, California Department of Technology, City of Roseville, CA, and Equinix who share valuable insights into making meaningful changes in their respective organizations. [...]
Chat GPT has made AI a household term, citizens can quickly gather useful data such as where the best places to travel through Italy are. But how are agencies using artificial intelligence technologies when it comes to larger and more serious topics, such as nuclear weapon distribution? This week on Feds At the Edge, we have gathered leading experts from [...]
Zero Trust has revolutionized the way agencies everywhere are securing their networks, and this week on Feds at the Edge, we talk with titans in the field, including John Kindervag, Chief Evangelist with Illumio, who in 2010 coined the phrase “zero trust model.” We delve into this stricter cybersecurity program where identity leads in the guideposts in defending today’s cyber [...]
Cybersecurity has always contended with evolving threats. As the internet has become more embedded into social and economic life and smart phones, tablets and other handheld devices have become ubiquitous, and bad actors have devised new methods of attacks to capitalize on emerging vulnerabilities. Just as agencies are implementing zero trust architecture to help with this wave, other IT developments [...]
According to TechCrunch, 2024 has already seen one billion stolen records and the number is still rising. This week on Feds At the Edge, we talk about the ways state and local organizations can secure unstructured data. Jimmy Rogers, Director of Information Technology for the Colorado Department of Higher Education, shares that up to 90% of the data [...]
Malicious actors are always looking for the “Easy Button” when it comes to breaching your system. This week on Feds At the Edge, we are looking at the protection of Operational Technology (OT), critical hardware on premises. Traditionally separated from IT systems by air gaps, OT is now increasingly managed by IT departments due to the convergence of IT and [...]
Members of Florida state and local agencies joined industry execs to discuss the state of digital transformation and cloud architecture. Florida, already the third largest U.S. state by population, is experiencing rapid growth and increased pressure to keep up with more and more citizen needs. The state’s population grew by 14.5% from 2010 to 2020, meaning more [...]
In professional baseball, winning championships does not depend on having a large budget. Like talented members of a pro-league team, there are some government agencies that just seem to “get it” when it comes to cybersecurity, despite being straddled with limited funding. This week on Feds At the Edge, we’ve got an all-star lineup, including James Weaver, Secretary and [...]
Mike Tyson's famous quote, "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face," is a fitting analogy for the unpredictability and impact of a cyber-attack. In this week's Feds At The Edge podcast, we have a brutally honest conversation about a topic nobody wants to address: the step-by-step process of recovery from a cyber-attack. We explore the importance [...]
The federal government is playing a game of cyber-attack-a-mole with bad actors, constantly adapting to their threats but ultimately driving them to other areas, such as targeting endpoints or applications to find a weak point not being monitored. This week on Feds At the Edge, we are focusing on sophisticated attacks on federal applications and APIs. Jerry Cochran, Deputy [...]
Years ago, anti-virus software updates were distributed via floppy disks through the U.S. Mail. Today, due to the vast and complex nature of cyber threats, continuous diagnosis and mitigation (CDM) is necessary. This week on Feds At the Edge, we explore how to deploy CDM solutions for federal agencies, starting with best practices and guidance for the transition. Andrew [...]
Having a completed checklist can give agencies a sense of security, but with today’s explosion of data and potential attack from an unexpected vector, have they been falsely “lulled into complacency?” This week on Feds At the Edge, we sit down with Travis Rosiek, Chief Technology officer with Rubrik to discuss the importance of strategic protection, especially during vulnerable times [...]
Artificial Intelligence saves consumers and businesses time and resources by instantly producing content and images. But where does it fit in helping agencies serve the mission? Karen Hay, Digital Health Transformation Lead for the Global Public Sector with Salesforce sums it up perfectly, “Generative AI can unlock the knowledge trapped in data.” This week on Feds At the Edge, [...]