As threats evolve, agencies must close cultural and technical gaps to enable zero trust, keep up with the pace of AI and strengthen enterprise resilience. In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, cybersecurity is a dynamic battleground shaped by emerging technologies, expanding attack surfaces and increasingly sophisticated adversaries. The rise of artificial intelligence has accelerated this shift, pushing [...]
Available on Demand | June 29, 2026 | 1 Hour | 1 CPE As IT and security deployments migrate to the cloud, security gaps in air-gapped systems can be created unless attention focuses on threats such as data transfer from external storage media – for example, USB devices. Paradoxically, many agencies continue to maintain critical systems and data on [...]
Technology is advancing at an astonishing pace. The number of connected devices per square kilometer is expected to grow from one million to ten million, and the transition to 6G is paving the way with dazzling new levels of speed and capability. This week on Feds At the Edge, Arup Bhuyan from Idaho National Laboratory, Eric Freer from Sterling, [...]
Available on Demand | June 25, 2026 | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Government agencies at all levels – federal, state, local, tribal, territorial – are wrestling with ways to improve physical security through, and in collaboration with, cyber assets. This intersection of physical security and digital surveillance in government – often called cyber-physical security convergence – represents [...]
Available on Demand | June 23, 2026 | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Security, Control & Deployment in Mission Environments As AI becomes central to critical infrastructure, national security is no longer just about physical borders but also about controlling the digital intelligence that shapes societal functions, economic stability, and defense. The concept of AI sovereignty encourages governments to [...]
Artificial intelligence is evolving so quickly that agencies often find it difficult to plan for future implementations. This week on Feds At The Edge, we dive into the importance of flexible infrastructure, realistic budgets, and thoughtful planning to successfully adapt to continuously evolving AI models. Sumit Puri, CSO and Co-Founder of Liqid, shares that while 86% of data resides [...]
Available on Demand | June 18, 2026 | 1 Hour | 1 CPE It has taken very little time for AI’s risks to emerge. According to Verizon’s 19th annual Data Breach Investigations Report, AI is fundamentally remodeling cyber security in real time, for everyone to see. The benefits of AI take longer to manifest. Today’s government agencies find themselves managing a [...]
A March 2026 Forrester Consulting study highlights how budget cuts, staffing shortages and evolving threats are forcing agencies to rethink how they defend and respond. Federal agencies are under pressure to sustain cybersecurity operations with tightening budgets and workforce reductions, even as threats grow more sophisticated. Insights from a recent Forrester Consulting study, commissioned by Carahsoft and [...]
Available on Demand | June 16, 2026 | 1 Hour | 1 CPE The Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated in a 2025 report that the U.S. government loses between $233 billion and $521 billion annually to fraud. In its follow-up report and accompanying blog post, the watchdog agency “found that agencies still struggle with understanding whether their efforts work” to prevent [...]
Available on Demand | June 11, 2026 | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Government agencies are pushing toward a more agile, high‑tech future. It requires using AI to eliminate time‑intensive operational work, strengthen foundational service and operations data, and accelerate mission‑critical functions without compromising security or compliance. Public sector organizations are now approaching AI as an operational capability rather [...]
Government and industry are embracing edge computing to drive real-time outcomes using AI-driven, collaborative enterprise architectures and hybrid environments. The push for smaller, more powerful laptops and tablets has hurt desktop sales, but artificial intelligence is shifting the conversation toward a more balanced approach. As organizations adopt AI to boost productivity, they need a mix of devices tailored to [...]
Available on Demand | June 10, 2026 | 1 Hour | 1 CPE Mission Essential Functions MEFs aren’t a checklist—they’re public outcomes that must be delivered when agency systems are under pressure. The hard part isn’t defining MEFs; it’s proving they can be delivered even though systems have been degraded by an incident. Establishing a connected model that [...]
Innovation often follows a familiar cycle: rapid expansion, followed by consolidation. Federal agencies are experiencing this firsthand as AI tools and models proliferate across their environments. This week on Feds At the Edge, technology leaders explore the challenge of rapid innovation and how agencies can regain control before the chaos of disorganized, duplicate data and tool sprawl compromises their [...]