There are seismic changes across the federal IT landscape, with new technologies, such as AI and machine learning, dominating the conversation. But day-to-day IT operations often focus on keeping the…

In a relentlessly connected world, it’s become harder and harder to avoid cyber risks. The risks aren’t just from the obvious sources of attack on government, corporate, and personal systems…

With both military and commercial satellite communications now residing within the Air Force Space Command, the opportunities for a long-envisioned, wideband SATCOM architecture are coming closer to reality. The Department…

CISOs, IT leadership and the public at large tend to focus on the visible sources of cyber threat, such as viruses and malware, phishing and spoofing, and denial-of-service attacks. But…

SATELLITE 2019 took place last week in D.C. and offered attendees a glimpse of the latest technology, upcoming trends in the space industry, and the opportunity to hear from a…

Survey after survey shows that of all the cyber threats facing organizations in 2019, insider threats top the list. This continues a multi-year trend that reflects the issues faced by…

Audits exist for a single reason – no, it’s not driving compliance and IT leadership off the deep end, although it might seem that way – it’s to help monitor…

Introduction The mission of the Department of Defense (DoD) is perhaps the most daunting of any government agency. To be charged with protecting not only the physical security of the…

“No downtime” is the usual mantra for network professionals, whose users demand 100% availability. But, at the Veterans Affairs (VA), there’s another requirement driving the team that manages the agency’s…

For federal agencies like the U.S. Department of Treasury, artificial intelligence is being implemented to better the customer journey, increase customer engagement, fight cybercrime activities, and more. This week hear…