The dramatic rise in ransomware attacks against state and local governments is troubling on multiple levels. The most urgent, of course, is the risk to public safety, as disruptions to…
There is so much involved in improving agency performance that it can be difficult to pinpoint one thing—to make one recommendation—as a starting point toward performance enhancement. That said, technology…
Federal agencies face a smorgasbord of cybersecurity solutions, all of which promise to solve some, if not all, their problems. Speaking at the recent Fortinet Federal Partner Forum, Phil Quade,…
Networked medical devices have been an integral part of the healthcare world for years. Long before the Internet of Things, connected devices provided monitoring, record-keeping and drug delivery to patients…
For the better part of a decade, federal agencies have been urged to move to the cloud. The Cloud First policy, issued by former federal CIO, Vivek Kundra in February…
Federal agencies are ramping up their IT modernization activities, incorporating new technologies including Hybrid Cloud, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, and Artificial Intelligence, into their operations to deliver on the mission more effectively…
Protecting electronic data from unauthorized access or use is vital, especially for federal IT professionals. They know that practicing good information security (InfoSec) is a must, but among the many…
The military has become extremely effective when it comes to generating data. In fact, you could argue that it has grown too effective at it. With the emergence of today’s…
If there’s one reason why I lament not getting to be a child in today’s world, it’s the quality and coolness of the toys. And one of the single coolest…
There’s a lot of change going on in federal government IT – from the appointment of the new federal CIO, Suzette Kent, to the opportunity to modernize legacy IT systems.…