One of the challenges that Federal agencies need to address when developing and deploying AI technologies is figuring out exactly what effects they are looking to achieve and then zeroing in on discrete solutions for those, a Treasury Department official said at the ServiceNow Federal Forum in National Harbor, Md., on March 21. […]

Automation technologies have helped the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) stop more than 800 cyberattacks this fiscal year, a VA cybersecurity official said today during the ServiceNow Federal Forum – powered by MeriTalk – in National Harbor, Md. […]

Retired Adm. William McRaven has had an extensive career in the U.S. military in which he had to overcome adversity at different moments, learning countless life lessons in teamwork, personal accountability, resilience, and leadership with purpose.

He shared those life lessons with attendees at ServiceNow’s Federal Forum – powered by MeriTalk – in National Harbor, Md., on March 21. […]

U.S. Air Force Chief Information Officer (CIO) Venice Goodwine said today she is realizing benefits from the ServiceNow platform as she works to build a “coalition of the willing” in the service branch to harness technology to improve the speed and quality of workflows. […]

The AI EO: How Federal Agencies Can Achieve Its Ambitious Goals

Michael Dickman, Chief Product Officer at security provider Gigamon, reinforced the concepts of “assume breach” and the application of network observability capabilities during a keynote address on innovative cybersecurity approaches at the Visualyze Zero Trust Security Summit hosted by Gigamon and MeriTalk on Feb. 29. […]

The Federal government has a large portfolio of real estate. Managing the lifecycle of that portfolio, from architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) to operations, has historically occurred in silos. New approaches, however, can connect project teams, reduce costs, and improve environmental sustainability. […]

The Future of Connectivity: Federal Network Modernization
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Microsoft announced today that it is officially launching its expanded cloud logging capabilities to all Federal agencies this month after working closely with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD) to finalize this effort. […]

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The Cloud Safe Task Force – comprised of four nonprofits: MITRE, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC), and the IT Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC) – published a paper on Feb. 14 offering recommendations for Congress, the White House, Federal agencies, and industry to improve government cloud security. […]

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No Rip, No Replace: Agencies Can Leverage Existing Tools to Meet Zero Trust Goals

The government’s move to zero trust security is picking up speed, with Federal agencies facing an Office of Management and Budget deadline to meet specific zero trust goals by the end of fiscal year 2024. Peter Romness specializes in just this type of situation: the cybersecurity principal in the CISO Advisor’s Office at Cisco Systems has been helping government customers achieve their missions for nearly 35 years. In a recent interview with MeriTalk, Romness offered expert tips to agencies on how they can make faster progress – often with existing tools – in boosting cybersecurity and meeting the Federal mandates. […]

Military AI

On the 21st century battlefield information is a warfighting imperative, and the U.S. military needs to enable the right tools and solutions that deliver consumable and ready-to-use data to warfighters, top military and defense leaders said on Feb. 14 at the WEST 2024 conference – co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute – in San Diego, Calif. […]

As technologies are continuing to evolve at a rapid pace, officials from the Department of the Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) said on Feb. 14 that the United States must be dominant in artificial intelligence (AI) in order to win the “information fight.” […]

Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA

The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is looking to “automate and elevate” its data in order to better adapt to a dynamic cyber environment, according to Darrell Fountain, chief of the Cyber Security Services Provider (CSSP) Program at DISA. […]

Defense Information Systems Agency, DISA

A top Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) official offered a look today at DISA’s ongoing efforts to provide cloud services to military branches outside the contiguous U.S. (OCONUS), noting the agency’s successes specifically with the Stratus cloud program during remarks at the WEST 2024 conference in San Diego, Calif., co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute. […]

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The Federal government is already using artificial intelligence technologies, but one tech expert this week explained that it’s crucial to leverage “radical collaboration” to put a formal AI governance model in place – such as an Authority to Operate (ATO). […]

Infusing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) into data and applications at the edge has the potential to transform operations at Federal civilian agencies and in national defense. But edge environments can be challenging to manage and come with their own set of security risks. […]

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General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) partnered with the United States Indo-Pacific Command and the Army I Corps to further integrate zero trust technology at the tactical edge during the December 2023 Yama Sakura exercises in Japan. […]

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