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With uncertainty looming related to the federal debt ceiling, it’s pressing that your government organization takes an active look at its technology and ensures you’re using the most efficient options.
“You need to stop questioning whether the cloud is secure. You’ve got to start questioning whether you know how to use it securely,” said Drew Firment, chief cloud strategist at Pluralsight, adding that biggest cybersecurity issues result from vulnerabilities introduced through human error.
Jeff Shilling, the chief information officer of the National Cancer Institute in the National Institutes of Health, said modernizing the underlying technology infrastructure will make data sharing with researchers and others easier.
The United States Agency for International Development is focused on its modernization efforts for employees.
Dave Lago, a product manager for DISA's Hosting and Compute Center, said the Vulcan tool set includes several commercial software capabilities to help DoD modernize software.
Gundeep Ahluwalia, the chief information officer for the Labor Department, said three funding sources, two-year appropriations, a working capital fund and the Technology Modernization Fund, is giving the agency the resources to move to the cloud.
Cloud by design can help agencies navigate hybrid cloud to control costs, maximize performance, and ensure security.
In the Defense community where data has been identified as a strategic asset, machine learning presents exciting possibilities, from streamlining logistics to predicting adversarial activities.
Federal technology experts say no matter where agencies are in their cloud journey, ensuring employees have the best skillsets to manage and measure the impact of the services is key.
The past year has seen countless headlines about how tech and retail behemoths are making enormous investments in the metaverse.
No matter what it does, the IRS always seems to be saddled with outdated information technology systems. At the moment, a third of its applications are legacy, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
A cybersecurity catastrophe appears to be brewing. Kaniah Konkoly-Thege points to several signs out there that don't bode well for critical data or critical infrastructure.
Aaron Weis, the Department of the Navy’s chief information officer, wrote to staff that his last day is March 17.