Federal Tech Talk

Federal Tech Talk looks at the world of high technology in the federal government. Host John Gilroy, of The Oakmont Group, speaks the language of federal CISOs, CIOs and CTOs, and gets into the specifics for government IT systems integrators. John covers the latest government initiatives and technology news for the federal IT manager and government contractor.


  • Chase Cunningham, principal analyst serving security and risk professionals at Forrester Research, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk for a wide ranging discussion of cybersecurity, CMMC, NIST 800 207, and risk…
    June 8, 2020
  • Stephen Horvath , vice president of Strategy & Vision at Telos, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how his company can help federal agencies protect their sensitive information, when…
    June 1, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Scott Deviney, vice president, US Public Sector at Riverbed, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company is helping the federal government address the challenges faced by its…
    May 21, 2020
  • Jamie Holcomb, chief information officer for US Patent and Trademark Office, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss his plans for modernizing the agency and the role artificial intelligence will…
    May 18, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Stuart Itkin, vice president of Marketing and Product Management at Exostar, joins host John Gilroy to discuss a new approach to acquisition called Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).
    May 11, 2020
  • Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Vice President Chris Bogdan joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to talk about what the federal government is doing to protect data that originates from satellites.
    May 4, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Ralph Kahn, vice president of Federal at Tanium, joins host John Gilroy to discuss Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) and what it means for technology companies and the Department of…
    April 23, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Stephen Kovac, vice president of Global Government and Compliance at Zscaler, joins host John Gilroy to discuss the pros and cons of secured remote access.
    April 20, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Damian DiPippa, vice president at ManTech, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how his company can help the federal government protect its satellites from cyber attacks.
    April 13, 2020
  • Geoff Orazem, managing partner at Eastern Foundry, joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss how the Small Business Innovation Research initiative compares with other vehicles, and the three levels for…
    April 6, 2020
  • This week on Federal Tech Talk, Vishwas Lele, chief technology officer at Applied Digital Services, joins host John Gilroy to discuss how AIS can help help federal IT officials in moving their agencies safely to…
    March 13, 2020
  • Qmulos CEO & Founder Matt Coose joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss the challenges that federal agencies face when implementing continuous compliance in a complex and ever changing world.
    March 9, 2020
  • Aptima Chairman and CEO Daniel Serfaty and chief scientist Jared Freeman join host John Gilroy this week to discuss artificial intelligence and how it can be used to help people overcome the deluge of data…
    February 28, 2020
  • AppGate Federal Group President Greg Touhill joins host John Gilroy on this week’s Federal Tech Talk to discuss Zero Trust, cybersecurity and how to reduce the attack surface for federal information technology.
    February 18, 2020