Richard Spires, the former DHS and IRS CIO, explains how a “whole of government” approach to IT modernization could address systemic challenges.
This discussion will feature an in-depth discussion of how government is tackling these issues through workforce optimization and training.
Federal CIO Tony Scott said because of the wide-spread use of legacy IT systems, agencies should consider a similar approach to cybersecurity to one that…
Chief information officers know more now about long standing issues with federal IT security thanks to the cyber breaches at the Office of Personnel Management. Those problems date back to the 1990s when cyber threats started to change and agencies didn’t try to keep up. Richard Spires is CEO of Resilient Network Systems and former chief information officer at the Homeland Security Department. He tells In Depth with Francis Rose about three big problems with federal IT security.
