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Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Today, we sat down with Chris Wysopal from Veracode to talk about how to leverage the power of AI to increase productivity in federal systems. It seems like every headline you read talks about AI speeding up the process of writing code. However, there may be...

A recent study from Carnegie Mellon University is titled "AI Agents Fail at Office Tasks Nearly 70% of the Time." Federal agencies are adopting Agentic AI for the efficiency it can deliver. Unfortunately, many do not realize that Agentic AI is prone to operational risks, ranging from technical glitches to legal complications to accidental database deletion. When Agentic AI causes problems at a fed...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Elastic has been around since 2012 and has been gradually gaining traction in the commercial world. In fact, Elastic has recently signed agreements with Nvidia and Google to improve integration with its distributed search analysis. All this assists with AI se...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com MongoDB has spent years earning a formidable reputation in the developer world; today, we will unpack some of its capabilities for project managers and federal leaders so they can understand where MongoDB may fit in their stack. Conventional wisdom is that Mo...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Many listeners have become so familiar with AI that they may have assumed it has been around for decades. Today, we sat down with Will Angel from Excella to explore the application of AI to federal technology from a more nuanced perspective. We dive into thre...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Sometimes, the plow must go deeper. Current approaches to Zeer Trust implementation can leave gaps in security. Today, we sat down with Akamai's Mike Colson to discuss the concept of combining Identity Credential Access Management with Least Permissive Trust....

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com The impact of AI in software development in the federal government is so pervasive that, in July of 2025, the President of the United States released a White House AI Action Plan. Today, we sat down with Bob Stevens from GitLab to put this development into pe...

Fraud rates in the public sector are estimated at 20%, compared to 3% in the private sector. Some estimate the loss to the federal government at over $500 billion. Today, we sat down with Haywood Talcove, the CEO of LexisNexis Special Services. He presents listeners with shocking statistics on fraud, shares personal stories, and offers suggestions to help taxpayers overcome this loss of money. FRA...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com We are recording this at the Air Force Air, Space, & Cyber Conference. During the second day of the conference, General B. Chance Saltman, Chief of Space Operations at the Space Force, talked about a "focus on readiness." Our guest, Rob Bocek from Virtualitic...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Ten years ago, Nutanix exploded on the federal scene. By now, just about every listener has heard of Nutanix partnering with the federal government in a wide range of projects. Today, an update with Greg O'Connell from Nutanix. He demonstrates how federal age...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Most listeners are familiar with LMI as a sixty-year-old nonprofit, providing logistics management services and related research to the federal government. Today, LMI is a for-profit organization that leverages its decades of experience to gain a competitive...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn   https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com It is difficult to pinpoint an exact number, but some statistics show an executive is five times more likely to be attacked than a regular employee. It makes sense. If you receive a suspicious email from a fellow employee, do not respond. However, if you recei...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com The federal government manages a great deal of sensitive information that it is reluctant to share with other agencies or organizations. However, isolation means important decision-making data can be inadvertently withheld from leaders. The simple term "colla...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Sometimes, a company becomes so large that it is difficult to be specific about how it can help any organization, especially one as vast as the federal government. Today, we sit down with Ron Bushar, Chief Information Security Officer & Managing Director – Go...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Virtualitics, a company spun out of Caltech and NASA JPL in 2016, focuses on applying advanced AI to mission-critical challenges, including asset availability, personnel readiness, and supply chain optimization. During the interview, Rob Bocek, Chief Revenue...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com In 1987 Microsoft introduced PowerPoint, it is one of the few applications that has endured almost four decades! Today, we look at some options that incorporate more flexible ways to innovate. Charles Firey from Excella provides listeners three ways to make a...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com In boardrooms across America, members are slowly starting to notice the proliferation of cyber-attacks. It is one thing to recognize the danger, quite another to do something about it. Board members may ask, how does a company's risk profile compare to others...

Ep. 264 How Automation Is Accelerating Digital Transformation Across Federal Agencies Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com In this episode of the Federal Tech Podcast, host John Gilroy interviews Nabil Amiri, Vice President of Business Development for the federal practice at NWN. The discussion...

Ep . 263   How Microsoft Drives Cloud-Powered Transformation in Federal Agencies   Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Microsoft has been a behemoth in the world of information technology since its founding in 1985. The only way to understand how Microsoft can impact the federal government is t...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com Today, we discuss the importance of user experience for federal websites with guests Amanda Chavez and Rishi Vajpayee from Qualtrics. The expansion covers topics such as cost savings, automation, and the impact of unstructured data on how websites provide inf...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com The current administration has a focus on reducing costs while also improving the delivery of goods and services. When it comes to handling data, innovations in code generated by artificial intelligence have enabled this remarkable goal. The challenge arises...

Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com In 2018, ransomware was a quaint little cyberattack.  Suddenly, the first half of 2024 saw $459 million paid in ransomware.  Everyone is being targeted: retailers in the UK, resellers in LA, and even the federal government can be included in the target for ransomware attackers. Today, we sit down with Douglas Holland to see what role Ak...

Everybody knows the world of technology is changing on a massive scale; in the federal community, there is a similar seismic change, but it has to do with policy, not graphics chips. In 2020, the Department of Defense aimed to ensure its suppliers had a reasonable level of cyber protection and released the first version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). In subsequent years,...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com According to Forrester, 48% of organizations have more than one hundred tools in a typical toolchain. How many are not being used? How many duplicates are there? How many can remove abilities in other tools? When you deal with a company, they are getting paid...

Connect to John Gilroy on LinkedIn    https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-gilroy/ Want to listen to other episodes? www. Federaltechpodcast.com   Artificial Intelligence can dazzle people to the point where they lose focus on the objectives of the federal agency. In today's interview, Adam Lurie from Knexus begins by discussing a corporate strategy that combines research and innovation with engineeri...