The Government Technology Insider Podcast

Through secure access and targeted slicing, the Department of Defense (DoD) can leverage private 4G/5G/CBRS wireless networks to support many different mission-critical use cases. These use cases can potentially include AR/VR surgical solutions for the Department of Veterans Affairs, foreign object detection at military airbases, flight line telemetry, as well as base perimeter security. Along the...

Everyone will likely need to access a government website at some point in their life. The ability to ask for and receive essential government benefits and services online is convenient. However, to prevent identity theft and protect the personal information of constituents, agencies need a way to ensure that the users requesting access are actually who they say they are. Government agencies have i...

At the recent 2022 Rocky Mountain Cyberspace Symposium (RMCS22) , leaders from the Air Force met with industry to discuss how to support the nation’s airborne fighting force in an increasingly complex threat environment. Regardless of where the threat to U.S. national interests comes from, it is essential that the future for the Air Force remains agile and resilient at the network edge. The tactic...

A little over two years ago, many Americans went home on a regular Friday evening and shared with their family that they would likely need to make some space for a temporary home office. Little did many of them know that this transition to a remote workstation would last for nearly 800 days and counting. This fundamental change in how people work has created an entirely new cyber ecosystem that ma...

Network as a Service (NaaS) makes government networks more agile and adaptable to changing circumstances at speed. In order to bring NaaS to life for government, there is a four step process, which is mapped out in this new three part podcast . For step three in the NaaS journey, the new management network systems will become flexible, reliable, secure, and cloud-centric in the final stages of an...

Network as a Service ( NaaS ) makes government networks more agile and adaptable to changing circumstances at speed. In order to bring NaaS to life for government, there is a four-step process, which is mapped out in this new three-part podcast series. The second stage of the NaaS journey is about creating a roadmap for the progress that will come. Now that the systems are running as intended, the...

Network as a Service (NaaS) makes government networks more agile and adaptable to changing circumstances at speed. In order to bring NaaS to life for government, there is a four-step process, which is mapped out in this new three-part podcast series. In the first stage of an agency’s transformation journey with NaaS , the networks are centralized and on-premises with rigid and physical resource-in...

Modern data management systems and embracing a digital-first government are bolstering data security for federal agencies. The Biden Administration released an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity last year with Zero Trust being a fundamental component. Agencies are discerning ways to implement Zero Trust throughout their current network infrastructure. With a data management sy...

As digitization continues to transform the federal government, agencies need to shift their strategies to become digital-first. With federal IT investments, agencies can address their data management dilemmas and create a strategic outlook for the next year. Daniel Carroll, Field CTO for Cybersecurity at Dell Technologies Federal, discussed how agencies like the Federal Emergency Management Agency...

The federal IT environment is facing several priorities ranging from security to creating long term hybrid work goals. Agencies need to decide their path forward when it comes to managing IT services and data management . As the role of data grows for the federal government, agencies have to devise ways to effectively store and manage the influx of data. This will help IT teams among agencies unde...

As federal agencies embrace cloud-based applications that create a distributed network, alongside a need for low latency and high throughput , the concept of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is coming more into the forefront. SASE provides agencies with a low-latency, cloud-native, secure Internet connection that can be hosted in the cloud or on-premise. It integrates wide-area networking (WAN) w...

Although the Executive Order on Cybersecurity, which set Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) as the foundation of federal agency security, is only a year old there are already new developments in ZTA. The new multi-domain approach to Zero Trust is redefining the standard for how users on the network should be handled by creating a single source of truth. ZTA assumes no implicit trust is granted to any u...

The Department of Defense (DoD) is all-in on moving to the cloud. With the JEDI contract behind them, the Pentagon is getting ready for its multi-vendor Joint Warfighter Cloud Contract (JWCC) solicitation and preparing for deployment in April 2022. With cloud solutions maturing and evolving in the years since the original JEDI contract award , defense leaders should consider creating a multi- and...

The use of mobile devices has reached near ubiquity throughout the globe, and America’s Intelligence Community (IC) also relies on mobility for advancing overall mission goals. However, the IC has unique requirements – from location to security to dealing with classified data – that must be taken into consideration in order for mobility to be truly effective and secure. With 5G becoming a nation-s...

With nation-state and non-state actors laser-focused on gaining strategic advantage by compromising IT environments, one of the top priorities for the United States Intelligence Community (IC) is the security and integrity of its networks and data. Following the Executive Order on Cybersecurity issued in May 2021, Zero Trust Architecture has become the go-to security posture for the federal govern...

Today, the United States Intelligence Community (IC) has never had a more complex mission. With nation states looking to expand their sphere of influence, resurgent terrorism threatening destabilization globally, and bad actors fueling cyber attacks, there’s a need for the IC’s network communications infrastructure to be mission-ready. Keeping abreast of constantly evolving geopolitical threats re...

The past 18 months have been characterized by being remote . Even as our schools, colleges, and workplaces have started to open up, the flexibility of being able to work or learn remotely has remained a valued part of the new normal. As public sector organizations – including federal, state, and local governments, as well K-12 schools , community colleges, and universities – look to support this h...

For decades, the Department of Defense (DoD) has been engaged in a complex digital transformation journey. Despite best intentions and the adoption of many point solutions, the DoD is still challenged in achieving the agility that lies at the heart of digital transformation . This often comes down to managing multiple contracts and network teams that grapple with integrating disparate systems. Tha...

There are always inherent challenges when it comes to managing multiple federal contracts, as well as disparate systems and conflicting network teams. Migrating all contracts into one procurement vehicle can be daunting for any agency, but particularly so for the Department of Defense (DoD) given the criticality of the mission. Fortunately, the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract ve...

When it comes to IT modernization and the Department of Defense (DoD), past approaches involved multiple contracts that created a wide-range of burdens and challenges for department leaders and contract officers. Ultimately, this has led to the use of disparate contracts and multiple contracting vehicles that make it more challenging to drive digital transformation and deliver on the mission. On i...

Unstructured data solutions (UDS) are helping agencies to drive mission success and minimize the risks for the warfighter. With autonomous vehicles, UDS is able to analyze the sensor data from drones and assess for improvements within the infrastructure. UDS ensures technology, such as unmanned surveillance drones, is safe and secure. These were the key themes discussed in the new podcast from Gov...

There are risks involved when dealing with unstructured data (UD) . If they do not have a secure storage environment, agencies could lose all their data through ransomware attacks. The data can become inaccessible, open to exfiltration and deletion, and vulnerable to data corruption. UD solutions are helping agencies to better secure their information. These were the key themes discussed in the ne...

According to Dallas Nash, Senior Director of Sales for Unstructured Data Solutions at Dell, as agencies begin to deliver more digital services and missions become digital, unstructured data — which includes emails, images, and videos — is rapidly growing. In fact, it is the “most used and fastest growing data segment in the storage world today.” An advantage of unstructured data solutions (UDS) is...

From body cams to mobile devices, there are a wide-range of solutions that keep public safety professionals safe and enable them to protect their communities. In addition, 5G enables better public safety , and it all starts with data communications as the foundation for effective and efficient response. The partnership between Verizon and Axon has provided the public safety community with an array...

There is a massive amount of data collected by federal agencies that needs to be stored securely and in compliance with numerous regulations. While ensuring the security and compliance of this data has been challenging, a Zero Trust approach enables federal agencies to have a clearer path to meeting these goals and requirements. When looking to the future of Zero Trust Architecture , the framework...