The Transformative, AI-Ready Potential of a Unified Data Platform
In this video interview, MongoDB’s Devin Dickerson discusses how a unified data-platform strategy can help overcome obstacles to agency modernization.
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Cyber Resilience: Protecting Your Data From Ransomware Attacks
In this video interview, Veeam’s Jeff Reichard discusses how a proactive, resilient cyber strategy can protect state and local agencies from their evolving threat landscape.
Cyber Recovery: Aligning an Agency’s Confidence With Its Capability
In this video interview, Veeam’s Bill Gemza discusses why agencies are often too confident in their cyber capabilities and how to align their perceptions with operational reality.
Beyond the Hype: Turning AI Potential Into Reality
In this video interview, Granicus’ Karthik Anbalagan discusses how to turn AI potential into reality for both residents and employees.
Stronger Cyber Defense: How to Close Common Security Gaps
In this video interview, Fadi Fadhil with Palo Alto discusses why agencies struggle to meaningfully reduce their cyber risk and how to overcome those challenges.
The Elements of Effective AI-Focused Training: Why Traditional Models Fail
In this video interview, Tony Holmes with Pluralsight discusses how to overcome the drawbacks of many government AI-training programs.
AI-Native Cybersecurity: Protection Against New AI Threats
In this video interview, Karan Sondhi with CrowdStrike discusses AI’s growing impact on government cybersecurity operations.
When Your Workforce Is a Data-Access Obstacle
Employees must be able to access, understand and analyze the data they need, but often workers themselves are an obstacle to data access. Three clear tactics, however, can transform a workforce culture into one that welcomes data collaboration.
Failing to Use Modern Technology Makes Data Access Harder
Legacy technology wasn’t designed for the volume and variety of data that agencies handle today, and AI exacerbates the problem. Certain tactics, however, will help agencies leave their outdated tech behind — so employees can access data when and how they should.
Data Should Be…Democratized?
To unlock the decision-making power of their data, organizations must think systemically, integrating technology, governance and workforce education so that data is available and understandable to all users. The name for this is data democratization.