AI in 2024: Laying the Groundwork
To get your agency ready for AI, follow these five steps.
Cybersecurity
Guarding Security Amid Political Media Sensationalism
Navigating the delicate balance between ensuring security and upholding transparency in government is crucial for fostering public confidence and safeguarding the principals of democracy. Here’s why.
Building Resilient Federal Agencies With AI and Cybersecurity Initiatives
Agencies can improve their cyber defenses by integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into their cybersecurity strategies. Here are specific benefits of an AI-powered approach.
The 2024 Cyber Agenda: Urgency Drives Innovation
In recent years, the federal government has made greater efforts to advance cybersecurity technology and strategy — such as offering best practices and other guidance, promoting public/private partnerships, and making financial investments. Here’s an overview of four key issues on the cyber agenda.
A Year of Guidelines, Hacks and New Visions
There were some big headlines in 2023 that reminded everyone why cybersecurity is so important. Here’s a roundup of key events, as well as details on the 2023 cybersecurity guidelines that agencies must follow.
A Vision for AI in Government: The AI-Savvy Agency
The White House’s Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence lays out a strategy focused on monitoring, regulating and staffing the development of AI-based innovations. Here are some ways government is meeting its requirements.
Leveraging AI to Speed Incident Detection and Response
Agencies can optimize the performance of their IT systems and applications by taking a comprehensive approach to collecting and analyzing data. Artificial intelligence, and a unified data platform, can help agencies maximize those observability efforts.
Turning Cyber Policy Into Practice
Executive orders, frameworks, and acts of Congress tell agencies what their cybersecurity goals should be, but generally leave implementation details to other entities. The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a component of the Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), fills that need — developing actionable, standards-based guidance that helps agencies turn… Read more »
Data Protection Builds Cyber Resiliency
Protecting your data is the lynchpin of coming back from a cyberattack. Here are some pointers on keeping data safe.
Why that Security Training Really Does Matter
Even those of us who are technologically savvy can benefit from the iterative learning, updates, and reality check presented by routine security trainings.