Feds at the Edge

For the video of this podcast: Data & AI are Driving HR Modernization

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Mountains of data and Artificial intelligence are impacting every aspect of all federal agencies. This week on Feds At the Edge we examine the impact of technology innovation on modernization of human resources.

Jason Nelson, Human Capital Assistant Administrator/CHCO for TSA opens the discussion with a sobering fact: With an average of 260 workdays a year, the TSA is faced with processing 770 job applications every single day to keep up with the 200,000 they receive annually.

This is the perfect example of how using data & AI will help all federal agencies in the three methods we explore:

We'll explore identity management on the large scale, advances made, and the challenge of digital credentials.

We'll look at multi-factor authentication, and ways it can become phishing resistant.

We'll also discus how military systems must maintain credentials even when disconnected.

Learn how artificial intelligence offers improved accuracy, enhanced skill analysis, and the opportunity to free up time for higher-level activities.

For the video of this podcast: Barbarians at the Gate: Zero Trust, Active Directory, & What You Need to Know

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Our panel this week focuses on Microsoft's Active Directory and Identity Management. What's their executive summary?

The Barbarians Chris Roberts, Director of Federal Sales Engineering with Quest Public Sector reveals a staggering 94 million daily attacks on Microsoft's Active Directory, which is popular in both commercial and federal markets.

We ask the question, when it comes to implementing zero trust, is multi-factor authentication enough? Discover the weaknesses your agency should be thinking about.

The Zombies Learn how one of the number one approaches to security, doing backups, opens the door to attack 92% of the time.

Shawn Kingsberry, VP of Cybersecurity with SAIC Digital Innovation Factory shares the role third-party Active Directory recovery apps have and the most crucial steps every agency must take to ensure they are protected against malicious actors.

For the video of this podcast: Building a Better Case Management System

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Over the years, federal systems have taken on a Rube Goldberg approach, customized by humans who may think radically differently from each other, to respond to a specific kind of workflow inherent in an individual case. After decades of this, you get systems that are siloed with unique methods of doing the same activity.

In this week's episode of Feds at the Edge, we will look at a new way to streamline the entire case management process to reduce costs, simplify maintenance, and be more responsive to changing needs.

Jason Adolf, Industry Vice President for the Public Sector with Appian unpacks the concept of modularity in your systems so users can adapt to changes incrementally. He'll also highlight why low code no code can make it easier to adopt leading edge methods.

Prem Abuvasamy, Chief Information Officer for the National Labor Relations Board shares insights on managing patches with disparate systems. His experience shows that a multi-vendor approach can result in multiple timetables for system patches.

Tune in to this insightful discussion on change management in technology on your favorite podcasting platform now.

For the video of this podcast: Building a Better Case Management System

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Over the years, federal systems have taken on a Rube Goldberg approach, customized by humans who may think radically differently from each other, to respond to a specific kind of workflow inherent in an individual case. After decades of this, you get systems that are siloed with unique methods of doing the same activity.

In this week's episode of Feds at the Edge, we will look at a new way to streamline the entire case management process to reduce costs, simplify maintenance, and be more responsive to changing needs.

Jason Adolf, Industry Vice President for the Public Sector with Appian unpacks the concept of modularity in your systems so users can adapt to changes incrementally. He'll also highlight why low code no code can make it easier to adopt leading edge methods.

Prem Abuvasamy, Chief Information Officer for the National Labor Relations Board shares insights on managing patches with disparate systems. His experience shows that a multi-vendor approach can result in multiple timetables for system patches.

Tune in to this insightful discussion on change management in technology on your favorite podcasting platform now.

For the video of this podcast: An Update on Improvements to CISA's Zero Trust Model (E135 Encore)

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When you walk down the grocery store aisle you are bombarded with "New and Improved." The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is not selling soap, but they are in the business of improving their original model as much as any Proctor and Gamble product.

In this week's episode of Feds At the Edge, top technology leaders review the Zero Trust Maturity Model Version 2.0. They take you through the new attention on importance of identity, new maturity levels and the emphasis on visibility. With funding always limited, applying it in the right direction becomes a crucial part of any agencies zero trust journey.

We'll also dive into what automation has brought to the table, how feedback from users revealed the need for an entirely new category within the 2.0 version, and the tools available now to help in the transition.

For the video of this podcast: The Urgency of API Security

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Did you know that 80% of attacks companies like Akamai Technologies are seeing involve API?

What's an API? What once was a quick way to integrate systems but minimally used, now has exploded onto federal networks by the thousands thanks to the popularity of cloud use.

Why worry? APIs are small and embedded and could be as minimal as a single line of code. However, their impact is powerful, and a weak point can have an impressive impact.

How do we protect federal data? In this week's episode of Feds At the Edge, we've gathered agency and industry experts who share how software developers should be "baking in" protection from the start, and how sloppy code can lead to Vampire APIs that take on a new life, rewritten to serve malicious actors and their purpose. Tune in on your favorite platform now to hear more on protecting APIs, including a checklist from NIST that will help you understand code origin.

For the video of this podcast: How to Increase Government IT Agility

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Large organizations, whether public or private, all have challenges in making the digital transformation. Today, we sit down with public and private sector leaders who have had success in managing to make large, state-based systems adapt to today's world of rapid change.

Ajay Gupta, Chief Digital Transformation Officer for California's DMV shares his thoughts on the benefits to customizable options, commonly called "low code, no code" and how being sensitive to legacy systems is key for organizations like his that handle three million calls a day and seventy million website visitors per year.

Nadia Hansen, Digital Transformation Public Sector Executive for Salesforce looks at the financial impact of automating processes. She shares how creating a buildable framework that accommodates state basics, but then give them room for the low code/no code approach may reduce overall costs.

Tune in to this week's episode of Feds at the Edge for what these experts have to say about automating what you can so you can free up talent to solve today's more complex issues.

For the video of this podcast: Bringing Agility to the Modern Security Operations Center

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Originally designed to thwart minor malicious codes, Security Operations Centers (SOC's) have evolved over the last 50 years what they are today; centers that provide 24 hour protection, 365 days of the year to for key government organizations. Even so, the profusion of threat vectors prove to be a challenge and many SOC's will need to upgrade in order to keep up with the current threat landscape.

In this week's episode of Feds At the Edge, we gather leaders who have decades of experience in optimizing the performance of an SOC. Together they share tool management and versatility, the importance of standards in automation, and resources freely available to any agency. We will also discuss the dangers of alert fatigue, and how CISA can assist overwhelmed operators before a threat is misidentified.

For the video of this podcast: An Update on Improvements to CISA's Zero Trust Model

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When you walk down the grocery store aisle you are bombarded with "New and Improved." The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is not selling soap, but they are in the business of improving their original model as much as any Proctor and Gamble product.

In this week's episode of Feds At the Edge, top technology leaders review the Zero Trust Maturity Model Version 2.0. They take you through the new attention on importance of identity, new maturity levels and the emphasis on visibility. With funding always limited, applying it in the right direction becomes a crucial part of any agencies zero trust journey.

We'll also dive into what automation has brought to the table, how feedback from users revealed the need for an entirely new category within the 2.0 version, and the tools available now to help in the transition.

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For the video of this podcast: Budgeting Priorities for Federal Deployment of Zero Trust

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Agencies have matured in their understanding of zero trust. No longer trying to define what it is, focus is now on the affordability within already challenged budgets.

In the latest episode of Fed's At the Edge, we sit down with Brian Dennis, Principal Technologist of the Public Sector for Akamai Technologies. An expert in the deployment of zero trust, Brian will give listeners an overview of the most economical ways agencies can move forward with this crucial cybersecurity strategy.

He will share the key concepts that should be a part of every architecture plan; identity management, micosegmentation, and continuous monitoring.

He will also dive into what agencies can do with operational technology such as MRI machines that are critical to human life but can often be the weakest link when identifying cyber attack vulnerabilities.

With new variations of old favorites like Ransomware on the rise, ensuring your agency has invested wisely with their funding is more important than ever.

Join us on your favorite Podcasting platform to hear how to make the biggest bang for your buck with zero trust in the next move to protect your cyber landscape.