Ideas
Our approach to improper payments is failing; the 2024 numbers explain why
COMMENTARY | The numbers can hide what's going on.
Strengthening open source: A roadmap to enhanced cybersecurity
COMMENTARY | Open-source software is a cornerstone of American innovation, underpinning critical infrastructure and driving economic growth.
Playing to win: A Tale of two cities
COMMENTARY | With thousands of pages of regulations and an ingrained culture of risk aversion, we have too often been paralyzed by the fear of making mistakes.
The Department Of Government Efficiency – What about government performance?
COMMENTARY | An important constituency for better government performance is actually among civil servants themselves.
Digital Twins: Transforming Government Operations with Interoperability
Digital twin technology can replicate almost everything about a physical environment.
Musk is onto something: Protecting and improving the government’s massive grant and loan portfolios
COMMENTARY | The reliance on antiquated technology to manage massive financial portfolios and critical government services is increasingly untenable.
Accountability in cybersecurity: Why government agencies must raise the stakes
Promoting better cybersecurity in an organization might mean doing things like locking user machines when they don't complete cyber training because accountability is not optional.
How software reuse and extension can accelerate digital transformation for agencies
Practical tips for improving digital transformation.
Good luck, Department of Government Efficiency
COMMENTARY | It sounds like a federal agency, but its job is to get rid of them.
White House, cyber leaders to talk priorities, road ahead
The GovExec Cybersecurity Futures Forum Wednesday will feature cyber leaders from across government.
EDR and cyber logging: Preparing for the next big cybersecurity guidance
Insufficient logging hampers an organization’s ability to detect intrusions, mitigate those in progress and determine the extent of an incident.
The Wild West of space: Can government IT tame the risks?
A multi-pronged strategy to deal with the risks is a good idea.
Featured eBooks
America’s defense contractors are failing basic cybersecurity and China is exploiting it
COMMENTARY: The gap between what Americans believe about the security of our defense contractors and the grim reality should alarm everyone.
Securing open source software is a team sport
COMMENTARY: Public-private partnerships offer a path to solving the persistent problem of open source software security.
VA acquisitions asks vendors to show their work
COMMENTARY: The principle of "do, don't say" could be catching hold at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Cyber meets warfare in real time
COMMENTARY: Why Hezbollah's exploding pagers signal a dangerous new era for global businesses.
Nobel Prize in physics spotlights key breakthroughs in AI revolution − making machines that learn
Artificial neural networks mimic human brains, but the technology has its roots in physics.
Organizing to meet the most urgent threats
COMMENTARY: The government’s recognition of the need for asset visibility has kickstarted the process by which agencies have begun to focus on contextualizing assets in their environments, prioritizing threats and then taking action to stay protected.
The migration challenge
COMMENTARY: Upgrading legacy systems to modern infrastructure is critical, but migrating workloads and applications introduces potential vulnerabilities that must be addressed.
How FedRAMP is evolving to meet the challenges of the cloud computing market
Updates to federal cloud security policy are laying the foundation for a more secure and resilient cloud ecosystem.
