Jul 30, 2026
Today, we sat down with Rajan Venkatachalam from Icertis to discuss the evolution of federal contract lifecycle management. The main takeaway is that contract management is becoming harder to ignore, even though many organizations still overlook it. Perhaps it is too difficult; perhaps changing management with...
Jul 28, 2026
IT modernization carries unanticipated risks. Take operational technology, or OT, as an example. As modernization has increased the number of OT and IoT assets across many federal locations, it has also introduced new vulnerabilities.
Federal leaders are warning that the situation has reached a tipping point. CISA...
Jul 21, 2026
Taylor Johnston, President of the Institute of Applied Engineering at the University of South Florida, discussed a secure research environment developed with AWS and the federal government.
This initiative allows researchers to work with classified information, progressing from unclassified to top-secret levels.
The...
Jul 14, 2026
At one time, reacting to a cyber threat was enough; signatures and blocklists could cope. But AI is now amplifying every aspect of cyberwarfare, including speed and scope, leaving these traditional defenses in the dust. Today’s threats can be numerous and personalized, making old approaches worthless.
Patricia Titus,...
Jul 9, 2026
The Department of War realized it was dealing with a supply chain risk of vulnerable vendors; back in 2019 they launched the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. The goal was to ensure defense contractors protected sensitive unclassified information.
Over the years it has transitioned from being a “checkbox”...