Feb 28, 2023
Reliaquest is a very successful commercial company, and it has a set of skills that can be directly applied to the federal government.
Today’s interview is with Michael McPherson. He worked for the FBI for over 25 years, and he chose to work for Reliaquest because he believes its technology matrix offers the best...
Feb 14, 2023
Federal technology leaders are pushed and pulled from many directions. On the one hand, they are expected to produce solutions that respond instantly; on the other hand, they have restricted budgets, unlimited amounts of unstructured data being transferred all the time, and concern about efficiency.
This is an...
Feb 14, 2023
When you hire a moving company, they send out a representative and they do a survey of what is in your house and give you an estimate. A much more difficult scenario is when a federal technology leader tries to get a handle on what they have in their domain and how to maintain it.
To continue the house analogy, if you...
Feb 8, 2023
When the concept of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) was first developed, nobody envisioned the roller coaster ride it would take since its inception with Executive Order 13556 in 2010 with its emphasis on Controlled Unclassified Information.
The goal was to assess and enhance the cybersecurity posture...
Feb 6, 2023
Akamai has been around the security community for so long that they almost deserve the term, “venerable.” They first made a big splash on September 11, 2001. That was the day The Washington Post was overwhelmed by traffic. Some quick work from Akamai helped newspapers and organizations keep up to speed.
In its...