Archives: James Mersol

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity, AI and health IT are major focuses in this year's budget proposal.

• Cybersecurity

As threats to information systems evolve, so do the frameworks, regulations and other defenses against those threats.

• Cybersecurity
• Zero Trust

The rise of data and the rise of remote users have happened in almost perfect unison in federal IT. The challenge becomes how to ensure that data is accessible by everyone who needs it whenever they need it, while at the same time ensuring the data is accessible only by those who need it and when they need it.

• Cybersecurity
• Zero Trust

Anyone who has spent any time as a government employee or contractor — or even created an account on a government website — is all too familiar with the tortuous password requirements of many federal agencies.

• Cloud

More federal agencies are recognizing the benefits of moving their on-prem systems to the cloud, not the least of which include saving money by closing data centers and enabling easier access to applications and data for remote employees. Leading adopters report even more reasons to migrate to the cloud than they first expected.

• Cybersecurity

As “the nation’s risk advisor,” the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency moves into its second full year with an eye on securing election systems before November, alongside its mission areas of protecting critical infrastructure, coordinating emergency response and defending the dot-gov domain from adversaries. 2020 also brings a new leader to the cybersecurity directorate: Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Bryan Ware.

• Cloud
• Cybersecurity

As more and more federal agencies look to transition to the cloud, both to save costs by closing data centers and to give their employees greater freedom to work remotely, maintaining network security has been a stumbling block.

• Artificial Intelligence

With artificial intelligence and its cousins machine learning and robotic process automation some of the most talked about topics in technology, the White House is following suit with its own efforts.

• Cybersecurity

The first days of 2020 have been a roller coaster for those involved with and adjacent to defense and national security issues.

• Artificial Intelligence
• Data

In 2020, data will become even more crucial to IT and digital services, serving as the foundation of automation and future innovation.

As the chief acquisition agency for the federal government, the General Services Administration demonstrated innovative thinking in its approach to procurement in 2019.

• Cybersecurity

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) was the most public-facing agency within the Department of Homeland Security this year, driving home its role as "the nation’s risk advisor" during its first year as an agency. In 2020, CISA looks to amplify that aspect of its mission ahead of the next presidential election with its #Protect2020 and #WaronPineapple campaigns, which the agency aims to promote awareness around election security and disinformation, respectively.