Threat Exposure Management Establishes a Risk-Driven Approach for Federal Agencies
Federal agencies are adopting Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) to shift from traditional vulnerability counting to a risk‑driven security posture. CDW’s leaders describe CTEM as a five‑stage framework—scoping, discovery, prioritization, validation, and mobilization—that ties technical findings to business impact. By continuously aggregating and de‑duplicating data, agencies can simulate attacks, isolate true exposure, and remediate efficiently. The approach promises measurable risk reduction for critical citizen data, infrastructure, and public‑safety systems.
State Department Cyber Leader: AI Must Serve Mission Outcomes, Not Drive Them
At the Splunk GovSummit 2026, State Department Security Operations Center chief Manuel Medrano warned that artificial intelligence must serve mission outcomes, not become the objective. He outlined how AI is already sharpening cyber monitoring and incident response across the department’s...
At Splunk GovSummit, IHS Leaders Tie Cybersecurity Directly to Patient Care
At the 2026 Splunk GovSummit, Indian Health Service (IHS) leaders linked cybersecurity directly to patient care, emphasizing that security is a clinical enabler. Serving roughly 2.7 million patients across 37 states, IHS prioritizes resilience and real‑time visibility to keep care uninterrupted,...
How Does AI Affect Cyber Resilience for Federal Agencies?
Artificial intelligence is reshaping cyber resilience for federal agencies, with predictive AI bolstering defense through automated anomaly detection and response playbooks, while generative AI (GenAI) offers attackers powerful tools for phishing, deepfakes, and exploit creation. The dual‑use nature of GenAI...
Federal Agencies Turn to AI to Transform Contact Centers at Scale
Federal agencies, led by the U.S. Postal Service and the Department of Labor, are deploying Salesforce’s Agentforce AI platform to overhaul contact‑center operations. By automating tier‑0 inquiries and providing real‑time assistance, AI is closing call‑handling gaps without adding headcount. Both...
The National Design Studio: What the America by Design Order Sets in Motion
The White House launched the National Design Studio (NDS) in August 2025 to overhaul the federal web estate of roughly 27,000 domains that see 160 million monthly visits. Backed by the 2018 Integrated Digital Experience Act, NDS aims to standardize user experience,...
Schneider Electric Federal Solutions Deliver AI-Ready Data Centers
Schneider Electric Federal is delivering AI‑ready data‑center solutions that address the unprecedented power density required by federal agencies. The company emphasizes turnkey, utility‑to‑the‑rack offerings and public‑private partnerships to modernize outdated infrastructure. A flagship $114 million energy‑savings performance contract at Naval Base...
StarTech.com Is Raising the Bar for Classified Workstations
StarTech.com has introduced a new line of secure KVM switches designed for classified workstations, achieving National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) compliance and supporting zero‑trust architectures. The devices provide hardware‑based isolation that physically separates classified and unclassified systems while allowing a...
How Federal Agencies Can Start Their SRE Journey
Federal agencies are turning to Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) to meet rising expectations for fast, dependable digital services. The guide recommends starting with robust observability to turn raw telemetry into actionable signals, then defining service‑level indicators (SLIs) and objectives (SLOs)...
Even AI-Free Agencies Should Be Standing Up the Data Foundation Now
Civilian agencies are urged to build AI‑ready data foundations before adopting generative or agentic models. The roadmap includes establishing data‑governance guardrails, deploying zero‑trust network segmentation, and upgrading hardware to GPU‑enabled servers with DDR5 RAM. Bandwidth must jump from legacy 1‑Gbps...
Winter 2026
The Winter 2026 issue of FedTech Magazine surveys the federal government’s tech agenda, spotlighting AI‑enabled zero‑trust, cloud‑first modernization, and legacy hardware like NASA’s GRiD Compass. It features a Q&A with Palo Alto’s Eric Trexler on identity‑first, AI‑secure cyberdefenses, and examines whether...
Federal AI Needs a New Data Foundation. Dell’s Platform Is Built for It.
The federal government is accelerating its adoption of generative AI, retrieval‑augmented generation, and early agentic systems, but agencies are constrained by legacy data architectures. Dell’s AI data platform offers a secure, federated foundation that lets classified and regulated data remain...
What Federal IT Leaders Should Know About the Emerging National AI Policy Framework
At the end of 2025 the White House issued an executive order directing the Commerce Department, FCC and other agencies to develop a national AI policy framework, aiming to pre‑empt a fragmented landscape created by roughly 1,200 state AI bills...
AI Is Causing a Power and Cooling Headache for Agencies
The latest NVIDIA AI processors are forcing federal agencies to confront unprecedented power and cooling requirements. Agencies must secure trusted partners or conduct assessments to size generators, UPS systems, and transfer switches, while private‑sector spenders are willing to invest over...
DOD Is Finally Leaning Into CMMC 2.0 Requirements for CUI
The Department of Defense has accelerated enforcement of CMMC 2.0 for contracts handling Controlled Unclassified Information, a shift driven by recent White House contracting reforms. Since January, more DoD solicitations explicitly require specific CMMC levels, prompting contractors to prove their data‑security...
