2026-11-05 Super intelligence, also called artificial intelligence, demands security, and it demands governance. Increasingly, experts are realizing the two are inextricably linked. SI introduces opportunities, dependencies and vulnerabilities that agencies must manage through cohesive governance rather than isolated controls. Executive Order...
2026-10-28 Military operations depend on logistics, which means supply chains, warehouses, materiel and logistics support systems are all ripe targets for attack. The Defense Logistics Agency is on the front lines of this particular battle, and its leaders understand that adversaries...
2026-10-02 Data drives decisions. Timely, accurate, and accessible data is essential for making the right calls and responding effectively. Now, with artificial intelligence at the forefront, increasing the velocity of information exponentially, the stakes are higher and maintaining sovereignty is harder...
2026-09-29 In the years since the 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack, agencies have worked to strengthen logging practices, but it has not been easy for many of them. Earlier federal guidance created cost, scale and feasibility challenges. The SolarWinds attack had consequences spreading...
2026-09-14 Across government, agencies are navigating a moment of profound change. Missions are evolving, technology is accelerating and expectations for transparency, readiness and accountability are higher than ever. At the center of it all is the workforce — tens of thousands...
2026-09-14 Transportation is entering one of its most consequential periods of change in decades. Across aviation, rail, highways and transit, three major shifts keep surfacing as the ones that will define the next several years. Understanding them—and the challenges they bring—is...
2026-09-14 The national airspace is entering a new era of complexity. Legacy systems are being modernized, uncrewed aircraft and advanced air mobility are entering shared airspace, and the volume of data flowing through air traffic operations is growing faster than traditional...
2026-09-08 Artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities, while autonomous, agentic systems are beginning to act with minimal or no human oversight. The confluence of these phenomena is creating a new threat landscape and opening new potential...
2026-08-31 For years, quantum computing has lived in the public imagination somewhere between science fiction and a distant scientific curiosity, a technology perpetually "ten years away." That framing is no longer accurate, and for federal agencies, it's no longer safe. The...