By integrating certain tools and techniques, including Search AI and a zero-trust architecture, state and local agencies can improve their cybersecurity postures, safeguard their data, and ensure the continuous operation of their digital infrastructure.
Government faces increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, from both foreign and domestic bad actors. Here are several key trends for public-sector cybersecurity in 2025, underscoring the challenges agencies face.
Automated patching is key to strengthening an agency’s cyber defenses. Comprehensive, strategic patch-management includes infrastructure audits, risk assessments, alignment with federal guidelines, automation, and agencywide collaboration.
The upcoming change in administration presents both opportunities to modernize cybersecurity and AI governance in government operations and risks of heightened vulnerabilities, requiring strategic action and vigilance.
Digital identity ecosystems offer transformative potential for government services, enhancing security and accessibility, but their success depends on addressing critical risks like cybersecurity, digital inclusion, and interoperability.
Agencies must protect critical infrastructure from a growing number of cyber threats by continuously refining their cybersecurity strategies to include automation and risk-based prioritization.
Experts agree that generative AI (GenAI) can have a significant impact on how government handles cybersecurity. Here are some of the technology’s potential security benefits.
To accelerate their ability to respond to modern cyber threats, agencies must enable their network and security operations centers to work together seamlessly.
Quantum computing offers revolutionary opportunities, but also poses a grave threat to current cryptographic systems. Here is how organizations can protect themselves from quantum risks.
State and local entities may struggle to secure the operational technology that supports their critical infrastructure. That makes network visibility, and fostering an organization-wide commitment to digitization, important.