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Government agencies are under pressure to do more with less. Read Forrester’s insights on increasing efficiency and improving mission delivery by augmenting the constituent experience, implementing a Zero Trust security strategy, and tackling technical debt.
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Get A Head Start On The National Cybersecurity Strategy
This blog outlines Forrester’s existing Security & Risk research to help organizations navigate, manage, and prepare their organizations for the implications of the National Cybersecurity Strategy.
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India’s Budget For 2023: What It Means For Financial Services And Fintech Firms
I looked at the 2023 budget that India’s Finance Minister presented on February 1, 2023. On that day, India’s Prime Minister tweeted, “This year’s budget infuses new energy to India’s development trajectory.” I find that he was not far off the mark. The budget for 2023 does aspire to create an empowered, inclusive, technology-driven, and […]
Put Public-Sector 2023 Success Into Perspective
Join us for a Predictions 2023 webinar on the staffing and data integrity pressures to plan for now.
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Predictions 2023 For The Public Sector
Join us for a webinar to position your agency’s workforce and data for 2023 change.
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Has Zero Trust Killed Defense in Depth? Or “DiD” It Refine It?
Zero Trust (ZT) continues to make waves (no pun intended), with US federal agencies now publishing guidance, such as the OMB’s M-22-09 or the DoD’s ZT strategy, for effective implementations, allowing for the government to be viewed as a source of trust in cybersecurity — although ZT is still mired in myths, and these can […]
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The DoD Announces The Winners For Its $9B JWCC Contract
This week, the US Department of Defense put an end to the year-long suspense by announcing the winners for its Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability contract. Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure were the big winners of the $9 billion contract.
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Predictions 2023: Public Sector Hesitancy Hinders Crisis Preparedness
As governments gradually return to pre-pandemic ways of operating, they must gird themselves for an uncertain future.
Tackle 2023 With Bold Action & Clear Focus
Get our Predictions 2023 Guide to see the 12 big-impact dynamics that leaders will have to navigate in the coming year.
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CISA Releases Directives On Asset Discovery And Vulnerability Enumeration
The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) kicked off Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a bang yesterday, with its latest binding operational directive that requires federal agencies to account for a complete inventory of assets and vulnerabilities. In past CISA coverage, we recommended that organizations doing business with the federal government, looking to maintain good cyber […]
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Cyber Grant Program Is Welcome News For Small Governments
Local governments have become frequent targets of cyber attacks, and funding and planning for preventing for more attacks have been left largely to the local level. A new initiative is changing that.
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The US Pipeline Industry Catches A Break, But Now Is Not The Time To Be Complacent
The Transportation Security Administration's relaxing of rules based on industry feedback is welcome. Yet the days of nonexistent or voluntary cybersecurity regulations for critical infrastructure are ending.
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Geopolitics And Trade-Offs: East Meets West In APAC’s Public Cloud
Asia Pacific (APAC) is a vast region with enormous diversity in climate, topography, history, culture, ethnicity, and political and economic development. At $30.9 trillion, the region makes up nearly 40% of the world’s GDP and is now covered by the world’s largest free trade agreement with a market 2.5 times larger than that of the […]
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What The Massive US CHIPS Act Means To You
President Biden just signed the CHIPS for America Act into law as part of a larger $280 billion CHIPS and Science Act appropriation. This “CHIPS Act” allocates $54.2 billion in funding to support US domestic technology innovation, primarily aimed at the semiconductor industry. Much of the lobbying that brought this act to reality is focused […]
See Why 2023 Fortune Favors The Bold And Focused
Explore our 2023 Predictions to see where strategies are shifting – and where opportunities for bold moves exist.
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US Federal Government Continues Cybersecurity Leadership With New OMB Memo
The guidance in the new memorandum enables federal civilian agencies to properly assign cyber-initiative funding toward the most critical areas. Here, we take a closer look.
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Meet The New Principal Analyst For Cloud-Native Development, Devin Dickerson
Tell Us About Yourself I’m a native New Orleanian passionate about old-world architecture, gaming, and weight lifting. I love to travel with family, and I keep in touch with the same friends I’ve had since middle school and college. I was always interested in computers and fascinated by the magic of software and games. Still, […]
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The Trust Imperative For Government Leaders
In 2021, Forrester ran a pilot study of Australian adults to measure how people’s trust in government drives critical behaviours. We found that Australians have moderate trust in the institution of government. On average, only 28% of Australians trust the federal government. That is lower than the average of 35% who trust state governments and 31% who trust their local leaders.
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The CISA Promotes Cloud Visibility And Security With Its SCuBA TRA
Get ready for the semi-nationalization of public cloud security in the US. The Secure Cloud Business Applications Technical Reference Architecture (SCuBA TRA) from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) provides a wide-ranging set of cloud security requirements for civilian agencies that have thus far been outside the boundaries of the FedRAMP program. The proposed […]
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Federal Zero Trust Or Bust?
Discover three strategies every federal agency should implement on its Zero Trust journey — and the fundamental shifts in architecture these strategies will demand.
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Is Inflation Driving US Retail Sales Growth?
As retail industry analysts, the key question for us is whether inflation is already driving US retail sales growth – or is the retail sales growth still volume-driven?
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Open Data Exposes An Uncomfortable Truth: Matters Of Gender Diversity And Inclusivity Remain Performative
Three steps to increase the level of trust in your gender-related messaging.
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US Public Sector Predictions 2022
Read this post to discover six key predictions on US public sector customer and employee experiences, cybersecurity, and technology. Then, dive deeper with a complimentary webinar.
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