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U.S. civilian, defense and intelligence agencies require reliable, high-capacity IT networks capable of moving data around the globe. But as cloud computing comes to dominate agency IT operations, the need for ubiquitous, cross-domain security — from the edge to the cloud — and the importance of artificial intelligence to automate IT operations have become ever more critical. One organization that has played a leading role in advancing cloud computing, global IT security to the edge, and AI is Microsoft. Guest: Rick Wagner, President, Microsoft Federal Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for The Daily Scoop Podcast and underwritten by Microsoft.

In a recent FedScoop survey, more than half of respondents indicated that their organization had experienced a network or system outage in the past, and 44% experienced a network or data breach. Norman St. Laurent, federal public sector marketing manager at Cisco, shares that these kinds of network security incidents are often likely to affect federal agencies because of the size of their networks, the procurement process to update infrastructure, and the hiring challenges within the government to bring on qualified help. Guest: Norman St. Laurent, federal public sector marketing manager, Cisco Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP, Content Strategy, Scoop News Group This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for The Daily Scoop Podcast and underwritten by Cisco.

Cross-Agency Priority goals are a tool used by the federal government to accelerate progress on presidential priority areas where implementation requires active collaboration among multiple agencies. One of those priorities involves leveraging federal data as a strategic asset. Celonis' Chris Radich discusses what government leaders need to think about to be more effective in their data initiatives. Guest: Chris Radich, VP of Public Sector Solution Engineering, Celonis Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP of Content Strategy, Scoop News Group This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for The Daily Scoop Podcast and underwritten by Celonis.

As a government agency's modernization journey evolves, network-as-a-service (NaaS) can enhance their ability to adopt new technologies. It’s essentially a platform that provides secure network resources and a cloud consumption model for an agency over time. It reduces the cost of connectivity and infrastructure and provides scalability and flexibility—including security, automation and visibility across the network platform, according to Verizon Director of Domain Specialists Ray Bauer. “[NaaS] is a business model and enables digital evolution at scale,” he says. “It connects users to their application and the services they want—from IoT devices to network edge compute services. And it provides a scalable model for provisioning and budgeting for agencies, making it easy for them to transform,” he adds. Guest: Ray Bauer, Director of Domain Specialists, Verizon Host: Wyatt Kash, SVP of Content Strategy, Scoop News Group This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for The Daily Scoop Podcast and underwritten by Verizon.

Defense Department officials recently released a public version of their zero-trust strategy and roadmap to hold DOD organizations accountable to meet the deadline for achieving a zero-trust architecture. In an exclusive interview, Cisco’s Andy Stewart joins FedScoop to talk about how an effective zero-trust strategy should go beyond technical capabilities and also include organizational culture, building efficiencies across security and IT operations teams and how both processes and capabilities interact with each other. Guest: Andy Stewart, national security and government senior strategist for cybersecurity at Cisco This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for The Daily Scoop Podcast and underwritten by Cisco.

Moving from legacy to modernized platforms has been challenging for agencies across the government. But three new awards totaling $36 million from GSA’s Technology Modernization Fund promise to ease legacy IT issues for the U.S. Army, the Office of Personnel Management and the Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to a chief technology official at Leidos. “We see a journey, a journey of maturation and a journey of conversion,” says Leidos' Sandra Lopez. “It's very hard to consume the services and go from one mode of operation to another. It requires a cultural change—a cultural change in the contracting as well as in the consumption side." Guest: Sandra Lopez, Enterprise and Cyber Solutions Operation CTO, Leidos Host: Francis Rose, The Daily Scoop Podcast, Scoop News Group This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for FedScoop and underwritten by Leidos.

Leaders of every military service list computing at the edge as one of their leading capabilities requirements. The next level of data transfer is edge device to edge device. David Hoon, chief technology officer at Norseman Defense Technologies, explains how military services can make that transformation possible. Guest: David Hoon, CTO, Norseman Defense Technologies Host: Francis Rose, Host, The Daily Scoop Podcast This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for FedScoop and underwritten by Norseman Defense Technologies.

While nearly every agency is making progress embracing digital infrastructure, moving to the cloud brings inherent security concerns which require a modernized approach to security, including solutions like secure access service edge (SASE), says Verizon's Scott Andersen. Guest: Scott Anderson, Enterprise Architect, Verizon Host: Francis Rose, Host of The Daily Scoop Podcast, Scoop News Group This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for The Daily Scoop Podcast and underwritten by Verizon.

Responding to cybersecurity threats for much of the past 30 years, says former Navy CIO Rob Carey, invariably meant managing a combination of firewall, intrusion detection and identity management tools — and a growing array of data. The problem, says Carey, is that “the tools we use in cyber today…are not necessarily big data platforms that can deal with petabytes at a time, or even more, and still be effective.” Guest: Rob Carey, CEO of Cloudera Government Solutions Host: Francis Rose, Host of The Daily Scoop Podcast, Scoop News Group This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for The Daily Scoop Podcast and underwritten by Cloudera.

It has been seven years since the Pentagon launched the Defense Innovation Unit as a fast-track way to discover and adopt emerging commercial technologies for military use. Despite a succession of DUI leaders and several reboots, only a handful of technology projects have made the leap from Silicon Valley startups to DOD's behemoth operations. Guest: Brian MacCarthy, vice president for Booz Allen Ventures Host: Francis Rose, host of The Daily Scoop Podcast This podcast was produced by Scoop News Group for The Daily Scoop Podcast and underwritten by Booz Allen Hamilton.