Artificial intelligence (AI) technology will continue to be a major hot topic in government technology in 2024, with cybersecurity and workforce development also strong, according to a sample of executives from some of the federal government’s top IT and services vendors. There is a consensus that it will. New Year’s screening.
“AI has the potential to transform government, and we believe it will improve health, safety, national security, and citizen services, while facilitating better, more informed, data-driven decision-making. We’re already seeing it.” mike weissmanVice President, Public Sector, at pure storage he told Meritalk. “The recent AI Executive Order sets a structure around growth and adoption and is a step in the right direction to advance safe, secure, and trustworthy AI.”
“In 2024, government agencies will lean toward AI solutions supported by reliable and secure data infrastructure, which reduces the burden of storage management and accelerates ransomware and rapid disaster recovery.” We will be able to take advantage of a smaller infrastructure footprint for this purpose,” Wiseman said. “Next year, as AI becomes more mainstream in government operations, agencies will better understand, invest in, and adapt his AI-specific solutions to their agency needs.”
Wiseman also cited research showing that “73 percent of IT buyers say AI requires some kind of data management upgrade,” adding that AI technology adoption will lead to widespread technology upgrades in the federal realm. He pointed out that it is useful for promoting.
“If we look to 2024, those who have the data will win,” he said. Hansan Baepublic sector CTO Z scaler.
“As the federal government and private industry focus on artificial intelligence (AI), the most important thing that makes AI ‘intelligent’ is the amount of training data sets available,” Bae said. “Getting the right data at the right time with least privilege, while protecting that data, is critical to maintaining the cyber edge.”
Mark SerwayPresident and CEO Hitachi Vantara Federal“It’s no secret that artificial intelligence (AI) will continue to advance and shape the future of defense agencies,” he told Meritalk. However, “Edge intelligence is also becoming increasingly sophisticated and useful in the field. Just as AI advances rapidly, it is also becoming more sophisticated and useful in the field. The demand for access to data will also increase.”
“We will continue to see more public-private dialogue around AI policy and effective implementation by government agencies,” Selway said. “We are having a much more advanced conversation than before, that moving beyond the fear of the unknown and leveraging AI and all kinds of emerging technologies requires a shift in mindset that starts with assessing risk. Because we know we need them,” rather than shutting them out, we relate them to implementation. ”
AI will continue to make headlines, but Gary BarrettFederal Field CTO, Illumioalso noted that the federal government is entering the third year of its mandated transition to a Zero Trust security architecture and further action is needed.
“In 2024, we need to see an increase in cyber financing, especially around zero trust,” Barrett said. “The federal government is serious about implementing a zero trust strategy, and the best way to drive action would be to commit funding to these mandates.”
“The reality is that cybercrime is only getting worse, and we will see even more aggressive attacks in 2024, especially as attack methodologies evolve and social engineering tactics become more prevalent.” said Mr. Barrett. “While the federal government has focused on cyber over the past year, civilians will likely follow suit in 2024, as devastating attacks continue to impact major organizations. Cyber will rise to the forefront of voters’ consciousness”?
On the technology talent side, Hitachi Vantara Federation’s Serway said, “The skills gap is widening, so assessing the talent pool and hiring the resources needed to fill cybersecurity and AI jobs requires different “We expect that a new approach will be needed,” he said.
“Hiring practices will need to change and we will need to look at people holistically, not just their track record and previous work history. We will need to be more intentional about upskilling potential talent.” he said.
Pure Storage’s Wiseman also pointed to the importance of federal agencies continuing to transition to cloud services, a mandate that was also a top priority in the Biden administration’s 2021 Cybersecurity Executive Order.
“The pace of digital transformation requires government agencies to deploy integrated cloud, hybrid, and multicloud architectures to streamline and accelerate technology to upgrade the legacy applications they rely on,” he said. Ta.
“Next year, as technology continues to evolve, agencies will deploy state-of-the-art IT systems, including container-based applications, to provide agencies with a complete data storage infrastructure solution that can deliver the best citizen services. We expect it to be,” Wiseman said. He said. “Container applications give IT development teams the tools to modernize their applications with increased speed, agility, and scalability, while providing easy backup and restore, and enhanced disaster recovery. It will be possible.”
Finally, Wiseman noted that the federal government is becoming increasingly sustainable and said he sees government agencies taking action toward that goal.
“As government agencies continue to focus on reducing carbon emissions, prioritizing sustainable systems is good for the environment and leads to good government for a clean energy future,” Wiseman said.
He said, “While the whole government is making progress on sustainability efforts, government agencies will be working hard over the coming year to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon emissions, and save taxpayers money.” I hope they will take more creative steps to do so.” “We also expect government agencies to leverage private sector partners to procure technology that meets their mission and sustainability needs.”