Cloud services, which offer tools such as networks, servers, and data storage, can help federal agencies deliver better IT services while minimizing costs.
Without adequate security measures, these services can expose agencies to cyberattacks.
The Government Accountability Office recently released a report on how agencies can improve their cloud security practices - including replacing aging IT systems, consolidating varying platforms, and utilizing cloud to improve how they store and manage federal data.
By focusing on these areas for IT improvement, agencies can ensure more effective and efficient services for citizens and employees.
Government agencies are under immense pressure to deliver on their missions regardless of today's increasingly challenging cyber environment.
Agency IT systems are experiencing more strain than ever, and events such as changing federal regulations and the looming threat of a ransomware attack, often require new tools and data storage and management solutions to support and protect mission-critical functions.
To address the impact of aging legacy systems, agencies must focus on implementing the proper IT modernization systems and migrate to modern, interoperable IT infrastructures.
As IT leaders make these shifts, they should seek technology solutions that best meet the needs of their agencies and stakeholders.
With many different solutions on the market, those that offer agile and flexible consumption models are the most efficient and cost-effective as they allow agencies to scale up or down without massive disruptions.
Agencies often operate with a lean staff and need solutions that maximize productivity without compromising cost and security.
Agencies should look to solutions that require less maintenance and can free up staff for other mission-driving activities, along with continuing education and professional development.
One of the important ways IT teams can be more efficient in developing and delivering applications in private and hybrid cloud environments is by consolidating a larger number of applications on fewer storage systems.
By consolidating applications into a cloud-centric platform, agencies can reduce costs, lower risk, and support a more integrated and interoperable infrastructure.
As technologies continue to evolve, agencies must ensure that they implement the most advanced IT systems, including container-based applications, as they provide agencies with a complete data storage infrastructure solution capable of delivering premier citizen services.
Investing in right-sized efficient storage systems and applications, containers can help agencies elevate citizen service capabilities while addressing the critical areas of cyber protection, legacy modernization, and cloud services.
A clear cloud strategy is essential to unlocking critical insights and advancing agency missions.
Agency missions never stop; they need secure, efficient, sustainable, and agile solutions that can keep pace.
By creating an individualized path to modernization, agencies can better deliver services to citizens in more specialized ways and continue to grow in their service capabilities.
Agencies should not treat IT strategies as static plans.
Modern and secure systems can lead to enhanced platforms and applications, which leads to more substantial business process improvement.
This Cyber News was published on www.cyberdefensemagazine.com. Publication date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 17:13:05 +0000