Is ‘privilege debt’ creating cyber risk in your organization?
Kevin Greene, the public sector chief cybersecurity technologist with the software firm BeyondTrust, said he thinks cybersecurity practitioners should be more proactive.
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For digital government, trust is essential, says Estonia official
"You can't build a digital state without trust," said Liisa-Ly Pakosta, Estonia’s minister of justice and digital affairs.
Funding AI-powered building-code permitting
Julia Richman, a vice president at Clariti, said her firm's AI studio is helping communities "really understand" how to include AI in their workflows.
A Home for Every Child Initiative eight months in: PIPs and predictive algorithms
Assistant Secretary Adams joins the podcast to discuss the "A Home for Every Child Initiative," and how modernizing child welfare systems with predictive algorithms and automated tools…
The AIDE initiative: How AI can help emergency managers better prepare for disasters
Jeremy Greenberg of Aspen Digital said the AIDE initiative focuses on developing practical ways the AI technology can help agencies better prepare for disasters without sacrificing public…
The pole problem: A hidden challenge for BEAD deployment
Michael Santorelli, director of the Advanced Communications Law & Policy Institute at the New York Law School
Chief AI officer role is ‘part strategy, part operator, part change leader’
Tai Phan, Oklahoma's chief AI and technology officer, said his role needs broad exposure to other state decision makers, from legal and procurement to cybersecurity leads.
The digital divide is shrinking, but ‘there’s still a long way to go’
Jeff Lopez, New Mexico's broadband director, and Jake Varn, associate manager with Pew Charitable Trust's broadband access initiative, said they're seeing healthy progress in broadband, but that…
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