Security News > 2022 > August > How government CISOs tackle digital transformation initiatives

In this interview for Help Net Security, Dan Tucker, Senior VP at Booz Allen, and leader of the firm's cloud and data engineering solutions for citizen services, talks about government digital transformation efforts, security challenges, and offers tips for CISOs.

The ability for government to rapidly share data, derive insights, and convert that into decision-making continues to improve, but the expansion of data volume and transfer methods also increases our nation's digital attack surface.

In general, CISOs have incredibly challenging charters, but I'm optimistic about how the public sector is addressing cybersecurity as a part of digital transformation efforts.

It is true that, historically, government has been slower to adopt contemporary development methodologies and architectural patterns, but over the past several years we've seen an accelerated adoption of DevSecOps patterns, more government accredited services being provided by the Cloud Service Providers and other technology vendors, as well as the sharing of best practices across government.

How can secure cloud solutions enable government organizations to become more agile?

What advice would you give to CISOs and CIOs that need to work together on planning large digital transformation initiatives?

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https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2022/08/18/government-digital-transformation/