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October 18, 2024
Navigating the Agile Shift: FedRAMP’s Pursuit of Speed and Security
By Tige Nishimoto, TCG Solutions Development Director
When you think of FedRAMP, certain words often arise: “cloud,” “security,” “standards,” “government.” Yet, sometimes, these are accompanied by terms like “cumbersome,” “heavy,” and “overwhelming.” The reputation for FedRAMP’s authorization process taking months,…
August 21, 2024
Supporting Citizen Development in Power Apps and Power Automate
By Tres Lewis, TCG Low-Code Lead
Federal agencies that have implemented or are considering low-code solutions may have heard the phrase “citizen development” and wondered how feasible it is. Citizen development occurs when non-IT staff are empowered to develop their…
July 30, 2024
CrowdStrike Lessons: Securing Federal Supply Chains
By Robert Bruce, TCG Deputy CTO
Recent CrowdStrike Incident: A Key Lesson in Supply Chain Security
On Friday July 19th, 2024, the cybersecurity community was alerted to a significant incident involving CrowdStrike, affecting an estimated 8.5 million Windows devices. The incident was…
July 24, 2024
AWS Summit Conference 2024: AI Takes Center Stage
By Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
The AWS Summit Conference in Washington, DC, held in June 2024, marked the 13th iteration of this annual event. This year, the conference offered over 220 sessions, including breakouts, builder sessions, chalk talks, and workshops. Despite…
July 8, 2024
Insights from a Decade of CPARS Data at TCG
By Lisa Alferieff, TCG COO
Companies that contract with the Federal government know that positive Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System (CPARS) ratings are gold and serve as a report card, of sorts, to help the government with future source selection. The government…
May 23, 2024
The Role of CAIOs in Driving Successful Federal AI Adoption
By Dia Adams, TCG Data Program Lead
Spurred by White House Executive Order 14110 “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence”, and follow up guidance delivered on March 28, 2024 by OMB, the federal government is currently…
May 22, 2024
Trends from the 2024 RSA Security Conference
By Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
The 2024 RSA Security Conference was a lavish demonstration of marketing dollars at work. With flashy booths and gobs of “swag” (free T‑shirts, charging pads, batteries and toys), it was a challenge to cut through the jargon…
April 16, 2024
Low-Code, High Value: 5 Best Practices for Leveraging Low-Code Solutions
While the pandemic caused a sudden shift in how people work, the transition to a post pandemic normal has been marked by a two-steps-forward, one-step-backward dynamic. This has created clear challenges in how Federal agencies manage their workforce. Leaders created and revised new…
April 9, 2024
The Next Key Advancements in AI: Cooperative Agents, Long-Term Memory, and Executive Workflow
By Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
ChatGPT is amazing, but it hasn’t revolutionized the world as we might have first imagined. Why? Because it has significant limitations. However, there are exciting frameworks recently developed by AI researchers that give large language…
March 6, 2024
Cloud Wars: Azure’s AI Push Challenges AWS’s Dominance
By Dr. Robert Buccigrossi, TCG CTO
For years, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been the gold standard in cloud technologies, setting the pace for innovation and scalability. Our experiences at TCG have mirrored this trend, with AWS’s robust toolkit enabling us…