In the brave new world of federal IT, two things are certain; hybrid work is here to stay and the cloud will remain a fundamental aspect of the ecosystem. For federal agencies facing a new wave of technology, the prospect of both hybrid work and the cloud is equally exciting as worrying. Uniquely created legacy systems, specific risk factors, and highly sensitive data all require the utmost security from agencies’ IT teams, but equally, those teams must embrace the future of federal IT security solutions.

It is at this nexus that many agencies find themselves at the moment. Faced with a seemingly impossible choice between security and efficacy, agencies may find it hard to believe that modern government IT security solutions can account for both. However, that is precisely the case.

When utilized effectively, modern IT security solutions can embrace frameworks that enable both citizens and employees easy access to required documents while ensuring their security is never compromised. This is due in large part to the widespread adoption of frameworks like Zero Trust which has received assent from the White House, various executive agencies, and the industry writ large.

Joining Government Technology Insider to better explain how a modern federal IT security solution can enable cybersecurity and efficacy, are Lamont Copeland, Managing Director of Federal Solutions Architecture at Verizon Business Group, and Don Wiggins, Senior Global Solutions Architect at Equinix.