Navigating the Digital Battlefield

The federal government has more data now than it ever has before. Digital force multipliers like edge sensors, artificial intelligence systems, and citizen digital touchpoints all send floods of data points into a sea of information that, when analyzed together, can tell a story or influence a choice. For agencies like those within the intelligence community (IC) and the Department of Defense (DoD), who rely on these disparate tools of intelligence gathering, the volume and scale of today’s data can mean the difference in lives saved and threats mitigated. But extending the data environment to capture these scintillations of information also means broadening the threat landscape.

What are agencies facing in this world of increasingly big data, and how can they ensure their security readiness and cyber resiliency?