Ep 67 - Critical Communications and the Intelligence Community - Part 1: Laying the Foundations for Mission Success

Ep 67 - Critical Communications and the Intelligence Community - Part 1: Laying the Foundations for Mission Success

Author: Government Technology Insider December 10, 2023 Duration: 11:28

Today, the United States Intelligence Community (IC) has never had a more complex mission. With nation states looking to expand their sphere of influence, resurgent terrorism threatening destabilization globally, and bad actors fueling cyber attacks, there’s a need for the IC’s network communications infrastructure to be mission-ready.

Keeping abreast of constantly evolving geopolitical threats requires that the IC has the best critical communications capabilities – now and into the future. In fact, today’s technologies can help to build a future-ready network and these upgrades can be accomplished without distracting the IC from its critical mission.

These were the key insights of the first part of Government Technology Insider’s Critical Communications and Intel Agencies Podcast Series with David Cerjan, Managing Director, National Security Group at Verizon, where they discuss how agencies can lay the foundations for mission success.


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