INDUSTRY INSIGHT
Balancing risk management and digital transformation
Like business, the federal government is digitally transforming, participating in open-source communities, crowdsourcing and deploying a wide array of digital solutions to increase efficiencies and save costs. Also like business, government’s risk increases as its digital footprint expands through connected devices. And the government’s massive size coupled with myriad procurement and security regulations can lead to unexpected complications as it works through digital transformation.
The Department of Defense inspector general, for example, found significant IT vulnerabilities in the department’s purchases of off-the-shelf peripherals with known cybersecurity risks. These printers, cameras and scanners, with their Wi-Fi connectivity and hard drives, have become hubs for document workflow management and have opened DOD to unnecessary risk.
Although the traditional acquisition process for big-ticket items is very…
