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One Tool to Securely Move to the Cloud


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Episode #555
Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy
Date: June 12, 2018
Moderator: John Gilroy
Guest: John Wood, CEO Telos
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #555

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'When you read the Verizon report you see that 90% of attacks are phishing attacks.' John Wood, CEO Telos Click To Tweet

In the studio is the CEO of Telos, John Wood. Telos has been around since 1968 helping federal agencies complete a wide range of projects including secure communications, mitigating risk management, and safely moving data to the cloud.

During the interview John gives examples of how security can be implemented in the cloud. He talks about the NIST framework and the best way to implement it. Because of the 1000+ controls, a human just can’t keep up.

Automation is the key to making sure your transition to the cloud is efficient and safe.
John thinks that human should be responsible for key strategic decisions involving risk management. When it comes to tedious network management tasks, they should be handled with some kind of automated process.

His company works with Amazon Web Services and has a tool to automate the NIST framework. It is called Xacta. If the Air Force can trust this tool, perhaps you can add it to your collection.

If you are interested in more episodes, please listen to the roundup Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy titled Federal TechTalk: Top Ten Shows [2-18]

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Network Monitoring Best Practices


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Episode #553 Network Monitoring
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Date: May 29, 2018
Moderator: John Gilroy
Guest: Paul Parker, Solar Winds
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #553

'The APIs will enable us to combine environments' Paul Parker, SolarWinds Click To Tweet
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Paul Parker has decades of hands on experience in Network Monitoring. When he makes a statement about solving a complicated problem, you can bet he has seen it before, tried a range of solutions, and has arrived at the correct remedy.


We all know Solar Winds — been around since 1999 and had a group of apps that can assist in just about any network management issue. For example, during the interview, Paul talks about choosing what to monitor and not wasting time.

One differentiator for Solar Winds is a community of users called THWACK. They offer opinions on a wide variety of issues and could be a great source of solutions for anyone who manages a network.

If you are interested in more episodes, you may want to listen to the 2018 roundup titled Federal Tech Talk: Top Ten Shows [2018]

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Successful Federal Cloud Transition


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Episode #552
Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy
Date: May 22, 2018
Moderator: John Gilroy
Guest: Tim Hurlebaus, CGI Federal
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #552

'We help federal agencies use the tools they already have . . ' Tim Hurlebaus CEO CGI Federal Click To Tweet
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He was recently given an award called the Fed 100 for his company’s work on a project at the Department of Agriculture called “Momentum.” It was a complex project that involved taking an application to the cloud. He gives insight on business process management, systems integration, and provides guidance for other agencies considering making a move to the cloud.


During the interview he discussed aspects of a successful transition that included some gaps in the process he has seen. When it comes to technology, it can change during a move and this possibility must be taken into consideration.

When a transition process is considered, one must have a list of priorities, one being securing data in transit. Another one is a complete understanding of the billing process in a cloud environment.

Finally, some cloud transferals may have change—move to anther cloud, or go back to the premises. This also must be considered.

This interview with Tim was ranked as one of the top ten shows in 2018 for Federal Tech Talk If you would like to see the other nine favorites, please listen to interview Top Ten Shows for 2018

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Understanding Red Hat and Open Source


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Episode #551
Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy
Date: May 15, 2018
Moderator: John Gilroy
Guest: Dave Egts, Red Hat
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #551

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Red Hat has been around since 1993 and has seen drastic increases in adoption in the federal government. Red Hat and Open Source were touted as one of the fastest operating systems — one reason was the open source community constantly offering improvements. One can argue that the rise of convergence has made that argument moot.

Today, agencies are challenged with such rapid change that they must embrace agile methods of software distribution. Red Hat is stepping up to the challenge with offering open source solutions that fit well in the new “DevOps” concept of development.

During the interview, Dave Egts talks about an event called DevNation. It is held in Washington DC and has a focus on development and open source.

If you are interested in more episodes, please listen to the roundup interview titled Federal TechTalk: Top Ten Shows [2018]

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Can Open Source Reduce Cost for Federal IT?


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Episode #550
Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy
Date: May 8, 2018
Moderator: John Gilroy
Guest: Mike Olson, Cloudera
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #550

'If you are working at a large federal agency, like the Department of the Interior, you are already using open source' Mike Olson, Cloudera Click To Tweet
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Cloudera began in 2008 with an idea to help manage large amounts of data – probably why part of their tagline is, “empower people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights.”
His company is well known for its hybrid open-source Apache Hadoop distribution.


Today’s interview takes a Silicon Valley founder and has him examine the $89 billion federal information technology spend to give his observations on improvement. This is a discussion that covers everything from open source and cybersecurity to machine intelligence.

Mike shows how the federal government should take advantage of open source to improve services to citizens as well as to capture, store, and process unimaginable amounts of information.

This interview with Mike was ranked as one of the top ten shows in 2018 for Federal Tech Talk If you would like to see the other nine favorites, please listen to interview Top Ten Shows for 2018

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Machine Learning, Search & Big Data


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Episode #548
Federal TechTalk with John Gilroy
Date: April 23, 2018
Moderator: John Gilroy
Guest: George Young, Elastic
Length: 40 minutes
Audio link: Federal Tech Talk with John Gilroy: #548

'We are dealing with a company in China that does 100 million events a second in a search cluster' George Young from Elastic Click To Tweet
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Here is a fun fact: when the Mars Rover sends data back to NASA, it sends it to a system based on Elastic. That is because of the search capability Elastic can provide. Well, if those rocket scientists can trust that kind of data to Elastic, then you may want to consider it as well. Many federal information technology professionals need new ways to understand big data. Elastic provides an open source solution that you can test drive for free.

This interview with George was ranked as one of the top ten shows in 2018 for Federal Tech Talk If you would like to see the other nine favorites, please listen to interview Top Ten Shows for 2018