Contributed Content
Featured Speakers: Mat Keller, Sr. Solutions Engineer, Okta, and Neal Gallucci, Sr. Manager - Identity Solutions Architect, Socure
Join us to learn how mature organizations are scaling agentic AI for strategic impact while balancing governance, infrastructure, and human oversight.
Agentic AI is expanding identity security risk. Here’s how to adopt it without opening new pathways for attackers.
From Theory to Traction: Unlocking Government Efficiency Through Agreements
This report sounds the alarm on fraud in government programs. The message is clear: Fraudsters are attacking government programs with relentless speed, using stolen and fake identities, across state borders and within agencies, often driven by complex crime networks that are difficult to entirely track down and stop.
A new wave of employment fraud is targeting U.S. companies, with fake candidates using AI-enhanced resumes and stolen identities to infiltrate organizations. Socure uncovers how these sophisticated schemes, often linked to foreign operatives, pose significant security risks and highlights the urgent need for advanced identity verification in hiring processes.
Navigating government services can often be a complex and confusing experience for citizens. With numerous agencies and a myriad of services, finding the right information and assistance can be overwhelming. To address these challenges, we present an integrated front door to government services — a streamlined and unified approach designed to simplify and enhance citizen engagement. In this paper we outline the key solutions and benefits of our approach, aiming to improve the citizen experience and operational efficiency.
State and local governments are under pressure to deliver secure, seamless and inclusive digital services. By unifying identity verification and access management, Okta and Socure help agencies reduce fraud, streamline operations and rebuild public trust in government systems.
How Okta and Socure help agencies streamline access, prevent fraud and ensure security.
A breach is bad, but the real damage comes from how quickly threats spread. Join Akamai for our upcoming webinar, “It’s Not the Breach. It’s the Spread: Improving Cyber Resilience in the Texas Government.” Mark your calendar: October 15, 2025 12:00PM CT
Cohesity and Semperis announces Cohesity Identity Resilience, a new Cohesity solution powered by Semperis, that helps enterprises defend critical Microsoft Active Directory assets from cyberattack.
It only takes one click, one misconfigured port, or one forgotten patch — and, suddenly, 911 dispatch is offline, water treatment operations grind to a halt, or a regional airport is paralyzed. For state and local governments, protecting critical infrastructure is no longer just an IT issue, it's a matter of public safety, economic stability, and trust.
CDW Government and Starlink deliver high-speed internet for public safety, emergency response, and rural access. As an authorized reseller, CDW offers full Starlink solutions — equipment, data, install and support.
NICE’s new Integrated Front Door solution offers a single-entry point for government agencies to easily interact with citizens, enabling faster service and resolution for citizens’ inquiries.
Keynote by Jen Easterly, former CISA Director
A large state entity sought to mature its identity security approach by adopting Identity Security Insights for discovering critical privilege escalation paths and enhancing the depth of existing solutions.
The Road to a Better Citizen Experience
Attackers deliver malware that can reinfect systems, enabling multiple attacks. Organizations must plan for fast, robust, and secure recovery, assuming an ever-present state of threat.
Latest News
What to Know:
- DIR plans to issue a solicitation for wireless, pager and satellite communications services through the Texas Agency Network program.
- The procurement will cover cellular voice and data plans, wireless infrastructure services and related equipment for eligible government customers.
- Multiple vendors may be selected to provide services under indefinite quantity contracts.
What to Know:
- The lawsuit challenges the comptroller’s 2025 emergency rule that converted the Historically Underutilized Business program into Veteran Heroes United in Business.
- Plaintiffs are asking the court to declare the emergency rule null and void, block enforcement through temporary and permanent injunctions and reinstate HUB certifications.
- The Global Black Economic Forum says the stakes include more than $4 billion in Fiscal Year 2024 state contracting that went to HUB businesses and more than $1.6 billion in HUB spending by three named agencies.
What to Know:
- A Texas Republican primary turned AI infrastructure into a rural political issue, with Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warning that data centers threaten farmland, water supplies and ranch communities.
- Voters still chose Abbott-backed challenger Nate Sheets, suggesting the political and economic push behind AI development outweighed Miller’s attempt to make server farms a campaign issue.
- Data centers are expanding into rural areas because they need large sites, power and water, setting up an ongoing clash between AI growth and agricultural land use in Texas and other Republican-led states.
