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Inside the Mission with SD3IT
Practical perspectives on technologies and challenges shaping the federal IT landscape today.
Written by SD3IT President Dave Dimlich and team — insights drawn from real-world aggregation, integration, and deployment experience across data center infrastructure, Zero Trust, edge, c-UAS, AI governance, and supply chain resilience for mission-critical systems.
AI Incident Response: What Happens When an Agent Becomes a Threat?
As AI agents demonstrate the ability to escape highly controlled environments, organizations need to reinforce both proven and emerging governance
Data Bottlenecks Are the Next AI Infrastructure Challenge
GPUs are essential, of course, but organizations need to start worrying about how AI systems will get the right data
Even As The CMMC Changes, The Need For Strong Federal Security Endures
Pending changes to the defense contracting regulations won’t change vendors’ responsibility to secure sensitive information. By: Dave DimlichPresident of SD3IT
Getting Emergency Help When Dialing 911 Isn’t An Option
Platforms such as Punch Rescue offer fast, efficient notifications and support mandates like Alyssa’s Law without needing internet, cellular or
Hardware Provenance: Can You Trust What Reaches the Rack?
Devices are becoming a primary target for cyberattacks, reinforcing the need to ensure that supply chain risk management must apply
The Urgent Need for Confidential Computing
As cloud environments grow and AI systems take charge, protecting data in use becomes critical to any organization’s security. By:
Backups Are Critical, but They Aren’t Cyber Recovery
You need clean data to recover from a cyberattack, but recovery won’t happen without a detailed, tested plan and a
AI Observability: What Happens After the Model Goes Into Production
Agentic AI’s proactive autonomy creates a new governance challenge. Observability is the key to keeping systems under control. By: Dave
The Post-VMware Infrastructure Reckoning: Modernization Matters More Than Migration
The changes wrought by Broadcom’s takeover give organizations the opportunity to remake their infrastructures for the better. By: Dave DimlichPresident