As federal agencies work to modernize their IT infrastructure, they face a tangled web of challenges, from managing legacy architectures and tool sprawl to adopting artificial intelligence (AI) securely and preparing for post-quantum threats. Addressing these issues isn’t just a technical necessity; it’s a mission imperative. MeriTalk recently sat down with Matt Marsden, senior director of technical solutions – federal at Palo Alto Networks, to discuss how platformization enables greater operational effectiveness, why crypto-agility matters now, and the practical steps agency leaders can take today to build an identity-aware, AI-ready, and quantum-resistant future.

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