Tanium Public Sector

This year's #TaniumConverge Global Public Sector Track brought together government, healthcare and education technology leaders from across the world who shared impactful insights around navigating modern cybersecurity challenges, harnessing real-time data, embracing automation, and implementing proactive risk management strategies to create unstoppable mission impact that protects citizen data. Thank you to all of our attendees, speakers, and Tanium global public sector teams and executive leadership for making this week's program such an incredible experience! We'd also like to express our gratitude to our outstanding partners, whose sponsorship made this year's track a resounding success! 🌟 AWS Public Sector 🌟 Carahsoft (who also sponsored this year's Happy Hour! 🍸) 🌟 Chuco 🌟 Cloudflare for Public Sector 🌟 General Dynamics Information Technology 🌟 RavenTek 🌟 Red River 🌟 ThunderCat Technology 🌟 True Zero Technologies 🌟 Zscaler Public Sector We’ll see you at next year's track during Converge 2026 in Las Vegas! #CatchMeAtConverge #publicsector #innovategov #bettergov #cybergov #unstoppablemission #AutomousIT

From state-level modernization, to federal mission resilience and whole-of-government strategies, yesterday's public sector-focused Tanium Converge breakout sessions continued to bring together trailblazers who are redefining what’s possible in government cybersecurity and IT operations. If you missed them, we've got you covered! We’re looking forward to sharing those exciting sessions on-demand in the coming weeks along with interviews and new customer success stories featuring more insights. Stay tuned to hear from government leaders and tech experts as they share real outcomes, repeatable frameworks, and automation-driven innovation—including Bernice Russell-Bond, John Godfrey, Morgan Corwin, Jeff Strahl, Melissa Bischoping, Michael Bystry, Kyle Dewar, Joseph Dain, Kass Mahdi, and Ken Smith! #TaniumConverge #AutonomousIT #unstoppablemission #innovategov #cybergov #publicsector #AIgov #wholeofstate #wholeofgovernment #cybersecurityworkflows #fedgov #stategov #localgov

Our final Tanium Converge Public Sector Track panel yesterday featured leaders Rob Tinkler, Arden Peterkin, Bryan A. Eovito and Edward Debish as they discussed real-time visibility and control of infrastructure endpoints across local, regional and national systems, automated patching and vulnerability prioritization across operational and legacy environments, and building an incident-ready foundation for ransomware response and continuity of services. “I think when you consider resilience by design, the key is to think about and make sure you have got the right governance and the right culture. Make sure that your system design considers resilience and then ensure that there’s continual learning and validation around that.” - Rob Tinkler “There’s a great quote attributed to Mark Twain that says that “there’s no educational benefit of being kicked by a mule twice,” and it’s important that we learn from every cyber incident and build resiliency into our infrastructure and operations.” - Arden Peterkin “You have options. One platform, any weapon. Remediation used to be brutal like a sledgehammer, isolating entire business units in broad swaths. Now you can use a scalpel to finely isolate and protect your core processes while you remediate.” - Bryan Eovito #TaniumConverge #unstoppablemission #resiliencebydesign #incidentresponse #secops #realtimevisibility #criticalinfrstructure #infrastructuresecurity

Technology leaders Bernice Russell-Bond, Michael Windmill and Claire Bailey explored what it means to translate Zero Trust principles into practical control strategies that align with existing security, compliance and risk management frameworks, readiness and implementation at scale, and the role of real-time data, visibility, and automated response on today’s Tanium Converge Global Public Sector Track. “To achieve Zero Trust, that means having standard patterns to build services from, common tooling and platforms. For defence, Tanium provides that real time data platform that everyone can rely on.” - Michael Windmill “Zero Trust is a journey. It’s a journey where we’re looking to understand. How do we build a better architectural strategy to allow more flexibility with our endusers. We have to understand and know our data. We have to understand and know our identities as well as non-human identities, the data and devices. And when we put all this together, we’re able to give more flexibility to our end users. We’re allowing them to be at different places to get work done. It needs to be done and they’re getting it done securely. Zero Trust is important as a journey. It’s going to continuously change and we’ll have that flexibility to enable the business to do the business that they need to do.” - Bernice Russell-Bond #TaniumConverge #unstoppablemission #zerotrust #cyberframeworks #realtimedata #datagov #datavisibility #endpointvisibility

Governments are often burdened by outdated toolsets, bloated tech stacks, and siloed teams. Successful modernization demands operational convergence, automation, and shared context across IT, security, and operations—not just more tools. Our Tanium Converge Public Sector Track panel with Cheryl Nifong, Wes Hogarth, Michael Crook and Torry Crass explored adapting modernization plans to meet evolving security frameworks and compliance mandates, reduce tool silos, the role automation plays in sustaining modernization gains, and how visibility serves as a foundation for modernization. “To reduce tool siloes, you have to communicate with other departments. You have to bring your ops and securing teams together to determine tools you can both use. Tanium was the first tool we started using where it bridges the gaps between both teams while enhancing our securing posture and compliance needs.” “Automation is not a nice to have. It’s a necessity. We have to find ways to streamline processes to allow people to expand on their talents and creativity.” - Cheryl Nifong “Protecting data is critical. If organizations that are required to obtain a CMMC certification don’t, then their business model is at risk. It’s crucial to solve problems for your DoD customer while maintaining compliance.” “You have to give a diverse range of key stakeholders access early and often to really examine the business case for solving your modernization goals and move away from siloed into more integrated programs.” “You still need the human element in automation, but the goal should be to free up time spent on manual tasks while empowering teammates to go solve more problems. It’s also important to frequently audit your automations so they are functioning as intended.” - Wes Hogarth “We are going through some big modernization plans and it’s important to bring all teams together to understand why we maintain NIST compliance.” “We often have people bring in new tools but we as a team have to understand whether the tool brings new value and can it be integrated into our system without disruption.” “We had classical trained engineers who were initially resistance, but as leaders we made sure to include them early and like a snowball going down the mountain, they’ve really adapted to it.” “You can’t manage what you can’t see and Tanium is one of the first tools that allowed us to see and do more across teams.” - Michael Crook #TaniumConverge #AutonomousIT #unstoppablemission #modernizegov #digitalgov #digitalgov #CMMC #UARC

Tanium SVP for Federal Andy N. welcomes guests back to Part II of today’s #TaniumConverge Global Public Sector Track as we explore how public sector IT leaders create unstoppable missions centered around Zero Trust, mission-aligned modernization, and resilience by design! #AutonomousIT #unstoppablemission #zerotrust #innovategov #digitalgov #resiliencebydesign

Our last Tanium Converge Public Sector Track panel for the morning featured valuable insights from Terrence Slaton, Stuart Frost, and Dan Jones on key tenants of cyber risk management, including visibility into all assets, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations, automating response, remediation, and policy enforcement, and aligning risk reporting with leadership priorities. “It’s about opening up “the black box.” We don’t do the greatest job of selling what security is doing. The way to build that trust consistently is communication. Whave citizens that expect services to be available. And when there’s disruption of services, that interruption becomes a major risk and problem in their daily lives.” “If I had to go back and explain to myself that not everyone understands what you’re talking about, I’d let myself know it’s all about better communications and collaboration which will help you move mountains. Security is a team sport.” - Terrence Slaton #TaniumConverge #riskmanagement #responseautomation #riskreporting #policyenforcement

Today’s Tanium Converge Public Sector Track Panel with John Godfrey, Gp Capt. (Ret.) Dan Snape OBE, and Sam K. explored how public sector organizations are investing in AI, automation, and secure endpoints to safeguard operations in dynamic, high-risk environments while building cyber readiness across civil and defense domains. “You can’t surge trust during a crisis. The future belongs to teams who can share, decide, and recover faster than the adversary. Local governments aren’t weak—they’re underfunded. And they run most critical infrastructure. Every utility, no matter how small, is part of someone else’s supply chain. Cyber incidents require FOIA-protected reporting channels. Emergency management must fully integrate cybersecurity—cyber incidents cascade across every ESF.” “Our adversaries operate at machine speed. We must defend at machine speed. Our biggest vulnerability is the time between knowing something and acting on it. Every dependency is a potential single point of failure unless visibility is shared.” - John Godfrey “Ultimately resilience is about survival, speed is what matters here, and I think when you’re running an exercise it’s important to make sure that everybody, not just the CISO team not just the IT or the security operations team, everybody in the organization needs to experience the discomfort and the pain of a real incident.” “I think looking ahead to the next five years for me, it’s really about accountability. As an engineer, as a as an officer, and as a Director, I am accountable for my actions. I think we need to be able to make sure people adopt a sense of accountability and they have to take that on themselves. You can’t force it if you can’t legislate It effectively, it has to be something that people step up and take forward themselves, so accountability would be my answer.” - Gp Capt. (Ret.) Dan Snape OBE #TaniumConverge #cyberreadiness #govsec #cyberdefence #AIgov #cybergov

Tanium CEO Dan Streetman took the stage to give today’s opening Keynote for the Global Public Sector Track. “This is one of the most rewarding parts of my job: meeting with public sector customers and partners like you. Whether you’re serving at the federal, state, or local level here in the U.S., or advancing critical missions across the globe, your work matters deeply. You’re the ones who keep citizens safe, protect infrastructure, and ensure essential services continue—often under the most difficult circumstances. Together, we focus on more than just cutting-edge technology. We’re about using powerful solutions to protect real people. And that landscape is certainly complex right now. Around the world, public sector organizations are facing unprecedented challenges. It’s no longer just about defense—it’s about continuity. It’s about knowing, with confidence, that your organization can see, manage, and recover from any disruption, while continuing to serve the people who depend on you. Tanium strives to help public sector organizations like yours lower risk, meet regulations, and stretch every dollar further. We bring you clarity in complex environments, giving you the confidence to keep vital services safe and running. With Autonomous IT, we’re building on these core strengths. Autonomous IT goes beyond endpoints. It unites all your IT operations and security into a single platform, powered by AI.” - Dan Streetman #TaniumConverge #AutonomousIT #unstoppablemission

Tanium SVP for North America Government Jennifer Axt welcomes attendees to today's #TaniumConverge Global Public Sector Track and kicks off Part I of today’s track as we explore how public sector IT leaders create unstoppable missions that secure critical data across domains and meet risk management needs at the speed of public sector!   “I’m excited to see so many customers and partners from around the world here today. You’re the ones keeping our communities running, our systems secure, and our citizens protected. What you do matters—every single day. And we know how busy you are, so thank you for taking the time to join us.”   #AutonomousIT #unstoppablemission #modernizegov #innovategov