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Gartner identifies top 10 government technology trends for 2021
Gartner has identified the top 10 government technology trends for 2021 that have the potential to accelerate digital innovation and optimise or transform public services .
ARTNER ’ S TOP 10 strategic
G technology trends for government this year arise from the challenges wrought from the pandemic and the need for flexible operating models that support significant disruptions .
“ The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred the acceleration of digital innovation across the government sector around the world , presenting government leaders with new opportunities to use data and technologies to build trust , agility and resilience in public institutions ,” said Rick Howard , Research Vice President at Gartner . “ While pandemicrelated challenges will continue for some time , technology trends have emerged that address critical challenges in areas such as security , cost containment and citizen experience .”
Gartner ’ s list of strategic technology trends is directly linked to public administration and policy issues that government leaders must address . Government CIOs can use this list to identify technology trends that best address their post-pandemic recovery priorities and establish the rationale , timing and priority of technology investments .
Accelerated legacy modernisation
Governments have experienced the limitations and risks posed by decades-old legacy infrastructure and core systems . To be better equipped to deal with the next disruption , government CIOs are accelerating the move to modern , modular architectures . While the need for legacy modernisation is not new to government CIOs , the challenges related to the pandemic have only served to heighten the awareness of the resulting risks and the need for it .
Gartner predicts that by 2025 , over 50 % of government agencies will have modernised critical core legacy applications to improve resilience and agility .
Adaptive security
An adaptive security approach treats risk , trust and security as a continuous and adaptive process that anticipates and mitigates constantly evolving cyberthreats . This approach features components for prediction , prevention , detection and response . It forgoes traditional notions of perimeter , assuming there is no boundary for safe and unsafe , a
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THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS SPURRED THE ACCELERATION OF DIGITAL INNOVATION ACROSS THE GOVERNMENT SECTOR AROUND THE WORLD .
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