{"id":202002,"date":"2026-04-03T11:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/government-agencies-see-cyber-threats-as-major-barrier-to-tech-improvements\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:05:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:05:24","slug":"government-agencies-see-cyber-threats-as-major-barrier-to-tech-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/03\/government-agencies-see-cyber-threats-as-major-barrier-to-tech-improvements\/","title":{"rendered":"Government agencies see cyber threats as major barrier to tech improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"

Government agencies see cyber threats as major barrier to tech improvements<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.cybersecuritydive.com\/news\/cybersecurity-modernization-ai-ey-survey\/816590\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-03 11:07:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.cybersecuritydive.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: <\/a><\/p>\n

Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

Dive Brief:<\/p>\n

Federal government leaders are prioritizing cybersecurity improvements as they sketch out their technology-modernization agendas for the year, consulting firm EY said in a survey released this week.
\nRoughly half of survey respondents (56%) said cybersecurity was one of their top modernization priorities, with roughly a third saying that growing cybersecurity threats \u201care a barrier for their agencies to achieve their modernization goals,\u201d the survey found.
\nEY also presented data on government leaders\u2019 impressions of their agencies\u2019 current security postures and their hopes for AI.<\/p>\n

Dive Insight:
\nOne of the most striking findings in the EY report is that government leaders believe their agencies are generally doing well on cybersecurity and IT modernization, despite a steady stream of breaches over the years.
\n\u201cEighty-five percent of federal [decision makers] give their agencies \u2018A (excellent)\u2019 or \u2018B (good)\u2019 grades for performance in cybersecurity and resilience enhancements,\u201d EY said.
\nThat finding indicates that government leaders \u201cfeel set up for future success,\u201d the company added, even as problems like outdated legacy systems persist.
\nIndeed, only one-fifth of respondents said they had completed a transformation of their technology platforms to modern, secure infrastructure. Roughly half of respondents instead said they were either in the planning stage or the middle of the transformation.
\nForty-four percent of government leaders say their agencies are in the middle of \u201cefficiency initiatives to enhance cybersecurity infrastructure\u201d this year, according to the report.
\nIn addition to cybersecurity threats, government leaders described regulations and limited vendor options as barriers to modernization. Thirty percent and 27% of respondents, respectively, cited those factors.
\nGovernment leaders overwhelmingly want to make sure their organizations have the right processes in place to manage new technologies before they implement them, with 96% of respondents endorsing this step. Interestingly, compared with improving cybersecurity defenses, protecting critical infrastructure and supply chains received significantly less interest, with only 36% and 35% of respondents, respectively, citing those priorities.
\nThe share of federal leaders who prioritize replacing legacy technology (54%) closely mirrored the share of respondents who cited cybersecurity improvements as a top priority (56%), illustrating how the two issues often go hand in hand.
\nGovernment agencies, like private companies, are eager to find efficiencies through increased AI use, and 55% of federal leaders called improving cybersecurity \u201cone of the biggest benefits of their agencies using AI.\u201d
\nBut AI adoption remains limited, EY found, with half of all AI projects at surveyed agencies remaining in the pilot or planning phases. \u201cMany agencies have yet to identify specific use cases for the technology,\u201d the report added. One of the biggest challenges agencies face in adopting AI is the difficulty of integrating it into legacy IT systems.<\/p>\n

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