b'ViewpointsGovernment teams and stakeholders often face questions about security in an open technology ecosystem. A traditional approach to managing IT risk involves closing the aperture at the technology perimeterbuilding strong firewalls that protect agencies from online threats. In the evolving era of open innovation, security must be addressed as part ofrather than separate frominfrastructure and application development. The longstanding principle of security by design is more important than ever before in implementing open strategies for both industry and government, and remains a key element of cybersecurity risk management for government. As noted in last years IBM Center report, Managing Cybersecurity Risk in Government, 11Setting up a disconnected intranet is expensive and could stymie innovation and efficiency that occur by leveraging solutions developed on the open Internet. This concern is not new. In 2011, I wrote in this space an article entitled Secure Transparency: Why Cybersecurity is Vital for Long-Term Success of Open Government, 12noting that if open, public-facing information systems are disruptedFootnotesthrough a cyberattack or their information is compromised through cyber exfiltration . . . the online foundations of1.http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/moving-cloud-introduc-open government will be called into question as pressurestion-cloud-computing-governmentmount to increase security walls and limit citizen access.2.https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/Rather than being antithetical, security must be a key part ofegov_docs/federal-cloud-computing-strategy.pdfopen innovation. 3.https://cloud.cio.gov/strategy/4.http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/roadmap-it-moderniza-The Next Phase: Advanced Computing Power tion-governmentThe open innovation strategies outlined above will only rise in importance, as speed and access over open networks5.https://www.actiac.org/emerging-technology-community-interestincreases considerably with the emergence of 5G to share6.http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/delivering-artificial-information and quantum computing to develop systemsintelligence-government-challenges-and-opportunitiesand process data. The speed of technological change will7.http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/more-meets-ai and continue to accelerate, as will government, industry, andhttp://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/more-meets-ai-part-iipublic demand for faster response times, personalized services, and security. By embracing the benefits of open8.http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/financial-management-future-how-government-can-evolve-meet-demands-digital-worldinfrastructure and application development, agencies can provide a secure channel for engaging with their government9.http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/delivering-artificial-and industry counterpartsenabling the development ofintelligence-government-challenges-and-opportunitiesopen data that in turn fuels new innovation. 10. http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/financial-management-future-how-government-can-evolve-meet-demands-digital-worldMaking government open to innovation across open11. http://www.businessofgovernment.org/report/managing-cybersecurity-platforms will clearly enable everyone to be a winner in anyrisk-governmentInnovation Open.12. http://www.businessofgovernment.org/sites/default/files/Chenok.pdfWINTER 2019 / 2020 IBM Center for The Business of Government 81'