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    Aware’s Craig Herman: Federal Government Expands Use of Secure Biometric Software

    Craig Herman, chief revenue officer at biometrics software provider Aware, said the company has seen an increased demand for authentication technologies from federal government customers to prevent unauthorized access to physical and digital assets. Aware said Thursday its biometric authentication offerings are being used by agencies across the three branches of the U.S. federal government […] More

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    LMI Principal Kyle Robinson Elected Board Member at NDU Foundation

    Kyle Robinson, principal of business development at LMI, has been named to the board of directors of the National Defense University Foundation. The U.S. Air Force veteran with three decades of military service will be part of the corporate relations committee and assist in increasing the foundation’s involvement with its public and private sector partners, the […] More

  • in Cybersecurity, News

    SentinelOne Joins CISA’s Public-Private Cyber Defense Initiative

    SentinelOne has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, an initiative to drive the development of cyber defense operations planning and guidance. The company said Thursday it will offer its autonomous cybersecurity platform to help members of the collaborative enhance cyber threat information sharing. SentinelOne’s team of security researchers will provide […] More

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    SpiderOak Closes Empyrean Technology Solutions-led Series C Funding Round

    SpiderOak closed a Series C round with $16.4 million in financing that will be utilized to complete on-orbit testing and achieve the flight heritage of OrbitSecure 2.0 offering. Space technology platform Empyrean Technology Solutions led the oversubscribed investment round, which was also participated by Method Capital and OCA Ventures, the zero trust cybersecurity company said Thursday.  […] More

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    Shannon Vaughn, Ben Minichino: Vessel ID Data Encryption Could Help Protect Against Possible Piracy

    Shannon Vaughn, general manager of Virtru Federal, and Ben Minichino, president of Pole Star Defense, said encrypting location data streams, vessel ID and other information could help mitigate maritime piracy threats. “By encrypting the data and making it accessible only to authorized officials, ships can securely transmit information pertaining to their locations, identities, cargo, and […] More

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    Planet Labs, NASA Team Up to Develop Global Food Security Assessment Tool

    Planet Labs and NASA Harvest have formed a partnership to create an assessment tool for use in anticipating and mitigating global food shortages and famines. The agreement involves the use of Planet Labs’ satellite and other publicly available datasets, which will be analyzed by NASA’s food security and agriculture program, the company said Thursday. NASA […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    BigBear.ai Wins Spot on $900M Air Force Multidomain Tech Development Support IDIQ; Tony Barrett Quoted

    BigBear.ai’s federal business will compete for task orders to support the development of multidomain systems and deliver synthetic environments and related capabilities to the U.S. Air Force through its position on a potential 10-year, $900 million contract. The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Architectures and Integration Directorate covers support […] More

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    SGT CEO John Ustica Underscores FedRAMP’s Role in Growing Federal Adoption of Cloud Services

    John Ustica, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies, said the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has empowered government agencies to adopt cloud-based platforms to modernize and secure their IT infrastructure. In a LinkedIn article published Thursday, Ustica wrote that the shift to “cloud-smart” policies is helping agencies speed up digital transformation efforts. FedRAMP […] More

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    DHS Seeks Info on Potential Sources of Counter-Drone Systems

    The Department of Homeland Security is soliciting information on potential industry sources of counter-unmanned aircraft systems that could help detect, identify, classify, track and mitigate threats posed by hostile drones. DHS wants C-UAS platforms with capabilities to receive flight data, intelligence and other historical information, determine the level of threat, identify a detected track of […] More

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    SPA to Highlight Opportunities for Military Veterans on Military Makeover Program

    Systems Planning and Analysis CEO Rich Sawchak welcomed the chance for the company to showcase through a Lifetime TV program how it provides opportunities for military veterans. Three SPA workers will appear on the Operation Career segment of Montel Williams-hosted Military Makeover series airing on Jan. 13 and 19, the national security services provider said […] More

  • in Cybersecurity, News

    NTT Joins CISA’s Public-Private Initiative to Protect Critical Infrastructure

    The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added NTT to a public-private partnership aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity posture. Akira Shimada, president and CEO of NTT, said in a statement published Wednesday that the company will build on its experience in the global cybersecurity landscape to support the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative‘s mission and […] More

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    Small Businesses Awarded DOE Funding for R&D Efforts on Clean Energy

    The Department of Energy awarded $17 million in research grants to 77 small business projects that support the advancement of clean energy.   Each project will receive $200,000 under the median Phase 1 to conduct research and development work for a six- to 12-month period. Phase I grants will compete for funding for prototypes or […] More