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    Former Federal CISO Gregory Touhill Named to Bay Dynamics Board

    Gregory Touhill, former federal chief information security officer, has joined the board of directors of cybersecurity software provider Bay Dynamics. Bay Dynamics said Tuesday Touhill will support the company’s efforts to implement a risk-based cybersecurity approach for commercial and government customers. He has served as president of Cyxtera Technologies‘ federal business group since July. Touhill became the first-ever […] More

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    Boeing to Sponsor AFA’s Cyber Education Program

    Boeing has been named a diamond-level sponsor for a cyber education program managed by the Air Force Association. AFA said Friday Boeing will help expand the CyberPatriot program’s efforts to promote cyber, science, technology, engineering and math education across U.S. The program works to facilitate the National Youth Cyber Defense Competition for high school and middle school students, […] More

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    Gene Colabatistto: CAE Eyes Big Data Analytics for Future Simulators

    CAE looks to use big data analytics to optimize its future flight simulators and address training challenges that students face, AIN Online reported Saturday. Gene Colabatistto, president of CAE’s defense and security group, said at the 2017 Paris Air Show that data from mission playbacks can be analyzed to determine particular maneuvers, procedures or exercises where students […] More

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    Former Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James Elected to Textron Board

    Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, will officially join Textron on July 1 as a member of the board of directors. Textron said Thursday she will bring three decades of homeland and national security experience in the public and private sectors to the company. “Deborah’s deep expertise in national security, government procurement, strategic planning, cybersecurity, logistics […] More

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    Army Unveils Cyber Range Market Research Plan

    The U.S. Army‘s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation seeks market research that can aid the development of an acquisition strategy for a multi-year National Cyber Range Complex event planning and operations support contract. The service branch said in a special notice published Tuesday on FedBizOpps the NCRC research effort seeks to address an existing Test […] More

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    Thales Opens Cybersecurity Operation Center in Hong Kong

    Thales has established a Hong Kong-based cybersecurity hub in a move to provide continuous cyber surveillance services to customers throughout Asia. The facility is Thales’ fifth Cybersecurity Operation Center in the world and will support the company’s efforts to help mitigate cyber threats facing government agencies, financial institutions, critical infrastructure operators and enterprises in the region, Thales said Thursday. […] More

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    Lockheed to Explore Multi-Domain C2 at Wargame Exercise

    Lockheed Martin will hold a three-day wargame exercise at its Center for Innovation in Suffolk, Virginia, to demonstrate how the operational integration of air, cyber and space domains can help boost command and control operations. The company said Tuesday it will examine potential gaps and synergies in air, cyber and space planning processes during the exercise as part of efforts to create strategies to […] More

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    Lockheed to Help Air Force Sustain US Military’s Joint Battle Mgmt System

    Lockheed Martin has received a $38 million contract to sustain a joint battle management system that all four U.S. military branches use for air operations planning and execution. The company said Monday it will support the Theater Battle Management Core System  built to coordinate all flown military assets such as cruise missiles, fighter aircraft and helicopters. The U.S. Air Force will […] More

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    Senior Air Force Leader Tim Rudolph Named Evolver VP, Cybersecurity Tech Lead

    Tim Rudolph, senior technical adviser on integrated information capabilities at the U.S. Air Force, is set to join information technology company Evolver as vice president and cybersecurity technology lead. Evolver said March 8 that Rudolph will lead the company’s Boston office, oversee security concepts for the internet of things and provide strategic direction and integration across various cyber offerings in […] More

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    Naval War College Team Wins Top Prize in Cyber Policy Competition

    A team of U.S. Naval War College students has won first place at the Atlantic Council-sponsored Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge in Washington. The U.S. Navy said Monday the three-day contest was held at the American University’s Washington College of Law and drew 48 college teams from 32 schools across the world. Participants were required to write a policy brief in […] More

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    Former US CIO Tony Scott to Serve as Board Member at Baldrige Foundation

    Tony Scott, former federal chief information officer and administrator of the Office of Management and Budget‘s e-government and information technology unit. is set to join Washington-based Baldrige Foundation in April as a member of the board of directors. Al Faber, president and CEO of the Baldrige Foundation, said in a statement released Tuesday that Scott played a key role […] More

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    IBM Pledges to Hire 2K Military Veterans Under “New Collar” Jobs; Diane Gherson Comments

    IBM will recruit up to 2,000 U.S. military veterans through 2020 as part of an ongoing commitment to hire 25,000 workers for “new collar” technology roles and positions that do not necessarily require a four-year college degree. The company said Friday it will also expand a nationwide program designed to train veterans on the use of various software platforms such as […] More