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    Technica Secures Task Order to Provide Identity & Access Mgmt Platform for Labor Dept

    Technica has received a potential $7.7 million task order to provide an identity and access management platform and associated services to the Labor Department. The task order has a base value of $6.3 million with two option years and was awarded through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program Tools and Continuous Monitoring as a Service blanket purchase agreement, […] More

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    HHS Deputy CISO Leo Scanlon to Co-Chair (ISC)2’s US Government Advisory Council

    Leo Scanlon, deputy chief information security officer and senior cybersecurity adviser for the healthcare sector at the Department of Health and Human Services, has been named as co-chair of the U.S. government advisory council of nonprofit organization (ISC)2. He will lead the council with Dan Waddell, (ISC)2 managing director for North American operations and director for […] More

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    IndraSoft Chosen for Air Force Software Group Cyber, Systems Engineering Support Contract

    The U.S. Air Force‘s 402nd Software Maintenance Group has awarded IndraSoft a five-year, $38 million task order for software sustainment and development, laboratory, cybersecurity and systems engineering services. The company said Wednesday it will provide support services for SMXG’s operational flight programs, test program sets, mission support and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance business lines at Robins […] More

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    Army Vet Rhett Hernandez Named Thycotic Adviser on Public Sector Cybersecurity

    Rhett Hernandez, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general and former commander of the Army Cyber Command, has joined Washington-based privileged account management technology provider Thycotic as strategic adviser for the public sector on cybersecurity matters. Thycotic said Thursday the 39-year veteran helped grow the service branch’s cyber force with nearly 17,000 personnel and led various initiatives to optimize operations and defense across Army networks. […] More

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    Parsons SVP Tom Feldhausen to Speak at Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum in UAE

    Tom Feldhausen, senior vice president and federal international strategy director at Parsons, will take part in a panel discussion at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum that will kick off Jan. 13 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Feldhausen, a 25-year defense and security industry veteran, will discuss the cyber and physical risks to energy infrastructure […] More

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    Former Raytheon CEO William Swanson Named to RapidSOS Advisory Board

    Former Raytheon Chairman and CEO William Swanson has joined the advisory board of New York-based emergency communications technology provider RapidSOS. RapidSOS said Tuesday that Swanson will bring more than 40 years of experience in cybersecurity, defense and communications to the advisory board. “Bill led the development and deployment of technologies that brought safety and security to millions of […] More

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    GSA Adds GuidePoint Under Schedule 70 Cybersecurity Special Item Numbers

    The General Services Administration has selected GuidePoint Security to offer cybersecurity services under four new special item numbers of GSA’s Information Technology Schedule 70 procurement vehicle. GuidePoint said Tuesday it submitted written documents and underwent oral technical interviews as part of the evaluation process to qualify for the “highly adaptive” cybersecurity service SINs. The Herndon, Virginia-based cybersecurity company will offer services to public sector agencies under penetration […] More

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    NetCentrics to Offer Agencies Cybersecurity Services Under GSA’s New Special Item Numbers

    The General Services Administration has included NetCentrics‘ cybersecurity services under four new special item numbers of GSA’s Schedule 70 contract vehicle in an effort to help federal agencies address security challenges in cyberspace. NetCentrics said Monday it is one of 20 vendors eligible to deploy offerings through the existing “highly adaptive” cybersecurity service SINs. HACS SINs were introduced by GSA in September 2016 and cover […] More

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    Microsoft, Qualcomm Invest in Israel-Based Cybersecurity Incubator Team8

    Israel-based cybersecurity startup creator Team8 has secured investments from Microsoft‘s and Qualcomm‘s venture businesses, Reuters reported Monday. Tova Cohen writes that Team8 has raised more than $92 million so far and entered a strategic partnership with Citigroup to develop the former’s products. Team8 was founded by a group of military veterans who also seek to establish two new companies in 2017 in addition […] More

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    HPE’s Rob Roy Lists 2017 Federal Cyber Priorities

    Rob Roy, chief technology officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s U.S. federal cybersecurity team, has listed what he sees as the top five cyber priorities across the federal government for 2017. The priorities include cyber workforce, industry partnerships, information technology acquisition and modernization, data protection and Internet of Things security, according to a company blog post published Thursday. […] More

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    Capstone Obtains Govt IT Support Contract Spot Through New Business Acquisition Deal

    The National Institutes of Health‘s information technology acquisition and assessment center has novated an information technology support contract to Capstone after the company purchased an unnamed business. Capstone said Wednesday it earned a spot under all 10 task areas of the potential 10-year, $20 billion Chief Information Officers – Solutions and Partners 3 government-wide acquisition contract […] More

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    John Chen: BlackBerry-Giuliani Partners Alliance to Offer Cybersecurity Products, Services

    BlackBerry has partnered with Giuliani Partners to offer technology platforms and services that will work to help government and enterprise clients protect data and infrastructure against security breaches. BlackBerry said Thursday its Secure mobile security platform will be the underlying software for Giuliani Partners’ cybersecurity consulting services as part of the partnership. Giuliani Partners seeks to help customers evaluate infrastructure assets, identify potential cybersecurity […] More