TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 28, 2020 — Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), told ExecutiveBiz in an interview published May 7 that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s release of the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 guidance for interim telework settings will help organizations leverage cloud infrastructure in line with zero-trust concepts.

Zscaler has secured Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification at the high baseline for a cloud service offering designed to help government customers secure access to private information technology  applications.

Leidos Completes $1B Purchase of L3Harris’ Security Detection, Automation Businesses; Roger Krone Quoted Leidos has finalized its acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ security detection and automation businesses for approximately $1 billion in cash, Leidos said Monday. The company also announced that Jim Moos, president of Leidos’ civil group, will oversee the acquired businesses. “In …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 21, 2019 — The Department of Homeland Security has added Zscaler's (Nasdaq: ZS) cloud-based information security platform to a list of approved products for the DHS-run Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Nov. 14.

Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has said there are several techniques and tools agencies could use to provide users secure connections to applications wherever they are. Kovac wrote about how zero-trust networking uses encrypted microtunnels and microsegmentation to establish a seamless and trusted connection between users and apps.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2019 — Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has called for a shared certification process that agency chief information officers can use to approve platforms under the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 policy, ExecutiveBiz reported April 23. Kovac wrote …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 2, 2018 — Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) has secured a Moderate-impact-level certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its government-focused internet security and web gateway technology, which is also compliant with the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 draft policy, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 18. The company said Dec. …

Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has said agencies that aim to create secure cloud environments should merge controls under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and the Trusted Internet Connections initiative. “Users should be able to access the cloud via a …

Cloud computing services company Day1 Solutions has acquired the public sector business unit of Vazata for an undisclosed sum and forged a hybrid cloud alliance with Vazata. Day1 Solutions said Tuesday it now owns Vazata’s infrastructure offering and cloud tools for the FedRAMP cloud initiative, as well as the latter company’s data center …