TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2021 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received Cisco Sytems‘ (Nasdaq: CSCO) Federal Breakaway Partner of the Year recognition for demonstrating innovation, leadership and best practices in federal contracting efforts in support of defense and intelligence agencies, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb. 8. Vicki Schmanske, president of Leidos’ …

Global investment firm Francisco Partners has announced the appointment of Manny Rivelo, a more than 30-year executive in security and information technology sectors, as the new CEO of Forcepoint in a string of executive appointments after it completed the acquisition of the cybersecurity platforms developer from Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). Rivelo …

John Harris II, a 37-year Raytheon veteran and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has joined the board of directors of Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO). He previously served as the Raytheon company's vice president of business development and as CEO of its international business.

Dina Flynn, federal capture director at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), gave ArchIntel an in-depth perspective about competitive intelligence as a key part of the capture and pricing process, the use of Porter's model in market research, how to address interest bias in the analysis process. In the Q&A conversation, Flynn also offers insight on data collection in the government contracting space. This is the 37th in a series of interviews with CI and GovCon executives who share their insights about creating and sustaining a competitive advantage.

Global investment firm Francisco Partners  has agreed to acquire cybersecurity platforms provider Forcepoint from Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) for an undisclosed sum.

Mike Hanley, chief information security officer (CISO) of Cisco Systems, will participate in the expert panel during Potomac Officers Club’s Secure IT Modernization in Today’s Environment Virtual Event on August 26th. Click here to register for the Secure IT Modernization in Today’s Environment Virtual Event.

Chad Cisco, general manager of federal business at DataRobot, said artificial intelligence could help glean insights from massive amounts of data and agencies could allow their employees to take advantage of AI through the use of automated machine learning.

Nick Michaelides, vice president of U.S. federal sales at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), has been promoted to senior VP of the company’s U.S. public sector organization.

Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) has landed a potential two-year, $724M joint enterprise license agreement with the Defense Information Systems Agency to continue to provide technical support and services across the Department of Defense.

Wes Bush, chairman of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) since 2011, has joined the board of directors at Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO). His appointment brings the number Cisco’s board members to 10, the company said Wednesday. The 35-year aerospace and defense industry veteran led Northrop as chief executive from 2010 to 2018 and …