Jim Hansen, vice president of products for application management at SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI), said government agencies seeking to improve cybersecurity while ensuring the delivery of critical services to citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic should have a well-trained cyber workforce and field the right monitoring tools.

Bridget Medeiros, senior vice president and chief growth officer at NCI Information Systems, gave ArchIntel an overview of how the company transformed its approach to pursuing business opportunities in the government services sector. In an interview, Medeiros discussed how NCI is applying competitive intelligence in order to gain insight into the market landscape and to determine teaming partners for making bids on government projects. This is the 31st in a series of interviews with Competitive Intelligence and GovCon executives who share their insights about creating and sustaining a competitive advantage.

Boeing (NYSE: BA) has expanded its executive council to include nine senior leaders in a revamp of the aerospace and defense contractor’s operational structure. “These appointments build on prior actions designed to simplify and align our structure, sharpen our focus and move our leaders one step closer to our work,” David Calhoun, president and CEO of Boeing, told employees in a letter Wednesday.

Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), said the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 draft guidance could help agencies remove barriers to cloud adoption and ensure cloud security through a zero-trust approach.

General Dynamics' (NYSE:GD) information technology business, NCI Information Systems and Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC) have won spots on a potential three-year, $800M contract to support the U.S. Army's Information Systems Engineering Command.

On Thursday, Executive Mosaic founder and CEO Jim Garrettson presented Andrew Hallman, former principal executive for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) his first Wash100 Award as a part of the 2020 class. Executive Mosaic applauds Andrew Hallman on his 2020 Wash100 Award for driving new security initiatives and pushing cybersecurity capabilities.

Dr. Joe Evans, principal director for 5G in the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering (Modernization) within the office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering, will be featured as a keynote speaker during Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit on October 27th, 2020. 

Michael Lee, former vice president for NASA enterprise information technology services at ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT), has assumed the position of VP and division manager for the company's portfolio of economic and research agencies.

Suki Fuller, a fellow with The Council of Competitive Intelligence Fellows, will participate in a panel discussion during ArchIntel’s AI in Competitive Intelligence Virtual Event on Oct. 22nd. She will be joined by Fred Hoffman with Mercyhurst University and Arik Johnson, chairman of Aurora Worldwide Development Corp. To register for ArchIntel’s AI in Competitive Intelligence Virtual Event, as well as view upcoming opportunities, visit ArchIntel’s Event Page. 

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 22, 2020 — Drew Schnabel, vice president of Zscaler's (Nasdaq: ZS) federal business, outlined three components of a "zero trust" architecture he believes civilian and defense agencies should implement to secure cloud-based information technology applications in a remote environment, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 8.