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GovConWire’s Air Force: IT Plans and Priorities Forum will feature an expert panel that will discuss how the industry can progress the latest initiatives across the Air Force. The panel will host  Alka Bhave of Perspecta, as well as Colt Whittall, Nicolas Chaillan and Chad Raduege of the U.S. Air Force. To register for the Air Force: IT Plans and Priorities Forum visit GovConWire’s Event Page.

Steve Moore, chief security strategist at Exabeam and host of “The New CISO” podcast, said government agencies looking to support frontline security professionals and protect credentials from threat actors as computing resources transition to the cloud during the COVID-19 pandemic should consider adopting machine learning.

GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks has published his latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. In his latest piece, Chuck Brooks discussed the most recent cyber breaches that have impacted federal agencies and the dire need to prevent future breaches and potential consequences of not prioritizing cybersecurity in 2021.

Granicus, a cloud-based citizen engagement technology and services provider headquartered in Denver, has received a joint investment from Harvest Partners and Vista Equity Partners. 

Anthony Robbins, vice president of public sector at NVIDIA, received his third Wash100 Award for driving data use and innovation in artificial intelligence within federal agencies and across the federal sector. Executive Mosaic congratulates Anthony Robbins and NVIDIA on his third Wash100 Award. Robbins is one of the strongest advocates for artificial intelligence innovation in the federal market.

Blue Origin has secured a position on the NASA Launch Services II contract vehicle as an “on-ramp” awardee, which provides Jeff Bezos' space venture an opportunity to compete for orders to help the agency deploy spacecraft using its New Glenn rocket.

Bill Rucker, president of Trustwave Government Solutions, said government agencies should implement a unified platform that could give them complete visibility into resources and protect mission-critical data in cloud environments or on-premises from evolving cyber threats.

Rich Wilkinson, director of solutions engineering for Unanet and a GovCon Expert, has published the latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. Wilkinson utilized his extensive experience of more than 25 years of experience in the government contracting (GovCon) industry to explore how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the professional services industry. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has released an emergency directive directing all federal civilian agencies to mitigate a compromise that threat actors are exploiting in SolarWinds' (NYSE: SWI) Orion Network Management products.

Organizations across the U.S. financial services, technology and academic industries, including Microsoft, have announced the formation of a new National Council for Artificial Intelligence (NCAI). The council will work to expand technology solutions to solve challenges within industry. The council also includes the Brookings Institution, CUNY, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Mastercard, Nasdaq, Plug and Play, SUNY, University of Central Florida and Visa.