In August, the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate recently published a strategy to maximize technological opportunities from artificial intelligence and machine learning. “Through this strategy, S&T will build and apply expertise to help the department fulfill the game-changing promise of AI/ML techn...
Dynamic Integrated Services has named former General Services Administration executives Dominic Sale and Stacy Riggs as a vice president and senior manager, respectively, within the enterprise optimization practice. Mark Forman, executive vice president for enterprise optimization practice at DIS, said in a statement published Wednesday Sale and Rig...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 4, 2021 — Bill O’Neill, vice president of public sector at ThycoticCentrify, has discussed several measures federal agencies should take to ensure that U.S. critical infrastructure is protected against cybersecurity threats as required by a national security memorandum, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 22. “Reported secu...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 1, 2021 — NTT Data will develop a case management platform to help the Department of Justice update the federal submission process in support of its National Instant Criminal Background Check System, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 16. The system will be designed to be capable of synchronizing disparate data from federal system...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 30, 2021 — Two of Zscaler‘s (Nasdaq: ZS) cloud software products were granted “Ready” status under the new State Risk and Authorization Management Program in addition to the software as a service provider being named an authorized StateRAMP vendor, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 15. StateRAMP seeks to standa...
Criterion Systems, a cybersecurity and information technology company, has acquired software engineering services provider SAGE Black Consulting and Contracting for an undisclosed amount. The new SAGE Black subsidiary will be led by Criterion Chief Financial Officer Steve Mast as its president and will join the company’s intelligence solutions...
Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at Dell Technologies, will lead a panel discussion on the role of artificial intelligence in homeland security during GovCon Wire’s Oct. 7 virtual event. Chehreh was named first CTO for the Dell Federal business in September 2015 to help the technology company bring mi...
What is networking? Networking is the process of establishing, developing, and maintaining long-term professional relationships with people you meet from different companies and environments. Whether you are attending a conference, ordering at the café, walking down the street, or riding a bus, you can make a good networking connection. In these mo...
Nine companies were awarded spots on a potential $93 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy for tactical threat systems support services needed to enhance the lethality and survivability of naval aircrew. Alion Science and Technology, Amentum, Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), Leidos‘ (NYSE: LDOS) Dynetics s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 28, 2021 — Chris Valentino, chief strategy officer at Peraton, has underscored the importance of the Department of Defense’s collaboration with the industry to support its Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 14. “[The industry can contribute by] helping to identify relev...
