Mastercard (NYSE: MA) has agreed to buy threat intelligence company Recorded Future from private equity firm Insight Partners for $2.65 billion to broaden its identity, fraud prevention and cybersecurity services. The payment card services provider said Thursday it expects the transaction to conclude by the first quarter of 2025, subject to regulato...
The Intelligence Community should approach emerging technology with precision, carefully deciding which of the many tools available today should be prioritized, according to Emily Harding, director of the Intelligence, National Security and Technology Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “When everything is a priorit...
By Mick Fox, Chief Operating Officer, TechnoMile Your organization successfully wins federal business because of its unique capabilities, qualifications, and past performance. We hire individuals who are specialists at their roles and bring particular expertise to the table. In our personal lives, we rely on experts as well – from health care to f...
Tip Underwood, a business executive with a career spanning 25 years, has been appointed vice president and general manager of homeland and diplomacy at Peraton, the executive announced on LinkedIn Wednesday. Underwood briefly served as VP of homeland security at the Herndon, Virginia-based information technology company before this latest ...
Philadelphia-based private equity firm Renovus Capital Partners has acquired QualX for an undisclosed sum to support the latter’s growth initiatives and technology investment efforts to facilitate the delivery of new platforms and services to federal government clients. Renovus said Springfield, Virginia-based QualX provides records and inform...
Sev1Tech has been awarded a $188 million contract by the Space Systems Command’s Tactical C3 Acquisition Delta to expand the meshONE-Terrestrial network. SSC said Tuesday the information technology company’s work is also aimed at contributing to the Department of Defense’s initiative to connect platforms and weapons through seamle...
The Australia-hosted Pitch Black joint warfighting exercise achieved its highest level of participation ever in 2024. Pitch Black was launched in 1981 as an Australian military exercise and was expanded to include the United States in 1983. The event has since grown dramatically, and this year, over 4,000 personnel from 20 nations came together to...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency plans to launch a competition for a blanket purchase agreement to provide program management and operations support services for its Stakeholder Engagement Division. According to a notice published on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System, CISA intends to compete the Council Management Program ...
The State Department has approved a potential $691 million foreign military sales request of the government of the Netherlands to buy 246 AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II tactical missiles, related equipment and support services from the U.S. government. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Friday RTX (NYSE: RTX) will serve as the principal contra...
By Warren Linscott, Senior Vice President & Chief Product Officer at Deltek In an era where data breaches can weaken national security and cripple major companies, securing cloud services is not just prudent—it’s imperative. FedRAMP, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, exists as a trusted measure of security excellence...
