Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has formed an advisory council to provide public sector organizations with insights in support of their cybersecurity efforts, and appointed Gary Locke, former secretary of the Department of Commerce, as its chairperson. The Public Sector Advisory Council will help local governments and other public institutions address cyber...
Amentum has named leaders who will lead the three businesses within the national security group that the company is forming as part of a restructuring move by CEO John Heller, a six-time Wash100 Award recipient who took the helm of the Germantown, Maryland-based defense contractor in late March, Defense Daily reported Monday. “Today, I am...
Rear Adm. Lorin Selby asserts that the U.S. Navy is positioned at a unique moment in history, a crucial turning point where technology is moving at a “breakneck pace” and many sectors, including the military, have arrived at a decisive fulcrum between the analog and the digital. “This is a win or lose decade. If we...
Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was named chair of the new chief information security officer advisory board at data security company Rubrik. He will lead the board consisting of top information security experts and practitioners from several industries in providing Rubrik with data security prod...
The U.S. Navy is refocusing its priorities on cultivating and caring for a strong, capable workforce in the midst of a talent shortage crisis plaguing both government and industry. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said the service is working to identify and pursue new ways to meet the evolving and unique needs of today’s sailors, who...
The U.S. Navy is paving new paths toward innovation and getting more creative about how it harnesses new talent while developing and retaining its workforce. Christopher Cleary, principal cyber advisor for the Department of the Navy, said he thinks younger, newer Navy members should be given more responsibility and oversight of long-term initiatives...
As the U.S. Army places heavy emphasis on modernization, service leaders are looking to harness more industry innovations that can help the branch create robust information and data sharing capabilities at a quicker speed. Matt Benigni, chief data officer for the Army Futures Command, said during a recent Dcode webinar that he views digital transfor...
Jonathan Baliff, chairman of the audit committee of Redwire’s (NYSE: RDW) board of directors, has been appointed chief financial officer at the space infrastructure technology company. He succeeds Bill Read, who has served in the CFO role since August 2020 and stepped down nine months after Redwire went public, the company said Wednesday. David Ko...
Paul Meyer, president of Department 22 at Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Tuesday. He said Department 22 was formed in response to customers’ call to boost the speed of innovation amid the Department of Defense’s implementation of its Joint All...
The U.S. government is locking down its focus on cybersecurity and looking toward data and zero trust as key tools in the effort. In January, the Office of Management and Budget released a federal strategy that guides the government’s widespread adoption of zero trust approaches. The Intelligence Community is also drafting a new data strategy...
