TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 15, 2017 ” Thales has unveiled a new cybersecurity facility in Hong Kong as part of efforts to deliver cyber surveillance services to customers in the Asia-Pacific market, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Asia-based hub is its fifth Cybersecurity Operations Center in the world and...
The Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice have tripled their spending on equipment and services related to the Internet of Things (IoT) over the past six years, spending $600 million on the smart security industry, a new study by contracting intelligence firm Govini finds. Spending on software applications and cloud inc...
Mary Lou Prevost, vice president of state and local government and education at CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA), has said state government agencies should adopt a single identification system coupled with automation platforms to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens. Prevost wrote that an automation-equipped single ID system could help reduce...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2017 ” James Reagan, chief financial officer of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has expressed a positive outlook regarding federal spending following the approval of the $1 trillion fiscal 2017 omnibus budget, which includes a $21 billion increase for defense, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. “Where we see the mon...
Weekly Roundup May 8 – May 12 2017 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson It™s been nearly a decade since Satoshi Nakamoto first dreamt up the core component of the technology known as blockchain “ the decentralized, digital currency Bitcoin has evolved i...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to strengthen the cybersecurity of the federal government that will require National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide a cyber-security process framework that all federal agencies comply with. The White House-released document entitled: “Presidential Executive Orde...
Angie Casper, a 25-year human resources professional, has joined LMI as a senior vice president and chief HR officer at the Tysons, Virginia-based nonprofit government consulting services contractor. LMI said Wednesday she will oversee efforts to integrate HR strategies and processes with the company’s strategic plan as well as ...
The Executive Mosaic GovCon Index posted minor losses to close down 0.011 percent to 93.282 with advancers and decliners split evenly. Textron topped of the GovCon Index board gaining 3.60 per cent on rumors of a possible acquisition by Lockheed Martin hit the streets. U.S. major markets closed down as the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort I...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2017 ” AT&T (NYSE: T) will help the Interior Department secure and manage 27,000 mobile devices with the deployment of IBM‘s (NYSE: IBM) MaaS360 mobile device management platform, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The telecommunications company serves as an authorized reseller of MaaS360 and will utilize...
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to improve the federal government’s cybersecurity and critical infrastructure, after a spate of high-profile government hackings in recent years, a senior administration official told reporters on a call. “I think the trend is going in the wrong direction on cyberspace,” ...
