Rob Dao, a more than two-decade industry veteran, was appointed vice president of U.S. federal at Austin, Texas-headquartered cybersecurity technology company CrowdStrike (Nasdaq: CRWD), according to his LinkedIn announcement. Dao previously held the same post at vArmour and then at Tanium. Prior to those stints, he served as regional vice president...
James Yeager, vice president of public sector and healthcare at CrowdStrike, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday. He shared how CrowdStrike’s recent acquisitions contribute to its portfolio and how the company works to balance organic engineering and product development with acquiring capabilities....
DLT Solutions and CrowdStrike have created an online forum aimed at helping public sector organizations manage cybersecurity posture through insights and tools from industry....
Gary Wang has led a storied and accomplished government contracting career. He began his IT journey at the start of the new millennium and logged nearly a decade at Lockheed Martin’s Information Systems & Global Solutions business unit. At Lockheed, he began as chief engineer, evolved into senior program manager and eventually became direc...
Global supply chains were thrown into the spotlight in 2020 when Covid sparked massive disruptions. Now, focus on supply chains has taken a new shape as the U.S. shifts its priorities to cybersecurity, global competition and more. GovCon Wire spoke with two Chertoff Group leaders — CEO and Co-Founder Chad Sweet and Michele Iversen,...
Chris Hill, a 25-year information technology industry executive, has been appointed as head of the federal and public sector at cybersecurity company Horizon3.ai. He will be responsible for implementing the firm’s strategy to help government customers manage the cyber posture at their organizations with the use of a software-as-a-service platf...
Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed leader to the cybersecurity and government contracting (GovCon) sectors as well as an influential member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has released his latest article with the program. Previously, GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks assessed the growing importance of chief data officers to the federal landscap...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a new initiative to drive the development and execution of cyber defense operations plans in partnership with the private sector, federal interagency and state, local, tribal, territorial government stakeholders. The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative is aimed at reducing cyber inciden...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 20, 2018 ” Mitre will deploy an open source tool to assess the cybersecurity capabilities of eight companies and subsequently release findings in October as part of an initiative by the nonprofit research organization, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The Washington Business Journal reported Tuesday that Mitre will u...
Dave Cole, former chief product officer at cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, has been appointed to the same role at Columbia, Maryland-based security monitoring technology developer Tenable Network Security. He previously led CrowdStrike’s efforts to design and develop cloud-based endpoint security technology, Tenable Networ...
