By Aparna Achanta, Principal Security Lead, IBM Shadow software-as-a-service refers to unauthorized cloud applications used within an organization. Shadow SaaS is a challenge in modern IT governance. IT teams lack oversight and monitoring of unapproved applications making it difficult to effectively govern shadow SaaS. A recent NextDLP survey o...
Juliane Gallina is a rare kind of intelligence community official. Her résumé contains experience that covers all bases: private sector, military and federal agency, and Gallina, who now serves as deputy director for digital intelligence at the CIA, uses this multi-industry fluency to speak to different audiences about the agency’s prioriti...
The General Services Administration has awarded nine companies positions on a potential 10-year, $920 million blanket purchase agreement to acquire supply chain risk illumination tools and analytic support services. GSA announced the selected vendors for the Supply Chain Risk Illumination Professional Tools and Services, or SCRIPTS, BPA through awar...
Tony Encinias, formerly of Atos, shared on LinkedIn Tuesday that he has been appointed chief technology officer for government services at Peraton. Career Highlights The seasoned executive most recently served as CTO for public sector and defense in North America at Atos. He was also the chief strategy and innovation officer for the s...
The Senate on Thursday voted 53-43 to confirm Troy Edgar, most recently an IBM executive, as deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Kristi Noem, secretary of DHS and a 2025 Wash100 awardee, congratulated Edgar on his confirmation. “I look forward to working alongside Troy to ensure that the United States, once again, is...
HawkEye 360 has made changes to its executive team to drive growth, streamline operations, improve service delivery and ensure agility to pursue emerging opportunities in the radio frequency geospatial intelligence market. “We have streamlined our organizational structure, defined new areas of responsibility, and aligned key roles to enable ou...
Space operations provider Auria has appointed industry leader Pat Collins as chief growth officer. Enlightenment Capital-backed Auria said Monday Collins brings over two decades of leadership experience in the federal sector to the role. Auria CEO Damian DiPippa welcomed the addition of Collins to the team. “With his impressive track record and ex...
Collin Lee, former vice president at Science Applications International Corp., was appointed chief innovation officer at Omni Federal, he announced in a LinkedIn post published Tuesday. He led the intelligence community business development efforts at SAIC in his most recent role, which he held for more than a year. Notably, Lee was with General Dyn...
2024 has seen a number of significant mergers and acquisitions in the government contracting sector. With organizations seeking to expand their portfolios, increase competitive advantage and break into new markets, M&A activity has transformed the industry. From aerospace and defense to cybersecurity and technology innovation, these deals are re...
Executive Mosaic has appointed Victor Brown, CEO of W3Nebula Technology, as chair of the CTO Group for the 4×24 Executive Leadership Series. The 4×24 Executive Leadership Program provides an environment for government and industry leaders to build relationships to advance strategic mission areas. The CTO Group unites public and privat...
