The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is developing a “port of the future” design that leverages advanced technology to increase efficiency and combat illegal trafficking at multiple ports of entry along the United States’ Southern border. Thomas Overacker, executive director of cargo and conveyance security for CBP, said the initiative began...
SentinelOne (NYSE: S) has agreed to buy Attivo Networks in a cash-and-stock transaction worth approximately $616.5 million to expand its extended detection and response offerings with the addition of identity threat detection and response capabilities. SentinelOne said Tuesday it expects the transaction to be completed in its upcoming fiscal second ...
Dana Barnes, senior vice president of Public Sector business for Palo Alto Networks, has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award winner for his visionary leadership and drive for zero trust implementation in the federal sector as well as cybersecurity advancement and the internet of things security capabilities for our future. Executive Mosaic is pleased to...
Dave Rey, president of the global public sector at Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), said federal, state and local government agencies should understand the importance of digital transformation and the adoption of a secure and scalable cloud-based platform to facilitate the delivery of mission-critical services to citizens amid the toughest situations like th...
As the global geopolitical environment sees rapid developments unfolding, the United States is shoring up its defense and military capabilities to prepare for an array of potential scenarios in the face of budgetary and adversarial uncertainties. More than 20 of the Defense Department’s top leaders gathered on Wednesday during the McAleese FY2023...
The U.S. government appears to be favoring the expansion of surveillance technology deployments along the border with the inclusion of funds for autonomous surveillance towers and other border security platforms in an omnibus budget package, The Washington Post reported Friday. On Thursday, Congress approved and sent to the White House a $1.5 trilli...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Raj Iyer, chief information officer of the U.S. Army, for the second consecutive year, as an inductee into the 2022 edition of the Wash100 — a group of highly esteemed leaders who continually drive growth and innovation in the government contracting sector. Iyer became the Army’s first civilian CIO in...
In its most recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Melissa Carson, vice president and general manager at Iron Mountain Government Solutions, about the company’s strategic goals for 2022, recent growth initiatives, plans for expansion in new markets as well as the federal sector’s perceived improvements in artificia...
Keith Johnson, a four-decade government market veteran and a former executive at Spire Global, has joined artificial intelligence software provider CrowdAI as strategic revenue officer. Johnson led the establishment of Spire Global’s (NYSE: SPIR) federal practice and helped the space company go public in August 2021, when it merged with specia...
DC Capital Partners has acquired aerospace component manufacturer uAvionix for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2015, uAvionix provides small form factor communications, surveillance and navigation avionics for manned and unmanned aircraft systems and develops aviation safety systems to facilitate the integration of UAS into the National Airspace ...
