Gina Scinta, deputy chief technology officer at Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies, said government agencies should implement proper access controls to better safeguard data from cyberthreat actors, including the use of multifactor authentication and crypto-agile platforms. Scinta wrote that agencies should adopt multifactor authentication that depen...
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Chuck Brooks, a highly esteemed cybersecurity leader, has published his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program exploring the importance of linking integrated networks with robust communications as well as command and control on the battlefield in a multi-domain environment, which has been critical in the Ukraine’...
The General Services Administration is soliciting feedback on a draft request for proposals for the third iteration of the Alliant governmentwide acquisition contract that federal agency customers can use to procure information technology platforms and services. The Alliant 3 GWAC supports Agile and other IT development methodologies and includes IT...
The global technological landscape is changing and evolving faster than ever before. In today’s era of great power competition, technological superiority is critical, and U.S. leaders must embrace continuous innovation and advancements in order to stay ahead of the curve. Executive Mosaic spoke with five of GovCon’s most influential leaders to f...
Investment firm Shield Capital has appointed technology industry leaders Michael Brown and John “JJ” Jack as venture partners. Brown, a 2022 Wash100 awardee, and Jack will bring decades of management and industry leadership experience as the San Francisco-based venture capital firm looks to help government and commercial clients address challeng...
ColdQuanta has appointed Laura Hale, a space technology market veteran, as vice president of government programs and made three other appointments to its leadership team. Hale brings an extensive background in multidomain program and product management and systems engineering to her new position, the quantum technology company said Monday. Chris Woo...
Since the 1990s, American semiconductor chip manufacturing has declined while U.S. reliance on foreign manufacturers has increased, posing significant risk to national and economic security. The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, signed into law in August, is changing that narrative, and domestic chip manufacturers like Intel are turning the n...
In recent years, the U.S. intelligence landscape has seen a clear shift away from counterterrorism and a pivot toward “hard target” adversaries like China, North Korea, Russia and Iran. Within the intelligence community, this shift has spurred a reevaluation of intelligence tradecraft, a more concentrated focus on technology and an increased rel...
James F.X. Payne has spent his career making efforts to enhance homeland security. With stints at companies such as Bechtel and Dun & Bradstreet, the Washington, D.C.-based executive has worked consistently with U.S. Intelligence Community clients to develop strategies to prevent incursions on intellectual property and infrastructure. He additio...
