Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft‘s federal arm and a four-time Wash100 awardee, was featured in the most recent Executive Spotlight interview with ExecutiveBiz on Wednesday. He talked about the company’s cybersecurity investment and FastTrack program support, the Digital Defense Report results and other Microsoft efforts to develop it...
On Wednesday, GovCon Wire Events hosted its Defense and Intelligence: IT Modernization Forum, which gathered elite defense, intelligence and commercial sector leaders to divulge the technological priorities, key strategies and innovative initiatives driving the Defense Intelligence Agency’s digital transformation goals as rapid information ...
Sean Berg, president of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, said agencies looking to implement zero trust architectures should tailor their security strategy to individual users and understand users’ behavior. Berg wrote that implementing security policies that consider all users as equally risky could impede the abil...
Castellum has acquired Albers Group assets that are located Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland to provide further support for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps programs. The deal sought to expand the Pax River market presence of Specialty Systems Inc., which Castellum purchased in August and now operates as its SSI subsidiary, the company...
Sanju Bansal, a software entrepreneur and investor, has joined Blue Delta Capital Partners as an advisory board member. Mark Frantz, co-founder of Blue Delta, said in a statement Wednesday that Bansal has mentored CEOs of technology companies in the past 10 years and having him as part of the venture capital firm’s advisory board will...
Dirk Hoke, formerly the CEO of Airbus’ defense and space business, has joined the board of directors of Spire Global (NYSE: SPIR). The 25-year industry veteran will aim to help Spire’s leadership team in efforts to bring satellite-powered data offerings to the government and commercial sectors, the company said Tuesday. “I’m looking ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 17, 2021 — Michael Shrader, vice president of innovative and intelligence solutions at Carahsoft Technology, has encouraged the use of emerging technologies as government agencies face evolving operational challenges and changing customer needs, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. He wrote in a blog post that emerging-tech compan...
Cryptocurrency mining company Marathon Digital Holdings (Nasdaq: MARA) will issue $650 million of 1 percent convertible senior notes due 2026 in a private offering. The company said Monday it gave the initial buyers of the notes an option to purchase up to an additional $97.5 million notes. Marathon previously announced an offering of $500 million...
As if being an event organizer isn’t challenging enough, the COVID-19 pandemic happened. The event management industry is one of the countless other businesses heavily impacted by the global pandemic. Live conferences and face-to-face gatherings were brought to a screeching halt and were either postponed or canceled. So to adapt to this sudden cha...
Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) has separated its cloud-based cybersecurity product development unit into an independent entity that aims to help customers secure information technology assets. Booz Allen said Monday it will retain a minority interest in SnapAttack and serve as the primary channel partner for the standalone company’s federal c...
