TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — Maxar Technologies (NYSE: MAXR) will help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency update and maintain a web-based map data crowdsourcing platform under a five-year, $26.4 million contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 20. Tony Frazier, executive vice president of global field operations at Maxar and a five-time...
Government Executive Media Group has acquired 1105 Media’s Public Sector 360 group for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of decision-support tools and insights to defense, federal, state and local government markets. Troy Schneider, general manager of Public Sector 360, will join GovExec as GM of government technology b...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug 30, 2021 — Kevin Coggins, a vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), urged U.S. space companies to consider incorporating the zero trust security model into space-based networks as more organizations increasingly rely on the domain, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 17. Breaking Defense reported Aug. 16 that Coggins links...
Preston Dunlap, chief architect for the Air Force and Space Force, recently spoke with GovConWire for an exclusive Q&A session regarding the first phase of delivery for Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2), the speed and timing challenges of technology development, the future of network modernization and a lot more. Dunlap will also be f...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 27, 2021 — Prima Access, a cloud-based security platform developed by Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) for government agencies, has earned a moderate-level certification under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 13. “Now, we are seeing an evolution towards a permanent hybrid ...
Chris Weggeman, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant general, has joined Deloitte’s government and public services practice as a managing director within the cyber and strategic risk portfolio. Weggeman’s “deep understanding of the cyber threat environment will help Deloitte maximize our cyber security services for clients in the public and pri...
President Joe Biden and representatives from the commercial and education sectors discussed commitments and initiatives to counter cybersecurity threats at a meeting held Wednesday at the White House. The Biden administration has expanded the Industrial Control Systems Cybersecurity Initiative to include natural gas pipelines and announced a Nationa...
As more organizations become more reliant on information technology to perform business-related tasks, it is imperative to develop a secure foundation to transform the enterprise. Representatives from the federal government and private sector are set to discuss the importance of developing and executing cyber resilience for digital transformation in...
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...
Ann Dunkin, chief information officer at the Department of Energy, will discuss initiatives to modernize and transform DOE information technology operations in a keynote address to a Sept. 1 virtual forum hosted by Executive Mosaic’s flagship Government Contracting Wire (GovCon Wire). Dunkin joined DOE in May 2021 after her prior role as chief...
