David Duncan, former technical director of Redpoint Cybersecurity, has transitioned to a new role as vice president of cyber operations at the information security company. He will oversee Redpoint’s breach response group and the Redpoint Labs team that houses both the DevOps and threat mitigation teams specializing in penetration testing, active ...
Zero trust has quickly gained a foothold in the U.S. federal government as the latest and greatest cybersecurity measure. At the start of 2022, the Office of Management and Budget released a memorandum that mandated a federal zero trust architecture strategy and required agencies to meet cybersecurity standards by fiscal year 2024’s close. Now, as...
MAG Aerospace will provide a U.S. Army program executive office with systems engineering technical assistance covering five product management offices under a potential five-year, $258 million task order. The company said Friday it was awarded the SETA task order in support of the Project Manager Electronic Warfare & Cyber within the Army PEO In...
The Missile Defense Agency has begun market research on potential industry sources and their capabilities to help inform the development of its acquisition strategy for the MDA Integration and Operations for Enterprise Solutions contract. The MIOES contract seeks to enable stakeholders to meet missile defense objectives in five technical areas...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a $7.63 billion contract modification to continue lot 15 production of F-35 fighter jets and technical hardware for U.S. and international defense customers. The modification covers the delivery of 129 units of the aircraft’s conventional takeoff and landing, short takeoff/vertical landing and carrier varian...
Greg Bateman, regional vice president of Defense – 4th Estate at Salesforce, was featured in a recent Executive Spotlight interview published Friday. He discussed the recent acquisitions the company has made and how they contributed to its federal and defense portfolio and drove value for the business and customers. Bateman also talked about Sales...
The Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration have extended the deadlines for solicitation responses to two separate information technology contracts reserved for small businesses. DHS posted a notice Thursday on SAM.gov to inform vendors of a 14-day extension and they can submit second phase bids for FirstSource III co...
As today’s cyber threat landscape grows ever more dangerous, federal officials are looking to zero trust for answers to their toughest cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The zero trust model operates on a foundation of “trust nothing, verify everything,” and today, organizations are moving away from the castle-and-moat approach to security an...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has been awarded a one-year, $236.2 million contract modification to continue helping the U.S. Navy design and engineer operational strategic and attack submarines. The modification will extend Electric Boat’s engineering, technical, design agent and planning yard support to the service branch, the Depa...
Don Parente, a 25-year veteran of AT&T (NYSE: T), has been named a vice president at MetTel‘s federal business where he will be responsible for driving sales to the Department of Defense and through systems integrators. In his new capacity, Parente will aim to expand MetTel’s business with defense organizations and oversee its collaborat...
