President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to improve the federal government’s cybersecurity and critical infrastructure, after a spate of high-profile government hackings in recent years, a senior administration official told reporters on a call. “I think the trend is going in the wrong direction on cyberspace,” ...
McAfee has officially launched as a stand-alone cybersecurity firm after Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) completed the spinoff of the latter’s security business through an approximately $4.2 billion deal with private equity firm TPG. Chris Young, a senior vice president and general manager at Intel, will serve as CEO of McAfee and Bry...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 16, 2017 ” Alan Marc Smith, president and CEO of DLT Solutions, has been inducted into this year’s Executive Mosaic Wash100 for his leadership in cyber and analytics industry teaming. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector executives selected by Executive Mosaic™s ...
The U.S. Air Force has selected 11 companies to compete for delivery orders to design, build or engineer facilities and infrastructure for the military branch under a potential five-year, $950 million contract. The 772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron received 13 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cont...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 6, 2016 ” The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) multiple contracts worth a total of $9 million to research and develop cybersecurity tools for the U.S. power grid system, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Raytheon said Monday it will develop early warning, adversary spoofing...
Norway’s defense ministry looks to purchase five Boeing-developed (NYSE: BA) maritime patrol aircraft worth approximately $1.15 billion for the country’s armed forces. The ministry said Friday it plans to acquire the P-8A Poseidon for efforts to monitor the country’s oceans and offer allied civil and military authori...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 4, 2016 ” DeEtte Gray, president of the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems‘ U.S. Arm, has said that the cyber industry must invest in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and cyber education in an effort to scale the demand for cyber professionals, ExecutiveBiz reported Thu...
The General Services Administration has awarded CACI International (NYSE: CACI) a potential five-year, $1.77 billion task order for analytical operations, intelligence and training support services to the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization. CACI will support JIDO’s global Focused Support/Decisive Effort that aims t...
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to buy Alexandria, Virginia-based cybersecurity company Defense Point Security for an undisclosed amount in a strategy to expand the global consulting firm™s cyber defense platforms and services for federal agencies. Accenture said Wednesday DPS will operate as a subsidiary within the firm’s...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 23, 2016 ” Kurt Amend, who joined Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) in 2011, has been appointed to succeed the retiring Lou Laroche as president of the company’s operations in Saudi Arabia, GovConExecutive reported Thursday. Amend previously served as vice president of foreign policy and national sec...
