Michael Hill has joined the Department of Defense as deputy chief information officer of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, according to his LinkedIn announcement. He most recently served as director of Data Center Service Division at the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Hill has nearly two decades of combined industry ...
By Amy Hilbert, executive vice president of government solutions at Casepoint A compromised password can lead to identity theft, a phishing attack can disrupt a major corporation’s operations and a ransomware attack can paralyze an entire industry for days. The importance of cybersecurity and the consequences of a data breach are widely understood...
Sentar has received a potential five-year, $172.7 million follow-on task order to help the Defense Health Agency protect military information systems from cyberthreats. The Huntsville, Alabama-based company said Thursday the Cybersecurity Risk Management Operations recompete task order awarded by the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic has a...
The U.S. Army has started soliciting proposals for a potential three-year, $125 million contract to support a program that intends to provide turnkey classroom audio visual technology and sustainment services as part of efforts to maximize soldier training outcomes. According to a request for proposals published Thursday, Mission and Installation Co...
Chugach Government Solutions has appointed Dirk van der Vaart, a more than 25-year defense and security industry executive, as president and Michael Iacobucci, a more than 15-year government contracting industry veteran, as senior vice president and chief growth officer. The company said Wednesday van der Vaart will also serve as executive VP of Chu...
Cloud enterprise software provider IFS has acquired EmpowerMX for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to expand its industrial artificial intelligence capabilities and aviation maintenance software offerings for aerospace and defense customers. IFS said Wednesday EmpowerMX is a Frisco, Texas-based provider of AI-powered aviation maintenance softwar...
James Allred, a more than three-decade government contracting industry professional, was named vice president of programs at Freedom Technology Solutions Group, according to his LinkedIn announcement. Prior to joining the Columbia, Maryland-based information technology company, Allred served as a program management director at Science Applications I...
The U.S. Navy has tapped Air Center Helicopters to provide cargo transfer services between ships deployed worldwide over a potential five-and-a-half-year period. The Burleson, Texas-headquartered airlift support provider will conduct vertical replenishment services under a $77.3 million firm-fixed-price contract from the Navy, the Department of Defe...
As director of emerging cybersecurity solutions for Carahsoft, Steve Jacyna keeps his finger on the pulse of the biggest cyber threats to government organizations, as well as the latest cyber innovations that protect against them. His dual goals are to help cyber vendors understand agencies’ unique needs and to assist agencies in identifying the t...
Tyto Athene, a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners, has completed its purchase of managed cybersecurity services provider MindPoint Group and appointed MindPoint President Patti Chanthaphone as head of its federal civilian group. Herndon, Virginia-based Tyto Athene said Tuesday Chanthaphone will oversee the company’s federal soluti...
