Consulting firm Control Risks has invested in Geospark Analytics and spun off its online monitoring platform to establish a new entity that will combine technology offerings of the two companies. Seerist, the new entity formed out of the partnership, will offer an artificial intelligence-based analytics product designed to help government and corpor...
Exiger was tapped by the General Services Administration to provide federal government agencies with risk management services to help them flag supply chain vulnerabilities and address threats to the supplier ecosystem. Under a multiyear, $74.5 million contract, Exiger will offer its third-party and supply chain risk management capability to help us...
Flashpoint has purchased open-source intelligence provider Echosec Systems for an undisclosed sum to broaden its OSINT capabilities to deliver geopolitical risk assessments, situational awareness, misinformation identification, counterterrorism and crisis response support to national security, public safety and commercial safety customers. Echosec i...
Justin DePalmo, a more than 15-year cybersecurity professional in the aerospace and defense industry, has been appointed chief information security officer of General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business. He will oversee cyberthreat intelligence, incident response, risk mitigation, cyber compliance, vulnerability management, traini...
When asked about the human part of the equation in digital transformation, Wanda Jones-Heath says organizations have to “leave the old thought behind.” “Today’s environment will not let us win against China in the future. And we have to think about, as we become more digital, become more automated, what are the things that we can...
CIS Secure Computing, a portfolio company of private equity firm HKW, has acquired Intrepid Solutions and Services in a move to expand technology products and service offerings for the U.S. intelligence community and defense market. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed and Intrepid said Wednesday it brings experience in providing su...
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) recorded fiscal 2022 second quarter revenue of $3.60 billion, up 4 percent from the same period a year ago. The Reston, Virginia-based company said net income for the quarter rose to $172 million or $1.24 per share and total backlog as of June 30 was $34.7 billion with $7.5 billion funded. All...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 4, 2022 — Robert Lightfoot, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin’s (NYSE: LMT) space business, has reiterated the importance of the company’s collaboration with technology companies on the continued development of defense capabilities, ExecutiveBiz reported. “By partnering with and investing in the best of ...
Joe Niehaus, director of supply chain management at LMI since February 2021, has been promoted to senior vice president of logistics solutions, he announced Wednesday in a LinkedIn post. Prior to his promotion, Niehaus oversaw the management consulting organization’s service offerings intended to help federal clients manage supply chain risks....
Matthew Quinn, a federal service veteran with more than two decades of law enforcement and protective security experience, has been appointed vice president of government solutions at counter-drone technology maker Fortem Technologies. In his new role, Quinn will lead the development of operational concepts and technology offerings designed to prote...
