Sean Roche, former associate deputy director of the CIA, and XLA President and CEO Gary Slack have joined the board of directors of Concurrent Technologies Corp. They fill the seats vacated by Howard Picking III and Mark Pasquerilla, who previously led the CTC board and its finance committee before their terms’ expiry, the company said Mo...
Deloitte & Touche has acquired all the assets of Root9B for an undisclosed sum to add cybersecurity tools to the former’s managed threat detection and response service offering. Deloitte said Monday the deal seeks to further the professional services firm’s ability to help clients generate insights from threat intelligence and respon...
Sukumar Iyer, founder and executive chairman of Brillient, has taken a dual role as chairman and CEO of the Reston, Virginia-based government technology services provider in a restructuring move implemented as part of its two-year growth plan. Brillient said Thursday Iyer replaces Paul Strasser and returns to the chief executive position as it looks...
President Joe Biden plans to appoint former Obama administration officials Jen Easterly, Robert Silvers and Eric Goldstein to top three cybersecurity positions, Politico reported Friday. Sources said Biden is likely to name Easterly to the newly created role of national cyber director at the White House to help guide the current administration’s c...
The National Security Space Association has appointed VOX Space President Mandy Vaughn as chair of NSSA’s Education and Workforce Development Center. She will spearhead efforts at the center to bring in new talent to the national security space community and develop approaches to career development of the existing workforce, NSSA said Friday. ...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has asked industry for information on available communications capabilities as it plans to recompete $500 million in contracts for priority voice, data and video communications and information services during natural disasters and national security emergencies, Bloomberg Government reported Friday...
President Joe Biden has ordered federal agencies to work with the government’s COVID-19 response coordinator in efforts to collect, publish and share pandemic-related data and address disinformation or misinformation campaigns regarding the public health crisis. The executive order calls for the modernization of infrastructure that can support...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a campaign to promote the use of cybersecurity tools and best practices to increase ransomware threat awareness across the public and private sectors. CISA said Thursday it aims to bring together agencies and companies to cut the risk of ransomware to pandemic response and K-12 educat...
During Potomac Officers Club’s Future Battlefield Series: Achieving Spectrum Dominance in the Digital Battlespace Virtual Event on Jan. 26, notable leaders across the government contracting landscape will join together to discuss the challenges of the electromagnetic spectrum, including spectrum competition in a contested and congested environment...
Congress has approved a waiver to facilitate the confirmation of Lloyd Austin, a retired U.S. Army general, as defense secretary under the administration of President Joe Biden, Defense News reported Thursday. The House voted 326-78 and the Senate passed in a 69-27 vote a congressional waiver that would exempt Austin from a law that requires...
