General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business has conducted a survey regarding efforts at federal civilian and defense agencies to implement zero trust cybersecurity policies in accordance with President Biden’s May 2021 executive order. The “Agency Guide to Zero Trust Maturity” study polled 300 government officials to gauge w...
Government agencies in the U.S. had to quickly adapt to remote work at the onset of COVID-19 in March 2020; but now, as more organizations return to in-person work, the Intelligence Community, in particular, is being significantly affected by workforce attrition. Because the IC deals with a higher proportion of classified work than other federal...
The Office of the National Cyber Director has announced the appointment of cybersecurity leaders Kemba Walden, Neal Higgins and Rob Knake to help Chris DeRusha, federal chief information security officer and deputy national cyber director for federal cybersecurity, meet ONCD’s mission to protect U.S. citizens in cyberspace and enable them to benef...
Matt Hayden, a more than two-decade cybersecurity professional, has joined General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business as vice president of cyber client engagement. He will help advance General Dynamics Information Technology’s cyber growth strategies and thought leadership and forge relationships with government leaders and ind...
Alexander Gates, a four-decade military and civil service veteran, has been named chief research officer at Arlington, Virginia-based cybersecurity company Shift5. Gates will manage a threat intelligence portfolio designed to help transportation and defense system operators gain visibility of secure operational technology networks, Shift5 said Thurs...
Steve Tolbert, executive vice president of business systems at CACI International, recently spoke with GovCon Wire regarding the company’s position in the federal market to assist our government agencies in implementing the latest technology and modernizing their business systems. In addition, Tolbert discussed the changes that government agen...
GovCon Wire Events will feature Ed Mornston, director of intelligence and security at the Army Futures Command; and Joseph Rouge, deputy director of ISR at the U.S. Space Force, as panelists at a virtual event scheduled for Wednesday. Brian Keller, vice president and Army strategic account executive at Leidos, will moderate the panel discussion as...
The State Department has approved a potential $997 million foreign military sale of 12 AH-1Z attack helicopters, manufactured by Textron‘s (NYSE: TXT) Bell subsidiary, and associated equipment to Nigeria. The proposed deal will include 28 T-700 401C engines from General Electric (NYSE: GE), 2,000 Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System gui...
The U.S. Air Force is “very serious” about its enterprise-wide adoption of zero trust, among other key priorities across the service’s technology roadmap, according to Chief Information Officer Lauren Knausenberger. Currently, in alignment with a host of recent policy measures from the White House, the Air Force is undergoing a digital tr...
The U.S. military is shoring up its cybersecurity and information security defenses as the evolving geopolitical landscape requires service branches to better protect their intellectual property. Specifically, the Army Futures Command is working to minimize the risk of compromising sensitive information and maintain the United States’ technologica...
