Venkat Kodumudi, formerly a director at CGI (NYSE: GIB), has joined Unissant to serve as its chief technology officer and help scale its technology offerings in support of health and national security customers. The executive will be responsible for building on Unissant technologies to provide strategic and technical direction as well as securing ne...
John Zangardi, CEO of the Redhorse Corp. and former chief information officer for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), was presented his first Wash100 Award during a recent visit to the company’s office in Arlington, VA by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson. First-time Wash100 Award winner John Zangardi received the most prestigious awa...
The Senate passed a bill that would repeal a provision in a 2006 law that directed the Department of Homeland Security to preclude the use of subcontracts for over 65 percent of the cost of certain contracts covering emergency response and recovery work. Sens. Gary Peters, D-Mich., and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, chairman and ranking member...
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has formed an advisory council to provide public sector organizations with insights in support of their cybersecurity efforts, and appointed Gary Locke, former secretary of the Department of Commerce, as its chairperson. The Public Sector Advisory Council will help local governments and other public institutions address cyber...
Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, was named chair of the new chief information security officer advisory board at data security company Rubrik. He will lead the board consisting of top information security experts and practitioners from several industries in providing Rubrik with data security prod...
The federal government gives away hundreds of billions of dollars in contracts each year. In fact, government spending on contracts amounted to $682 billion in 2020, which is the highest one recorded in the last five years. However, spending data is hard to find, and it isn’t easy to get an accurate picture of where...
RAND Corp. has secured a potential five-year, $495 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security to continue operating a federally funded research and development center. The Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center FFRDC conducts analyses and studies for federal sponsors with a focus on a set of nine functional areas, DHS said Thur...
LookingGlass Cyber Solutions has agreed to acquire business intelligence and strategic advisory firm Next5 for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to pursue growth, expand its line of cybersecurity platforms and support its customers in navigating cyberthreats and meeting their missions. Bryan Ware, founder and CEO of Next5, will serve as CEO of L...
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...
