CyberPoint3 Holdings, a wholly owned company of Cyber Capital Partners, has acquired Point3 Security and P3F as part of efforts to expand its portfolio of cybersecurity technologies and capabilities meant to address challenges facing critical infrastructure and national security communities. “The acquisitions of Point3 Security and P3F support...
Rumblings of frustration surrounding the Department of Defense’s information technology shortcomings quickly grew into a roar last month as military service branch operators, warfighters and federal leaders took to social media to shed light on the severity of the department’s widespread IT issues and the urgency of solving them. In January, Mi...
True Zero Technologies, a veteran-owned cyber security consulting firm, announced on Monday that Joseph Brinker, the former Chief of the Security Enablers Division within the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), has joined the company as its Director of Federal Services. A dynamic leader with more than 15 years leading cutting-edge federal tec...
Eun Young Choi, most recently senior counsel to the deputy attorney general at the Department of Justice, has been named the first director of the national cryptocurrency enforcement team at DOJ. She will lead NCET in identifying, investigating and pursuing DOJ’s cases that involve the criminal use of digital currencies and other digital assets, e...
John Sherman, chief information officer for the Department of Defense (DOD), has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, the most acclaimed award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his leadership in multiple roles that are monumental to the implementation of the Pentagon’s cybersecurity and digital transformation strategies. Execut...
Jason Porter, president of public sector and FirstNet at AT&T and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, recently took part in the latest Executive Spotlight interview with GovCon Wire to discuss FirstNet’s impact on the recent modernization of network capabilities for the U.S. Coast Guard and other military branches as well as AT&T’s work...
Last week, Senators introduced a new legislative package that combines aspects of the Cyber Incident Reporting act, the Federal Information Security Modernization Act of 2021 and the Federal Secure Cloud Improvement and Jobs Act into a more comprehensive, robust and up-to-date bill that is expected to be more likely to pass into law than each...
Mick Fox, chief operating officer for Technomile, has provided his latest feature as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Thursday. Previously, GovCon Expert Mick Fox has shared his insights with a two-part informative guide breaking down contract lifecycle management (CLM) in the federal landscape today. In today’s piece, Fox...
The Department of Defense has released a report that provides an overview of the state of competition in the defense industrial base and offers recommendations to promote competition in the DIB. The five recommendations outlined in the report are strengthening merger oversight; addressing intellectual property limitations; increasing new entrants; i...
Trace Systems has won a five-year, $181.6 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide communications equipment certified by Iridium (Nasdaq: IRDM) and 24/7 help desk support to customers of DISA’s Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services program. The agency offers EMSS to the Department of Defense, other federal agencies,...
