Cybersecurity has taken the global stage with the prominence of electronic warfare tactics in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but cyber aggression isn’t only a symptom of major geopolitical conflict. It can and does happen with frequency in peacetime and other more unexpected windows as well. La Monte Yarborough “While events such as t...
The Social Security Administration, the Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Agency for Global Media will receive investments through the government’s Technology Modernization Fund to modernize digital services and cybersecurity processes. SSA will advance the adoption of multifactor authentication and enhance the security of its systems to...
Bajinder Paul, a 25-year federal service veteran, has been appointed president and chief innovation officer at Baltimore, Maryland-based information technology services company Arch Systems. He brings to the position over two decades of experience in operational and strategic leadership and information technology encompassing software development, p...
Accenture’s (NYSE: ACN) federal arm has promoted Keith Runtz and Vanessa Godshalk to respectively oversee the company’s defense and safety and citizen services portfolios. Runtz succeeds Vince Vlasho, who most recently served as a senior managing director and defense portfolio lead at Accenture Federal Services. Vlasho, a 2022 Wash100 awardee, r...
President Joe Biden has instructed the U.S. government to assess the potential benefits and risks of establishing a central bank digital currency and address other issues amid the rise in the adoption of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. The executive order outlines a national policy for digital assets with the goal of protecting U.S. consu...
Joseph Dunford, a retired U.S. Marine Corps general and senior managing director at Liberty Strategic Capital, has joined the board of directors of Satellogic (Nasdaq: SATL). “Drawing on his distinguished career as a national security leader, General Dunford will offer invaluable perspective and insight as Satellogic works to unlock high-resolutio...
Thursday’s Digital Currency and National Security Forum, hosted by the Potomac Officers Club, featured a mid-day keynote address from the Honorable Marshall Billingslea, former assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the Department of the Treasury, on how blockchain fits into the broader context of historic human innovation, the national...
Satellogic, which aims to provide geospatial data to the government and commercial sectors, went public Wednesday following the completion of the satellite imagery provider’s merger with a Cantor Fitzgerald-backed special purpose acquisition company. The combination with CF Acquisition Corp. V, which was first announced in July 2021, would bri...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to present the Honorable Juan Zarate, global co-managing partner and chief strategy officer of K2 Integrity, as a recipient of the prestigious 2022 Wash100 Award, which annually recognizes elite public and private sector leaders for their influential contributions in the government contracting community. This marks Zara...
Daniel Jetton, a cybersecurity business executive, has joined Reston, Virginia-based information technology services provider Evolver as vice president of cybersecurity. He will oversee the expansion of cyber capabilities and facilitate the delivery of cyber operational security, vulnerability management, risk assessments, analytics, diagnostics, cl...
