Dan Whitcher, an enterprise information technology executive with nearly three decades of combined government and industry experience, has joined VSE (Nasdaq: VSEC) as chief information officer, according to a recently published LinkedIn post. Whitcher will provide strategic leadership and day-to-day operational oversight of VSE’s enterprise I...
The Biden administration has released its first iteration of a multi-year plan to implement the U.S. federal government’s new national strategy to defend cyberspace. The implementation plan outlines more than 65 high-impact initiatives assigned to specific federal agencies and aligned with the five pillars and 27 strategic objectives of the Na...
The United States now regularly and publicly participates in cyber warfare. However, 20 years ago — even as recently as a decade ago — this was highly classified information, not permitted in the Title 10 or Title 50 spaces. It has only been in recent years that such practices have become more normalized and widely...
It’s a cliché at this point to say the government moves slowly in terms of technology modernization and procurement of new tools and services. However, sometimes societal occurrences and world events come knocking and shake bureaucracy out of its glacial processes, forcing the federal sector to act sooner and faster. The combined effects of major...
Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer at HP Federal and vital participant in Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, is a seasoned veteran of the government-serving technology space. He has nursed a fascination with engineering since he was a young child, taking after a lineage of mechanical engineers in his father and both grandfathers. H...
The U.S. federal government has sharpened its focus on cybersecurity in recent months; the Department of Defense released its zero trust strategy and roadmap at the close of 2022, and the Biden-Harris administration debuted a new national cybersecurity strategy just last week. In a statement published March 2, 2023 the White House said the...
Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency and chief of the Central Security Service, as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner for advancing strategic partnerships with agencies, industry and academia and prioritizing the development of a joint cyberspace capability to...
Leo Taddeo, former head of Appgate‘s federal and threat advisory divisions, has been elevated to the dual role of CEO and president. His promotion took effect Jan. 4 and he brings 25 years of government and commercial sector experience to his new role, the cybersecurity company said Monday. Taddeo joined Appgate in February of last year...
Herndon, Virginia-based FalconTek has acquired Core Mission Solutions for an undisclosed sum as part of efforts to broaden the service-disabled veteran-owned small business’ support to defense, intelligence community and federal law enforcement agency clients. FalconTek said Wednesday CMS CEO David Courtney will join the company as executive v...
Mike Masten, former vice president of operations at Chenega Applied Solutions, has transferred to Chenega Systems as VP of modernization and innovation services. Masten wrote in a LinkedIn post published Monday that he will focus on the implementation of Chenega’s modernization-as-a-service offering for the defense sector. He first joined the ...
