Jackie Fendrock, a cybersecurity executive at Accenture‘s (NYSE: ACN) federal services business, has been appointed to serve as the head of the subsidiary’s office in Huntsville, Alabama, in addition to her current role as the managing director of cybersecurity for the safety and citizen services portfolio. Accenture Federal Services said Fe...
Deborah Lee James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force and a previous Wash100 Award winner, took her oath of office as the new chair of the Defense Business Board during a ceremony held Tuesday at the Pentagon. Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, swore in...
The U.S. Cyber Command is planning to collaborate with different agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Cyber Information Security Agency to strengthen cybersecurity initiatives for the upcoming 2022 elections, Signal reported Wednesday. Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of the Cybercom who serves concurrently as the director of the Na...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a new initiative to drive the development and execution of cyber defense operations plans in partnership with the private sector, federal interagency and state, local, tribal, territorial government stakeholders. The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative is aimed at reducing cyber inciden...
Brian Hale, formerly assistant director of the office of public affairs at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., has joined Tysons, Virginia-based cloud-native risk analytics platforms provider QOMPLX as vice president for global market development and public private partnerships. He will oversee outreach efforts to form partnerships in key markets,...
Valerie Isbell, a former Customs and Border Protection official at the Department of Homeland Security, has been named a strategic board adviser at Sev1Tech. She brings to Woodbridge, Virginia-based information technology service management company almost four decades of experience in serving at DHS and the departments of Justice and Defense, Sev1Te...
Stephen Homeyer, vice president of intelligence strategy at BAE Systems’ U.S. subsidiary, will lead a panel discussion on artificial intelligence transition out of the research and development phase into an operational setting. He will serve as panel moderator of the “Transitioning of AI from R&D to Operations” panel at GovCon WireR...
KPMG’s federal advisory practice has named 25-year FBI veteran Maria Voreh as a director and appointed Pamela Powers, Michael Westphal and Chad Poppell to managing director positions. All four public service veterans will aim to help KPMG’s government clients transform business processes, the professional services firm said. Voreh led th...
Jeffrey Specht, executive director of the Defense Cyber Crime Center operating under the U.S. Air Force, will join Jude Sunderbruch, executive director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, and other panelists in a discussion on cybersecurity at a GovCon Wire event Wednesday. Specht leads DC3’s efforts to provide computer forensic...
Bob Renko, director of digital forensics at Peraton, will lead a panel discussion on cyber defense initiatives across the public and private sectors at an upcoming GovCon Wire forum. Renko has more than 35 years of professional experience with a focus on cyber investigations and security programs. His government career includes prior roles as direct...
