The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has launched a campaign to promote the use of cybersecurity tools and best practices to increase ransomware threat awareness across the public and private sectors. CISA said Thursday it aims to bring together agencies and companies to cut the risk of ransomware to pandemic response and K-12 educat...
Merrick Garland, a more than two-decade veteran of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, has emerged as President-elect Joe Biden's pick to be the next U.S. attorney general, Politico reported Wednesday. Garland most recently served as the DC Circuit chief judge and previously received a nomination to serve in the U.S....
Troy Walter, a government information technology industry veteran with more than two decades of experience, has joined ManTech International (Nasdaq: MANT) as director of business development. His career includes time at General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD) IT business, Digital Management and BAE Systems' U.S. subsidiary....
During GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Modernization Forum, notable federal and industry leaders will discuss the DoD’s Software Acquisition Strategy, Defense Acquisition Workforce Development and the future of data and IT modernization across federal agencies. To register for GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Moderniza...
Latarshia Crawford-Jones, a more than two-decade public and private sector veteran, has been appointed vice president for the Department of Justice business at McLean, Virginia-based technical consulting firm Steampunk....
GovConWire’s Defense Digital Acquisition and Modernization Forum on Dec. 1 will feature an expert panel, composed of federal and industry leaders across the government contracting sector. The panel will address the DoD’s Software Acquisition Strategy, Defense Acquisition Workforce Development and the future of data and information technology mod...
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES AECOM Names New Executives to Leadership Team; Troy Rudd Quoted AECOM has appointed Gaurav Kapoor, current chief accounting officer of the company, as chief financial officer (CFO), Douglas Stotlar as independent chairman of the Board of Directors and Troy Rudd as director of the Board, effective Au...
Guy Torres, a former Department of Homeland Security account executive at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined PAE (Nasdaq: PAE) as director of homeland security portfolio, G2Xchange FedCiv reported Friday. He previously directed U.S. Customs and Border Protection's information technology contracting organization....
The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the global economy, business structure and workforce, and as the world and nation adapt to the changing environment through technology, cyberattacks have continued to increase. COVID-19 has triggered a wave of cybersecurity threats in a variety of industries, and security professionals predict that there will b...
Tina Jonas, a former comptroller and chief financial officer at the Department of Defense, will join the board of directors of Serco Group’s U.S. subsidiary Serco Inc. by July 1....
