Maggie Hallbach, a two-decade Verizon veteran, was included in Executive Mosaic’s esteemed selection of Wash100 Award winners for the second straight year in recognition of her networks- and 5G-focused efforts as senior vice president of the company’s public sector and president of Verizon Frontline. Vote for Hallbach as one of your favorite...
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration has awarded Parsons (NYSE: PSN) and SeaTech Global Security Solutions positions on a potential seven-year, $1 billion contract to support the deployment of counter nuclear smuggling systems. The vendors will perform design, construction, integration, communications, logistics, tra...
Paul Sartorius, solution integration director at Leidos’ (NYSE: LDOS) national security space business, announced via LinkedIn that he has taken the role of vice president and general manager of Cubic’s digital intelligence group. He has more than 21 years of experience in defense contracting, having started as a senior systems engineer ...
Matt Barry, chief operating officer at HP Federal, noted that threat actors can use endpoints as vectors that could enable them to infiltrate an organization’s network and highlighted the importance of security by design to ensure the security of such endpoints and safeguard government and contractor systems. “When we design more secure solu...
President Biden’s October 2023 Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence was seen as a watershed, a ruling that acknowledged both the capacity for tremendous good and harmful risk inherent in AI technologies. It and its attendant guidance, issued by the Office of Management and Budget, se...
A Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) subsidiary has received a potential five-year, $1.3 billion blanket purchase agreement from the Department of Homeland Security to provide DHS component agencies access to all Microsoft product offerings listed on the General Services Administration Schedule. DHS launched a full and open competition for the recompete...
The Department of Homeland Security is planning to release a request for proposals for a recompete contract covering human resources information technology services for Customs and Border Protection. The recompete contract with an estimated value of over $100 million will cover technology architecture, development, implementation, governance, compli...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Read part one here. What are the biggest changes in the new proposed CMMC 2.0 rule? The new proposed Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 rule introduces several critical updates that government contractors must heed, particularly regarding the engagement with service providers and the...
Rob Lalumondier, a more than 20-year federal sales executive, has taken on the role of vice president for the Americas enterprise and public sector at cybersecurity company Sophos. He announced the move in a LinkedIn post published Monday. Lalumondier most recently served as VP of federal business at Sophos, where he leveraged his cybersecurity expe...
The Potomac Officers Club, the government contracting industry’s premier events and media organization, has packed March 2024 with a wide range of exciting events featuring subject matter experts on relevant GovCon topics. With two summits, a forum and a fireside chat, this month is full of opportunities for you to hear from influential figures i...
