Van Gurley’s successful career in government contracting might appear largely happenstance. “I typically said yes and would walk through that door even when I wasn’t sure what was on the other side of it,” Gurley told us about opportunities he encountered that proved invaluable later in his career. He began his working life as a...
Thunderdome is a new, modernized cybersecurity and technology architecture for the Department of Defense, spearheaded by the Defense Information Systems Agency. It is part of the Pentagon’s official zero trust strategy, as mandated by President Biden’s Executive Order and concretized in the DOD’s Nov. 2022 zero trust strategy. Thunderdome gai...
By Payam Pourkhomami, President & CEO of OSIbeyond Read part one here What is the difference between NIST SP 800-171 and CMMC? Aspect NIST SP 800-171 CMMC 2.0 Certification process Self-assessment only Self-assessments combined with mandatory third-party certification for most Level 2 contractors and all Level 3 contractors Requirements Narrowly...
Jon Tidwell, government strategic services lead at Mandiant, now part of Google Cloud, said government agencies looking to advance multicloud adoption to operate and manage workloads should take into consideration the use of automation and the need to address security concerns while meeting missions and organizational goals. “A combination of basi...
Peraton Chair, President and CEO Stu Shea received his 2024 Wash100 Award from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson during a recent visit to Peraton offices. Vote for Stu Shea as your favorite GovCon executive at Wash100.com! The exciting Wash100 popular vote competition is on now until April 30. The winner will be announced in May. “I am cont...
Artificial intelligence advancements have made major waves across government and industry in the last year. While AI holds great promise and potential for technological innovation, it can also be extremely risky, especially in the hands of our adversaries and competitors. Digital Science President Stephen Leicht explored the benefits, risks, threat...
Tyto Athene, a portfolio company of Washington, D.C.-based private investment firm Arlington Capital Partners, has closed its purchase of software development firm Microtel for an undisclosed sum as part of a push to broaden its customer relationships and space system capabilities. Microtel is a systems engineering firm that develops mission-critica...
For the past 20-plus years, Jason Adolf has helped government agencies identify and implement technologies that help them modernize for the present and the future. As vice president for global public sector at Appian, he works closely with defense and civilian agencies as well as state and local government and education institutions to help them...
A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business has received a potential five-year, $518.8 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide system technical support services for the military branch’s Stryker armored fighting vehicles. Army Contracting Command conducted an online solicitation and received one offer for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the De...
Palm Beach, Florida-based investment firm Kanders & Co. has agreed to acquire certain antenna and test equipment businesses of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) for approximately $200 million. L3Harris said Friday the planned divestment is part of its portfolio-shaping strategy for non-core assets and it expects to use the proceeds from the tran...
