The Office of Management and Budget released a new federal zero trust strategy that requires government agencies to meet robust cybersecurity standards and aims to reinforce federal defense capabilities against a rising number of threats on critical government infrastructure and operations. OMB’s strategy, released via memorandum on Jan. 26, build...
Tenable Holdings (Nasdaq: TENB) has agreed to purchase Cymptom, a cybersecurity startup that specializes in mapping attack paths, in a deal that would add analytics to Tenable’s risk-based vulnerability management platform. The terms of the deal were not disclosed and Tenable said Tuesday it plans to integrate Cymptom’s agentless attack path...
Data analytics and management company Visionist has received a prime contract worth $190 million to help the Department of Defense manage computer network operations. Visionist said Monday it will assemble an initial group of 60 professionals and services to provide a range of technical support services to DOD through the five-year, sole-source aw...
Cybersecurity thought leader Melissa Hathaway, CipherTrace CEO David Jevans, Abaxx Associates CEO Eric Scofield and Amanda Wick, senior investigative counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives, took part in an enlightening panel discussion on identifying virtual asset knowledge gaps, addressing ransomware threats and accelerating the speed of fed...
Rich Wilkinson, director of product marketing for Unanet and a GovCon Expert, has published the second part of his latest feature with Executive Mosaic to shed a light on six sources of pressure that GovCon Expert Rich Wilkinson expects will shape the GovCon business and impact company strategy in the year ahead — and likely...
Thursday’s Digital Currency and National Security Forum, hosted by the Potomac Officers Club, featured a mid-day keynote address from the Honorable Marshall Billingslea, former assistant secretary for terrorist financing at the Department of the Treasury, on how blockchain fits into the broader context of historic human innovation, the national...
Vista Equity Partners and Elliott Management through its private equity arm Evergreen Coast Capital are close to finalizing a potential $13 billion deal to acquire Citrix Systems (Nasdaq: CTXS) and take the cloud computing company private, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday. WSJ cited sources that say an agreement to buy Citrix for $104 per...
Private equity firm Godspeed Capital Management has acquired professional services company Savli Group for an undisclosed sum. Woodbine, Maryland-based Savli Group was founded in 1996 and provides ServiceNow software and information technology automation platforms to Intelligence Community, defense and other federal agencies as an Elite Partner, the...
Executive Mosaic is pleased to unveil Greg Wenzel, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, into the 2022 edition of our Wash100 — a group of the most influential government contracting figures — for his fourth consecutive induction as the 33-year Booz Allen veteran continues to steward growth efforts in the management and informatio...
D-Orbit has agreed to merge with blank check company Breeze Holdings Acquisition (Nasdaq: BREZ) in a transaction that would result in the Italy-based space logistics provider becoming a publicly traded company. The boards of directors of both companies unanimously approved the deal that is expected to wrap up in the second or third quarter of...
