John Ustica, president and CEO of Siemens Government Technologies and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said the Defense Business Board’s February report includes recommendations that call for the Department of Defense to invest in digital infrastructure, promote a culture of innovation and create clear governance frameworks to facilitate data sharing w...
Leslie Beavers, a 2024 Wash100 awardee, announced on LinkedIn that she has been named acting chief information officer at the Department of Defense. Beavers previously held the position of principal deputy CIO at the Pentagon. Before becoming part of the office of the CIO, she served as the director of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance e...
Institute for Defense Analyses has secured a potential five-year, $1.42 billion contract from the Washington Headquarters Services to provide research, analyses, test and evaluation support to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, combatant commands and defense agencies. The company will help maintain a comprehensive evaluation of...
Randy Resnick, director of the Zero Trust Portfolio Management Office within the Department of Defense’s Office of the Chief Information Officer, accepted his 2024 Wash100 Award during the Potomac Officers Club’s 2024 Cyber Summit. Executive Mosaic CEO and Wash100 Founder Jim Garrettson presented the recognition. The Wash100 Award is t...
Maj. Gen. Paul Stanton, commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Gordon, has been nominated by President Joe Biden to become the director of the Defense Information Systems Agency. The nomination also covers Stanton’s appointment to the grade of lieutenant general and as commander of the Joint Forces Headquarte...
There has been very little resistance to funding and beginning to implement the Department of Defense’s zero trust cybersecurity strategy, according to Deputy Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity and Senior Information Security Officer David McKeown. This, however, is not as much the case with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, th...
A mechanical engineer by training, Scott Aken has navigated a fascinating route to his current role as president and CEO of network intelligence provider Axellio. He began his career in the commercial sector during the dot-com boom in the late 1990s, where he worked for the sole domain name company. Cybercriminals who made attempts on...
In its 2022 Zero Trust Strategy, the Department of Defense set a goal to achieve full zero trust implementation by 2027, a target David McKeown, deputy chief information officer for cybersecurity and senior information security officer for the DOD, described in February as “super aggressive.” The Pentagon has remained on schedule as it works to...
The federal government, with its multitude of resources, sensitive data and valuable assets, is an obvious target for cybercriminals. But surveys show that even small businesses are being inconvenienced and compromised by breaches and attacks — nearly 50 percent of those surveyed by payroll technology company Sage reported victimhood to cyber...
The ability to quickly exchange information is a determining factor of success on today’s battlefield, and achieving seamless connectivity requires a strong arsenal of network technologies. Advancing these capabilities has become a core part of the Department of Defense’s modernization strategy in recent years, and its FutureG Office is leading ...
