Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) has established a new federal subsidiary that will work to deliver cybersecurity platforms to the public sector and has appointed executives that will serve on the subsidiary™s board of directors. The company said Monday Mike McConnell, former director of the National Security Agency and head of national intell...
U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a grant to UL to help mitigate security risks for cybersecurity testing of the Internet of Things (IoT) and design gateways for industrial control system (ICS) applications. The DARPA grant will enable UL to identify the main areas of an industrial IoT gateway that re...
Mary Lou Prevost, vice president of state and local government and education at CA Technologies (Nasdaq: CA), has said state government agencies should adopt a single identification system coupled with automation platforms to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens. Prevost wrote that an automation-equipped single ID system could help reduce...
India™s defense ministry looks to purchase $2 billion worth of Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers for six regiments within 18 months, Defense News reported Thursday. The proposed acquisition came five months after the ministry ordered India-made rocket launchers worth approximately $350 million for two regiments. Larsen & Toubro and ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to strengthen the cybersecurity of the federal government that will require National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide a cyber-security process framework that all federal agencies comply with. The White House-released document entitled: “Presidential Executive Orde...
Angie Casper, a 25-year human resources professional, has joined LMI as a senior vice president and chief HR officer at the Tysons, Virginia-based nonprofit government consulting services contractor. LMI said Wednesday she will oversee efforts to integrate HR strategies and processes with the company’s strategic plan as well as ...
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to improve the federal government’s cybersecurity and critical infrastructure, after a spate of high-profile government hackings in recent years, a senior administration official told reporters on a call. “I think the trend is going in the wrong direction on cyberspace,” ...
KeyW Corp. (Nasdaq: KEYW) has named John Sutton, formerly head of Vencore™s defense, civilian and homeland security group, as chief operating officer and 22-year employee care and recruitment professional Marion Ruzecki as chief people officer. Sutton will succeed the departing COO Mark Willard on May 15, KeyW said Wednesday. ...
KBR‘s (NYSE: KBR) government services business has received a five-year, $442 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide engineering services in support of NASA‘s space exploration missions. KBRwyle will support ground systems and operations for more than 20 missions managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Fli...
Dennis Via, a retired U.S. Army general, has joined Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) as a senior executive adviser and fellow for defense futures to help craft the company’s defense market strategy. Booz Allen said Wednesday the more than 36-year military veteran will also work with defense, intelligence and homeland security cli...
