Tag Archives: cloud security

David Egts, chief technologist for North America public sector at Red Hat, said he believes more companies will pursue Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification in calendar year 2020 as the process gets easier, Federal News Network reported Monday.

Eric Trexler, vice president of global governments and critical infrastructure sales at Forcepoint, has said that federal agencies’ cloud migration plans should include ensuring security through behavioral analytics and network visibility.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 6, 2019 — A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has partnered with Bitglass in an effort to integrate cloud access security broker platforms designed to deliver zero-day data protection to government and other customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. Under an original equipment manufacturer agreement, General Dynamics …

Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has said agencies that aim to create secure cloud environments should merge controls under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and the Trusted Internet Connections initiative. “Users should be able to access the cloud via a …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 9, 2018 — Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO) has secured a moderate-level authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its Cloudlock cloud security product, ExecutiveBiz reported. Nick Michaelides, vice president of U.S. federal sales at Cisco and a 2018 Wash100 recipient, wrote in …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 22, 2018 — Amazon Web Services has designated Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) part of its AWS Partner Network Security Competency roster for the latter’s work to develop cloud-based products designed to support customer security projects, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Booz Allen said Thursday the APN Security Competency status …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 14, 2017 — Engility (NYSE: EGL) plans to leverage its Cloud Ascend platform in efforts to drive security strategies for cloud computing environments as a new member of the Cloud Security Alliance, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday it will also work to bring cybersecurity and enterprise …

Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 8, 2017 — Sam Gordy, general manager of IBM‘s federal business, has been selected for this year’s Executive Mosaic Wash100, for his leadership in cloud security. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector executives selected by Executive Mosaic’s organizational and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 8, 2016 — Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) will offer Booz Allen Hamilton‘s (NYSE: BAH) cloud security suite on the Azure Government marketplace in an effort to provide public customers with cloud workload protection and security services, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Booz Allens’ Virtual Cloud Defense suite will help organizations …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 3, 2016 — Carahsoft has agreed to serve as Zscaler‘s master government market aggregator and offer the latter’s cloud security platform to public clients through the contract vehicles run by the General Services Administration and NASA, ExecutiveBiz said Wednesday. Zscaler’s Internet Security Platform works to encompass secure web gateways, cloud …