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The accreditation body for the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has issued a request for proposals for a continuous monitoring platform. The RFP posted Wednesday on LinkedIn says that certified third-party assessment organizations, assessors and companies seeking certification will use the continuous monitoring tool to carry out pre-evaluation background research and monitor firms between formal assessments.

Insights from data sets have the potential to help organizations in efforts to comply with the U.S. government's information security requirements such as the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, Federal News Network reported Monday. The Potomac Officers Club will host its CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2. Click here to register for the event.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 25, 2018 — ECS Federal will help develop and manage the Cybersecurity Red and Blue Team initiative as well as the Enterprise Compliance and Continuous Monitoring Support Program at the FBI under a potential $37.7M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. FBI said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday REBL will work to build …

Matt Coose, chief executive officer of Qmulos, a cybersecurity and information technology compliance firm, has said government agencies that aim to build up their cybersecurity posture should adopt data analytics in order to automate the process of converting data into “real-time technical evidence.” Coose wrote that such evidence can help agencies …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 1, 2017 — Amazon Web Services has developed a new service that will work to provide continuous security monitoring and threat detection to AWS cloud accounts and information technology infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that Amazon …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2017 — Vencore‘s research arm will deliver continuous monitoring services to help secure American Electric Power‘s advanced metering infrastructure and distribution automation systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The government contractor said Monday Vencore Labs will deploy the SecureSmart infrastructure monitoring technology to two operating companies within AEP in …

TYSONS CORNER, VA March 24, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — ExecutiveBiz reported Monday on remarks by Tom Romeo, president of Maximus (NYSE: MMS) Federal Services, and Dave McClure, chief strategist at Veris Group, regarding federal agencies’ need to integrate data security into their business processes to avoid risk-centered vulnerabilities. “Finding the right balance is challenging …

Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief systems architect at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has observed that the Department of Homeland Security is moving toward a proactive model to secure cyber systems, he told Federal News Radio in an interview Thursday. Zitz highlighted DHS’ continuous monitoring and diagnostics initiative during a …

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been certified by the General Services Administration and National Institute of Standards and Technology to perform third-party assessments of cloud computing services and products made by companies seeking to provide their tools to agencies. The company’s accredited testing and evaluation laboratories will work with cloud providers to test security …

Seventeen companies have won positions on a potential $6 billion Department of Homeland Security contract covering cybersecurity products and services, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes the General Services Administration is responsible for the continuous monitoring and diagnostics contract and will charge a 2-percent fee for usage. Federal, state, local and …