Tag Archives: cybersecurity

Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) landed a potential $450M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the General Services Administration to provide technology platforms and services for both special operations and general purpose forces. U.S. military personnel can order equipment to support communications, security, operational and intelligence functions through the Rapid Migration of Command, Control, Communications …

By Light Professional IT Services has acquired cyber training services contractor Metova Federal for an undisclosed sum. “This acquisition will allow us to expand and diversify our cyber offering to better serve our customers,” Bob Donahue, CEO and founder of By Light, said in a statement published Friday. Cabot, Ark.-based Metova Federal provides …

Richard Hill, a board member at Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) since January, has been named interim president and CEO of the Mountain View, Calif.-based cybersecurity company. He replaces Greg Clark, who stepped down after three years at the helm, as the company begins its search for a full-time CEO, Symantec said …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 9, 2019 — Shamlan Siddiqi, chief technology officer of NTT Data‘s public sector business, said government agencies should advance information technology modernization, which he believes has become a necessity in order to address citizen needs, with a focus on six areas, ExecutiveBiz reported April 30. Siddiqi …

Nine companies have won potential seven-year contracts to provide technical, management and professional services in support of the U.S. Navy’s cyber space operations. The Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific received 18 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, which cover support for interoperability of systems and capabilities at tactical, strategic and operational …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 7, 2019 — The Raytheon-sponsored (NYSE: RTN) National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition awarded a team from the University of Virginia last month as the 2019 champion of the cybersecurity contest, ExecutiveBiz reported April 26. The company said April 26 the university repeats as the winner of …

T-Rex Solutions has promoted Seth Moore, former chief operating officer, to be the new chief executive officer of the company, T-Rex Solutions announced on Tuesday. Moore will be responsible for all day-to-day operations and the implementation of the company’s strategy. The executive move will become effective on May 1, 2019 …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 30, 2019 — Nick Jovanovic, vice president of the federal division of Thales‘ eSecurity business, said best practices such as encryption and access control will work to help federal agencies bolster efforts to protect data and counter identity theft, ExecutiveBiz reported April 17. Jovanovic wrote in …

Anthony Robbins, vice president for the North American public sector at NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA), has said the federal government should make contributions across data, computing infrastructure and training areas in order to harness the potential of artificial intelligence. Robbins wrote the U.S. government should train engineers in data science and deep …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 26, 2019 — Jon Check, senior director of cyber protection solutions at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, said chief information security officers at government agencies should review their priorities, hiring approach and cyber resources to fully utilize their allocated funds, ExecutiveBiz reported April …