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Executive Mosaic is honored to introduce Craig Abod, president of Carahsoft Technology, as a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award, the most coveted and prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon). This marks the seventh consecutive year that Abod has won the award and been recognized for his commitment …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 16, 2021 — The Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS) Internet Access gateway has been prioritized for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program's high impact level certification through FedRAMP Connect, ExecutiveBiz reported Feb 3.

Vertosoft, a company focused on driving emerging technology growth in the government, announced today that their partner Zimperium has been named an approved vendor under the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule 70. Zimperium is a global leader in mobile device and app security, offering the only real-time, on-device, machine learning-based protection against Android, iOS, and Chromebooks threats.

Global alternative asset firm TPG has agreed to purchase a majority stake in Centrify from Thoma Bravo for an undisclosed sum in a move to help Centrify expand its presence in the privileged access management and identity security market. Art Gilliland, formerly head of Symantec Enterprise, will succeed Flint Brenton as CEO of Centrify as part of the transaction.

Alan Lawrence, vice president of federal at Dell Technologies‘ (NYSE: DELL) Boomi business, said government agencies should shift their focus from maintaining legacy information technology systems and applications to advancing IT modernization to improve data security, employee and customer engagement and mission outcomes. “Data has become a valuable asset and …

Maximus (NYSE: MMS) and Daly City, California-based cloud and artificial intelligence company Genesys released a report stating that most government organizations see the long-term benefits of implementing Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-approved cloud technologies.

The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program office has outlined its approach to incorporate the National Institute of Standards and Technology's federal information system security and privacy controls into the government's cloud computing initiative.

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to launch a competition for a potential $100M contract to provide infrastructure hosting services in cloud environments run by Amazon Web Services and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT). 

Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), said the Trusted Internet Connections 3.0 draft guidance could help agencies remove barriers to cloud adoption and ensure cloud security through a zero-trust approach.

Ashok Sankar, director of industry marketing, public sector and education at Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK), said agencies moving to the cloud to accommodate remote work should have granular visibility into data in order to generate security and operational insights.