Russo-American tensions are flaring over cybersecurity. The US wants an expansion of talks similar to the 2004 Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime, signed by 22 nations (editorial note: neither Russia or China signed). The US-backed agreement would criminalize cyberattacks and focus on the individual crimes. On the other hand, Russia wants a treaty banning [...]
Last we reported, Bob Coleman was getting ready to start his own company, Six3 Systems, which specializes in providing national security and defense intelligence services. Now comes word that Six3 Systems and GTCR, one of the nation’s leading private equity firms, have announced plans to acquire Harding Security Associates, Inc. HSA is a provider of [...]
We brought our camera to the Ritz-Carlton in Tysons on Thursday for the Ernst & Young Executive of the Year awards. Federal CIO Vivek Kundra and CTO Aneesh Chopra took a break from their marathon push to meet the administration’s ambitious IT goals to congratulate industry leaders and take in some top-notch surf-and-turf (or, in [...]
While Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) has emerged as a highly compelling application delivery model for Public sector organizations, it has also presented government decision makers with a heady challenge. Federal agencies striving for security and compliance assurance are still struggling to leverage SaaS while maintaining the required security, policies, visibility and accountability. It was in the context [...]
Cyber Community in 5 easy steps? OK, maybe the steps aren’t that easy, but they can simplify and improve your focus on building a more cooperative and efficient cybersecurity model across industry and government. Mark Gerencser is the author of the well known book Megacommunities and the following is taken from his recent ExecutiveBiz interview: Click here for [...]
It’s official: Walt Havenstein has been named CEO of SAIC, the scientific, engineering, and technology applications company with 45,000 employees. Havenstein will become CEO on September 21. He will also become member of SAIC’s board of directors. Havenstein most recently served as chief operating officer and member of the board of directors for BAE Systems [...]
Walt Havenstein has just resigned as director and chief operating officer of BAE Systems, plc, and has stepped down as president and CEO of BAE Systems, Inc., a fully-owned subsidiary of the global company. Havenstein’s resignation will take effect Friday, June 26, and he will leave BAE Systems, Inc., this coming September. Meanwhile, BAE reports [...]
