Hello, Guest!

Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage

Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage

Advanced Search
Showing 1-12 of 135

U.S. government spending on cybersecurity capabilities have focused more on innovation rather than interoperability, which sets back the efficiency of their cyber infrastructure, said Drew Epperson, vice president of federal engineering at Palo Alto Networks. He compared the best-of-breed approach with the platform approach, noting that federal agencies are beginning to learn to adopt unified and integrated platforms for IT defense.

Join the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Cyber Summit on June 6. Register here to save your seat among cyber experts, industry leaders and government officials specializing in IT defense.

More

Drew Epperson, vice president for federal engineering at Palo Alto Networks, said the move to zero trust backed by the adoption of automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning tools could enable public sector organizations to provide a better user experience. In a video interview posted on the Carahsoft website, Epperson cited how the use of a cloud-based secure access service edge platform could benefit remote users when it comes to accessing applications.

More
Carahsoft Technology has added Palo Alto Networks to its Distributor Seller of Record program to streamline the procurement process for the latter’s cybersecurity offerings available in Amazon Web Services’ digital catalog. The network and cloud security product suite of Palo Alto Networks is now available to public sector customers through AWS Marketplace with the company’s […] More
Carahsoft Technology has added Palo Alto Networks to its Distributor Seller of Record program to streamline the procurement process for the latter's cybersecurity offerings available in Amazon Web Services' digital catalog. The network and cloud security product suite of Palo Alto Networks is now available to public sector customers through AWS Marketplace with the company's addition to the DSOR program. More
Verizon Business has launched a full-spectrum private 5G network for the VA Palo Alto Health Care System under a partnership with the Department of Veterans Affairs aimed at boosting veteran care with 5G technologies. This milestone is a step forward for the alliance between Verizon and VA, which previously resulted in the establishment of commercial in-building 5G […] More
Palo Alto Networks has received Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization from the Department of Defense for its Prisma Access firewall as a service. The provisional IL5 allows defense organizations to use Prisma in implementing zero trust cybersecurity strategy, the company said Wednesday. Prisma Access is designed to provide next-generation firewall and domain name system security, […] More
Cybersecurity industry veteran Eric Trexler is motivated by the complementary forces of technology and business. He began his career as an airborne ranger and communications specialist in the U.S. Army before pivoting to the private sector, holding roles of increasing responsibility at companies such as EMC (now owned by Dell), Salesforce, McAfee, Forcepoint, and now Palo Alto Networks. The […] More
ThunderCat Technology, a reseller of information technology platforms and services to the government sector, will distribute Palo Alto Networks’ internet operations management offerings to the Department of Defense. The multi-year deal covers artificial intelligence-driven products, including attack surface management technology Cortex Xpanse designed to enable users to identify and mitigate cyber attack surface risks, Palo […] More
Dana Barnes, senior vice president for U.S. public sector at Palo Alto Networks and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, has shared that the company is continuing its investment in delivering integrated platform of capabilities to government agencies in an effort to help them gain a complete cybersecurity perspective. In an interview with CyberScoop, Barnes said […] More
Executive Mosaic has presented GovCon Expert Dana Barnes, senior vice president of public sector at Palo Alto Networks, his 2022 Wash100 Award in recognition of his leadership in zero trust implementation in the federal sector. This marks the second consecutive time that Barnes was included in Executive Mosaic’s annual list of the most notable executives […] More
Palo Alto Networks has found that threat actors have been using a custom backdoor called SockDetour to target U.S. defense contractors. The company said Thursday SockDetour functions as a backup backdoor in the event that the first backdoor is removed and is hard to detect because it “operates filelessly and socketlessly on compromised Windows servers.” […] More
Mike Hurt, vice president of Federal at Palo Alto Networks, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz for the publication’s latest Executive Spotlight interview detailing his growth strategy for the company as well as driving its winning culture and delivering next-level solutions for its clients. In addition, Hurt also discussed the challenges of end-point security for federal agencies, cyber […] More
Back to Top

Log In

Forgot password?

Forgot password?

Enter your account data and we will send you a link to reset your password.

Your password reset link appears to be invalid or expired.

Log in

Privacy Policy

To use social login you have to agree with the storage and handling of your data by this website.