Mike McConnell, former director of national intelligence, has joined Securonix as a member of the company’s senior advisory board. McConnell is a retired military officer and has served as chairman of the board of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance before former President George W. Bush appointed him as director of national intelligence in 2007, […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton executives wrote in an article published Thursday on The New England Journal of Medicine that federal health care agencies should leverage data science tools and lessons from the intelligence community to optimize big data in order to improve care quality and reduce costs. Steve Escaravage, a senior vice president and head of Booz Allen’s digital, analytics and strategy practice, co-wrote the piece with Kevin Vigilante, an executive VP and a health business leader at the company; and Mike McConnell, a senior executive adviser at Booz Allen.

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The Defense Department has selected a Plurilock-built technology platform to help secure DoD’s workplace computers from cybersecurity threats. Plurilock said Thursday that DoD will implement the BioTracker workplace continuous authentication technology the company designed for combat support missions. The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental organization will team up with Plurilock to help the department strengthen its information security through the […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton and the Florida Center for Cybersecurity hosted a cybersecurity breach simulation exercise for more than 60 senior public- and private-sector leaders at the University of South Florida on Oct. 13. The partners said Tuesday the exercise sought to highlight the relevance of cybersecurity to C-level and boardroom executives and efforts to bolster internal communications and cross-sector coordination in support […] More

Carlos Fernandes serves as director of Salient Federal Solutions‘ Cyber Security Center of Excellence and recently wrote an op-ed piece for the Insurance Technology Association. The more-than 21-year information security veteran was the founder, managing principal and CEO of Agile Cybersecurity Solutions prior to joining Salient. The Air Force veteran has also held leadership roles at CACI, L-3, Booz Allen […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 15, 2021 — Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, and three other government and industry leaders have joined the board of directors of Two Six Technologies to help the company pursue its strategic goals and further develop national security offerings to clients, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday.

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Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and security segment, has said the company is “on the cusp of delivery” of the first 18 KC-46 air refueling tanker aircraft to the U.S. Air Force this year, the Seattle Times reported Thursday. “We have an entire fleet of tankers here and as we get […] More