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  • NIC's Jayne Friedland Holland: Fusion Centers Can Help Agencies Combat Hacktivism - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIC’s Jayne Friedland Holland: Fusion Centers Can Help Agencies Combat Hacktivism

    Jayne Friedland Holland, chief security officer at information services provider NIC, has said fusion centers can help government agencies defend against hacktivism and other cyber crimes through intelligence data sharing. Holland wrote in a guest post published Wednesday on GCN the intelligence gathering entities share a similar cybersecurity mission with government, law enforcement and private organizations. She noted that fusion centers are funded through a […] More

  • Leidos to Offer Healthcare IT, Cyber Services via GSA Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos to Offer Healthcare IT, Cyber Services via GSA Schedule 70

    The General Services Administration has selected Leidos to provide healthcare information technology and cybersecurity services to customer agencies via the company’s position on the IT Schedule 70 governmentwide contract vehicle. Leidos said Wednesday the multiple-award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract will run through Dec. 12, 2032, and has no price ceiling limit. Gerry Fasano, chief of business development and strategy at Leidos, said the expanded […] More

  • DoD Tests Info Assurance Capacity of Unify's Enterprise Comm Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Tests Info Assurance Capacity of Unify’s Enterprise Comm Platform

    The Defense Department‘s Joint Interoperability Test Command has tested the interoperability and information assurance capacity of Unify‘s carrier-grade enterprise communication system. Unify said Tuesday its OpenScape Voice platform is designed to comply with DoD’s Assured Services Session Initiation Protocol and cybersecurity requirements. The Defense Information Systems Agency recommended that DoD include the OpenScape Voice offering on the department’s approved […] More

  • Northrop Delivers Fifth AEHF Satellite Payload to Lockheed; Cyrus Dhalla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Delivers Fifth AEHF Satellite Payload to Lockheed; Cyrus Dhalla Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received a fifth payload comprised of anti-jamming, cyber attack protection, detection and intercept technologies from Northrop Grumman under a U.S. Air Force satellite program that aims to facilitate communications between military leaders and the White House. Northrop said Monday the payload it developed for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite will undergo space vehicle level integration ahead of the fifth […] More

  • HPS Secures DHS Info Security Consultation Subcontract; Rachel McCleave Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HPS Secures DHS Info Security Consultation Subcontract; Rachel McCleave Comments

    Base One Technologies has awarded Hancock and Poole Security a three-year subcontract to provide consultation services to the Department of Homeland Security as part of efforts to help DHS secure information systems. HPS said Friday the information security consultation work falls under a task order awarded through DHS’ Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading-Edge Solutions II  vehicle and supports the DHS headquarters construction project at the St. Elizabeth’s […] More

  • InfoReliance Wins Marine Training Program Support Recompete - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    InfoReliance Wins Marine Training Program Support Recompete

    InfoReliance has won a three-year, $16 million contract to help the U.S. Marine Corps manage an enterprise training program designed to support missions of the service branch’s training and education command. The company said Monday it will also continue to support development and enhancement of the Marine Corps Training Information Management System under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity recompete contract. “This win […] More

  • Engility to Help Update DoD's Systems Engineering Acquisition Policy, Guidance; Lynn Dugle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Help Update DoD’s Systems Engineering Acquisition Policy, Guidance; Lynn Dugle Comments

    Engility has received a potential $42 million initial task order to assist the Office of the Secretary of Defense in efforts to develop, update and disseminate systems engineering acquisition policy and guidance across the Defense Department. The company said Monday the task order has a nine-month base period and four one-year options and will include strategic studies in the areas cybersecurity, […] More

  • Microsoft's New Facility to Help Public, Private Sector Clients Address Cyber Threats in Latin America - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft’s New Facility to Help Public, Private Sector Clients Address Cyber Threats in Latin America

    Microsoft has opened a Mexico-based Cybersecurity Engagement Center as part of the company’s commitment to help government and enterprise customers in Latin America address information technology security threats. The company said Friday it established the facility to support efforts against cyber crimes such as Botnet schemes in the region, facilitate collaboration between cybersecurity professionals and Microsoft specialists and develop training programs meant […] More

  • MDA Taps Raytheon to Develop Automated Assessment Tool for Wargame Weapons - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Taps Raytheon to Develop Automated Assessment Tool for Wargame Weapons

    Raytheon has received a contract to develop an automated tool for the Missile Defense Agency to assess the effectiveness of missiles, interceptors, cyber and electronic warfare weapons in wargames. The company said Thursday it will create the tool as part of the Coordinated Cyber/Electronic Warfare Integrated Fires program that seeks to evaluate the probabilities of success in a wargame scenario […] More

  • BAE Seeks to Build Up Workforce as UK Launches Cybersecurity Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Seeks to Build Up Workforce as UK Launches Cybersecurity Hub

    BAE Systems plans to add 80 additional cyber graduates to its workforce this year and collaborate with CyLon in a push to develop cyber capabilities in the British aerospace and defense company’s supply chain. BAE said Tuesday the move seeks to address future demand in cyber skills with the launch of the U.K. government’s National Cyber Security Center. The center […] More

  • Seagate, Fornetix Integrate Hard Drive, Data Encryption Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Seagate, Fornetix Integrate Hard Drive, Data Encryption Offerings

    Seagate Technology has integrated its hard disk and solid state drive products with Fornetix‘s encryption key management software and service offerings in an effort to help federal customers secure data against cyber threats. The integrated offering combines Seagate-built drives that comply with Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 140-2 and the Key Orchestration platform Fornetix designed to help users manage the digital keys […] More

  • Blumberg Capital Survey: 72% of US Adults Rank Foreign Espionage as Top Govt Cybersecurity Concern - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blumberg Capital Survey: 72% of US Adults Rank Foreign Espionage as Top Govt Cybersecurity Concern

    Seventy-two percent of 1,012 U.S. adults who responded to a Blumberg Capital-backed survey have rank foreign espionage as the biggest cybersecurity threat facing the U.S. government. The 2017 State of Cybersecurity survey was conducted in collaboration with Researchscape and examined adults’ perception of cybersecurity challenges agencies, businesses and consumers face, Blumberg Capital said Wednesday. Twenty-three percent of respondents said they […] More