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  • INSA Names 26 Members of Newly Formed Advisory Committee - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Names 26 Members of Newly Formed Advisory Committee

    The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has created an advisory committee to offer recommendations and guidance on events, policies and other matters related to INSA and its charitable organization. INSA said Tuesday the panel consists of 26 members who have held senior-level roles within the government or industry and previously served on former INSA advisory […] More

  • Executive Spotlight: Interview with Robin Lineberger, Deloitte's Global and U.S. Aerospace & Defense Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Spotlight: Interview with Robin Lineberger, Deloitte’s Global and U.S. Aerospace & Defense Lead

    “Mark my words: A combination of airplane and motorcar is coming. You may smile. But it will come.” –Henry Ford, 1940 The future is here, and with the advent of unmanned aerial systems, autonomous vehicles and the impossibly well-connected Internet of Things, that which was science fiction is now science fact–do not be afraid. The […] More

  • FBI Vet James Turgal Joins Deloitte as Cyber Risk Services Practice Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FBI Vet James Turgal Joins Deloitte as Cyber Risk Services Practice Managing Director

    James Turgal, former executive assistant director of the FBI‘s information and technology branch, has been appointed as a managing director within the cyber risk services practice at  Deloitte‘s risk and financial advisory segment. He will advise clients on cyber incident response, cyber war-gaming and cyber resilience, Deloitte said Tuesday. In his previous role, Turgal oversaw all applications, […] More

  • CBP Adopts Graph Platform From Deloitte-DataStax Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Adopts Graph Platform From Deloitte-DataStax Alliance

    The Customs and Border Protection has implemented a graph technology from the Deloitte–DataStax partnership to support the agency’s data analytics and visualization activities, GCN reported. Matt Rollender, vice president for global business development and channels at DataStax, told the publication that CBP uses the MissionGraph tool in efforts to detect threat actors by analyzing relationships between […] More

  • EY Selected as SAIC's Next Audit Services Provider - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    EY Selected as SAIC’s Next Audit Services Provider

    Science Applications International Corp. has chosen EY to serve as the independent public accounting firm for the McLean, Virginia-based government contractor’s next fiscal year ending Feb. 1, 2019. SAIC said Friday the audit committee of its board of directors made the decision after the panel completed a competitive evaluation of multiple independent registered accounting firms. Deloitte is contracted to audit SAIC’s 2018 fiscal […] More

  • Deloitte, Sqrrl Form Cyber Threat Hunting Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte, Sqrrl Form Cyber Threat Hunting Partnership

    Deloitte has partnered with Sqrrl to offer a cybersecurity service to customers in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Sqrrl said Thursday its technology platform will support Deloitte’s managed threat hunting service at a security operations center for the EMEA region. Cesar Martin Lara, a partner at Deloitte’s cyber risk services practice in Spain, said Sqrrl’s platform is designed […] More

  • Deloitte Wins $62M DHA Program Mgmt Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Wins $62M DHA Program Mgmt Support Contract

    Deloitte Consulting has won a potential five-year, $62.4 million contract to provide  program management services to Defense Health Agency requirement managers for governance, requirements and architecture management support. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company will help DHA manage the Military Health System’s information management and technology portfolio activities as well as develop MHS IM/IT functional requirements. Work […] More

  • Deloitte-Educause Report: NIST SP 800-171 Calls for Higher Education Institutions to Make Data Mgmt Changes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte-Educause Report: NIST SP 800-171 Calls for Higher Education Institutions to Make Data Mgmt Changes

    A new report by Deloitte and nonprofit organization Educause says higher education institutions that aim to maintain their federal research contracts and grants should introduce changes to their data management practices as they comply with the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s federal data protection rules. NIST’s Special Publication 800-171 includes requirements that seek to […] More

  • Deloitte-SEA Survey: Senior Execs Say Federal Agencies Fail to Attract, Retain Top Talent - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte-SEA Survey: Senior Execs Say Federal Agencies Fail to Attract, Retain Top Talent

    A new survey by Deloitte and the Senior Executives Association has found that federal agency senior executives said they believe their agencies struggle to retain and attract highly talented individuals. Deloitte said Wednesday it partnered with SEA to poll 753 career senior leaders from 26 federal agencies in June for the State of Federal Career […] More

  • SAP Unveils Initial Partners for Blockchain Co-Innovation Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP Unveils Initial Partners for Blockchain Co-Innovation Program

    SAP SE has announced the initial list of partners that will participate in a blockchain co-innovation program which aims to provide an opportunity for participants to explore the applications of blockchain technologies. The SAP Leonardo Blockchain Co-Innovation program looks to integrate a digital ledger system onto digital supply chain, Internet of Things and manufacturing services, SAP […] More

  • Raytheon's Josh Douglas Outlines Common Cloud Migration Mistakes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Josh Douglas Outlines Common Cloud Migration Mistakes

    Josh Douglas, Raytheon‘s chief strategy officer for cyber services, has listed the common errors organizations commit as they migrate to a cloud computing platform. Douglas said in a press release published Tuesday that the errors include the failure to check old code for vulnerabilities, segregate systems and conduct red-teaming activities, where security consultants attempt to breach systems […] More

  • Reports: Deloitte Hack Compromises Company Email Server - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: Deloitte Hack Compromises Company Email Server

    Deloitte has been a target of a cyber attack that compromised the accounting firm’s global email server through the use of an “administrator’s account” to gain access, The Guardian reported Monday. The report said Deloitte learned of the security breach in March and that hacking activities could have started since October 2016 and appeared to home […] More