With the recent attempted terror attack in New York City, the failed underwear bomber attack and the shooting at Fort Hood, Tx., the threat of terrorism continues to be a central focus for the United States. In response, President Barack Obama released his National Security Strategy, which outlines the major national security concerns and how [...]
Michael Chertoff, former Bush Administration Department of Homeland Security Secretary and founder of The Chertoff Group, spoke at a Potomac Officers Club luncheon event a few weeks back to discuss with top executives the growing market of cybersecurity applications and where he sees the future of cybersecurity headed. Chertoff spoke of the need to engage, [...]
Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) spoke to us recently about Capitol Hill’s view of government contractors, what jobs he feels are best left inside the government, compensation for procurement personnel, CIO Kundra’s federal dashboard, and more. Moran told us what the new Armed Services bill means for IT RFPs, and weighed in on who the new Cyber [...]
Not only does DynCorp provide critical military infrastructure, they provide the human fuel. An army marches on its stomach, and Bill Ballhaus and DynCorp will take on the Taliban by feeding and clothing a swelling number of U.S. troops in volatile Southern Afghanistan. This week saw the deadliest combat in the region since the Taliban was toppled in [...]
The post-9-11 world requires a different approach to cybersecurity — we all know that. Knowing what to do about it is the hard part. That’s where Dan Chenok comes in. By day, Chenok is a senior vice president and general manager at Pragmatics, Inc. Chenok has also served on several prominent boards, including the Technology [...]
According to Wall St. Journal reporter Bret Stephens, 2008 winner of the Eric Breindel Awardfor Excellence in Journalism, Cyber-threats have the potential to pose a pernicious impact equivalent in numbers to an atomic bomb. Perhaps the outpouring of recent news stories on cyber crime has anesthetized much of the public, but our government says it is hard at work [...]
ExecutiveBiz members have had the pleasure of interacting with a long line of IT thought leaders. One of note is Chris Rasmussen, a great advocate for information sharing and collaboration within the federal space and a master of the use of new tools to get groups working together on hard problems (read more about Chris [...]
