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  • 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

  • Jason Smolanoff Named Kroll Senior Managing Director, Leader for Global Cyber Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jason Smolanoff Named Kroll Senior Managing Director, Leader for Global Cyber Practice

    Jason Smolanoff, a former CEO of CISO Advisory & Investigations and a 12-year FBI veteran, has been appointed senior managing director at Kroll and leader of the company’s  global cyber security practice. Kroll said Tuesday the more than 16-year federal law enforcement and information security veteran previously supervised investigations of various sophisticated computer and network intrusions by state-sponsored organized crime, hacktivists […] More

  • GAMA-1 Holds Spot on Potential $2.5B NOAA IT Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GAMA-1 Holds Spot on Potential $2.5B NOAA IT Contract Vehicle

    GAMA-1 Technologies has been awarded a prime position on a potential a $2.5 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that covers information technology support services for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s strategic IT planning and management effort. GAMA-1 said Tuesday task orders under the NOAALink Small Business contract are  categorized into customer care, infrastructure management, business management, information security and risk management. […] More

  • CACI Receives ISO Certification for Info Security Practices; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Receives ISO Certification for Info Security Practices; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has received certification from the International Organization for Standardization for the company’s information security policies and practices following an external audit on its corporate information technology infrastructure. The ISO 27001 certificate reflects CACI’s compliance with the ISO standard for corporate IT security policies and represents the company’s second enterprise-wide ISO credential since May, CACI said Wednesday. “This […] More

  • Telos to Support DHS Info Security Policy Applications; Ben Taylor Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos to Support DHS Info Security Policy Applications; Ben Taylor Comments

    Telos Corp. has been selected to operate and maintain software applications the Department of Homeland Security procured from the company to implement information security policies and monitor security programs and compliance functions. Telos said Tuesday it will extend support for Xacta Assessment Engine and Xacta Continuum to help DHS manage the agency’s Federal Information Security […] More

  • Dynetics Lands Tennessee Info Security Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics Lands Tennessee Info Security Services Contract

    Dynetics has been awarded a five-year, $2 million contract to provide information security assessment and consulting services for government agencies in the state of Tennessee. The company said Monday it will perform source code reviews, penetration tests and vulnerability/compliance and risk assessments under the contract with Tennessee Department of Finance and Administration. Work will also include information security program assessment, system design, data […] More

  • DHS Certifies Alion Risk Assessment Tool for Federal Facility Usage; Terri Spoonhour Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Certifies Alion Risk Assessment Tool for Federal Facility Usage; Terri Spoonhour Comments

    Alion Science and Technology has received a certification from the Department of Homeland Security’s Interagency Security Committee for the company’s risk assessment tool to use at federal facilities located outside a military base. Alion’s CounterMeasures has been approved to incorporate the DHS ISC standards for security measures and protection from insider threats, Alion said Thursday. “The […] More

  • Tripwire Study Examines Ransomware Recovery Perceptions Among Info Security Pros - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tripwire Study Examines Ransomware Recovery Perceptions Among Info Security Pros

    A new report from Tripwire has revealed that many information security professionals are still apprehensive about ransomware recovery strategies in their organizations. Thirty-four percent of the 220 information security professionals surveyed by Tripwire said they are “very confident” their companies could recover from a ransomware attack with no critical data loss, the security software developer said Thursday. Tripwire conducted the survey […] More

  • QTS Attains PCI DSS v3.1 Certification for Colocation Services at Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    QTS Attains PCI DSS v3.1 Certification for Colocation Services at Dallas-Fort Worth Data Center

    QTS has attained the Payment Card Industry’s Data Security Standard version 3.1 information security certification and attestation of compliance for the company’s colocation services at its data center in Dallas, Texas. The company said Monday the certification makes the Dallas-Fort Worth data center its fourth PCI DSS v3.1 compliant center. QTS added it implemented a network architecture designed to address more than […] More

  • Grant Thornton Joins HITRUST Network to Implement Healthcare Industry Standards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Grant Thornton Joins HITRUST Network to Implement Healthcare Industry Standards

    The nonprofit Health Information Trust Alliance has designated Grant Thornton as a HITRUST CSF Assessor to help promote information security and privacy standards for the healthcare industry. Grant Thornton said Tuesday that designation grants the firm authority to offer services through the HITRUST CSF privacy and security framework designed to help address healthcare organizations’ security, privacy and regulatory challenges. David Reitzel, […] More

  • Parsons to Present at Two Info Security Conferences; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons to Present at Two Info Security Conferences; Mary Ann Hopkins Comments

    Parsons is scheduled to present at the Black Hat USA 2016 and DEF CON 24 conferences on information security in Las Vegas during the month of August. At the Black Hat conference scheduled July 30 through August 4, the company will demonstrate its smart city technology designed to help identify cyber vulnerabilities in critical infrastructures, Parsons […] More

  • Tripwire: 54% of Global IT Security Pros Forecast Little Cyber Impact From US Election - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tripwire: 54% of Global IT Security Pros Forecast Little Cyber Impact From US Election

    A Tripwire survey says 54 percent of information security professionals believe the November U.S. presidential election would not have a negative impact on global cybersecurity. Tripwire said Tuesday it polled 400 information security executives that attended Infosecurity Europe 2016 from June 7 to June 9 at the Olympia Conference Centre in London. “Given the difficulties in passing effective cybersecurity legislation and […] More