Kroll chairman William J. Bratton recently participated in the launch of the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Homeland Security Group in Washington, D.C. The former NYPD and LAPD police chief is a member of the group and was selected as so due to his experience and expertise in U.S. law enforcement and international security. Featured at [...]
CGI’s Donna Morea was named ‘Woman of the Year’ by Learning for Life and the National Capital Area Council Boy Scouts of America. San Fransisco’s systems administrator was found guilty of tampering with government computers. Orbital Sciences and L-3 won Navy deals. This cyber criminal got jail time and a $2.5 million fine at his [...]
Michael Chertoff joined the board of directors at BAE. Raytheon named Dave Jensen VP of communications for IIS. A hacker was sentenced to 20 years in prison…twice. Email users continue to open spam. This laser could keep hackers at bay. Congress put the brakes on cyber command. GSA launched its “better buy” pilot. Happy National [...]
General Dynamics secured a deal to support the FAA’s FAVES program. Northrop Grumman’s Paul K. Russell will lead their new space business unit. ATMs are an inviting target for cyber criminals. Michael Chertoff commented on the lessons learned from CyberShockwave. The Zeus botnet has been disrupted by Spanish police. The FDA wants regulation of online [...]
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, [...]
Change of administration is always a challenging time for government contracting as the markets realign in anticipation of where spending will flow and how to best position for the upcoming priorities. The Obama administration change is no exception with Military shifting from hard resources to soft, traditional defense firms shifting from projecting physical space to [...]
In the years he was in government, Michael Chertoff dealt with “every kind of crisis and emergency known to man” — his words. That’s no exaggeration. First came Sept. 11, then Enron, then Katrina. Those experiences left Chertoff with two key lessons about national security — and the former Secretary of Homeland Security shared them [...]
