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  • John McCumber Joins (ISC)2 as Cybersecurity Advocacy Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John McCumber Joins (ISC)2 as Cybersecurity Advocacy Director

    John McCumber, former director of Gartner‘s security and risk management consulting practice, has been named director of cybersecurity advocacy at The International Information System Security Certification Consortium, or (ISC)2. He will oversee (ISC)2’s partnership with government, academic and commercial organizations in efforts to promote public-private collaboration, cybersecurity curriculum and legislation designed to help address critical security […] More

  • Raytheon's Bill Leigher: Cybercom Elevation Would Help Establish Cyber as Mainstream Military Skill - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Bill Leigher: Cybercom Elevation Would Help Establish Cyber as Mainstream Military Skill

    Bill Leigher, director of Raytheon‘s government cyber solutions, has said the elevation of the U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command is “a key step” in establishing cyber as a mainstream tactical military skill. President Donald Trump ordered the transition of Cybercom to a unified combatant command on Friday and the Defense Department has taken […] More

  • IronNet CEO Keith Alexander Backs White House Memo on Chinese Trade Practices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IronNet CEO Keith Alexander Backs White House Memo on Chinese Trade Practices

    IronNet Cybersecurity CEO Keith Alexander has expressed support to President Donald Trump’s memorandum on China’s trade practices saying the measure would help put an end to the “theft and forced transfers” of U.S. intellectual property. Trump on Monday signed a presidential memo that directs the U.S. trade representative to decide whether to conduct a formal investigation into […] More

  • Metronome-MobileIron Team Secures DHS SBIR Grant to Develop Mobile Security Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Metronome-MobileIron Team Secures DHS SBIR Grant to Develop Mobile Security Tech

    A MobileIron–Metronome Software team has received a $749,930 grant from the Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate to develop technology for first responders to secure mobile device-based sensor systems. Both companies will work to create a security overlay designed to comply with security and data provenance requirements under the Next Generation First Responder framework, MobileIron said […] More

  • Cybercom to Host Inaugural Industry Day in October - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cybercom to Host Inaugural Industry Day in October

    The U.S. Cyber Command will hold its first industry day on Oct. 27 in Springfield, Virginia, in an effort to exercise its congressional authority to procure cybersecurity technology platforms, MeriTalk reported Wednesday. George “Dennis” Bartko, chief information officer and director of capabilities development group at Cybercom, said the command is interested in integrated technology platforms designed […] More

  • Sylint Receives NSA Cyber Incident Response Assistance Accreditation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sylint Receives NSA Cyber Incident Response Assistance Accreditation

    Sylint Group has received National Security Agency accreditation after the company demonstrated its capacity to deliver cyber incident response services to government agencies, nonprofit organizations and public companies. Sylint said Tuesday it is one of 16 U.S. companies that have obtained NSA’s Cyber Incident Response Assistance accreditation status. Charles Shugg, a Sylint senior partner and retired U.S. […] More

  • BlackBerry Unveils Multi-Platform Encryption Tool for Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Unveils Multi-Platform Encryption Tool for Govt Clients

    BlackBerry has added a new multi-platform encryption tool to the mobile technology firm’s portfolio of cybersecurity offerings designed for the public sector. SecuSUITE for Government is certified by the National Information Assurance Partnership as a voice platform that can support smartphones and tablets with Android, BlackBerry 10 and iOS operating systems, BlackBerry said Thursday. The company added that SecuSUITE […] More

  • NIAP Certifies RSA ID & Access Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIAP Certifies RSA ID & Access Mgmt Platform

    Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary has obtained Common Criteria certification from the National Security Agency-managed National Information Assurance Partnership for the company’s identity and access management platform. RSA said Wednesday its Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.0 platform has met requirements outlined in version 2.1 of NIAP’s Protection Profile for Enterprise Security Management-Identity and Credential Management. The platform is designed to help […] More

  • Cubic Subsidiary Gets NSA Clearance for Cloud Servers With Aruba Virtual Mobility Controller - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cubic Subsidiary Gets NSA Clearance for Cloud Servers With Aruba Virtual Mobility Controller

    A Cubic subsidiary has secured clearance from the National Security Agency to offer its cloud servers with Aruba Networks’ virtual mobility controller as a certified component under the Commercial Solutions for Classified program. The NSA clearance seeks to demonstrate that DTECH Labs’ tactical cloud servers with Aruba VMC met the Common Criteria Protection Profiles’ requirements for operation […] More

  • Deloitte Accredited as FedRAMP 3rd-Party Assessment Organization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deloitte Accredited as FedRAMP 3rd-Party Assessment Organization

    The American Association of Laboratory Accreditation and the management office of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program have accredited Deloitte as a FedRAMP third-party assessment organization. Deloitte said Thursday that it will conduct independent third-party assessments on commercial and public cloud service providers that seek to offer cloud-based services for the federal government. 3PAO […] More

  • Leidos Unveils Managed Threat Detection Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos Unveils Managed Threat Detection Service

    Leidos has launched a managed cybersecurity service offering intended to help security teams detect threats before a breach occurs. The company said Tuesday its Managed Detection and Response service works to identify malicious threats, analyze intrusions and provide intelligence-based actionable guidance to support future prevention efforts. MDR seeks to discover threats at the delivery, exploit, install or command and control stage as well as […] More

  • IronNet's Keith Alexander: Govt-Industry Collaboration Needed to 'De-Risk' Security Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IronNet’s Keith Alexander: Govt-Industry Collaboration Needed to ‘De-Risk’ Security Tools

    Retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, president and CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, has said the government and private sector must work together to fight cyber threats and de-risk security tools that intelligence agencies use against enemies following a ransomware attack that has affected systems worldwide, TechCrunch reported Wednesday. The former National Security Agency director talked about the global “WannaCry” attack […] More