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  • Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform

    Qualys has unveiled a cloud platform designed to help federal agencies comply with the requirements of an executive order that seeks to build up the cybersecurity posture of the federal government’s networks and U.S. critical infrastructure. The EO signed by President Donald Trump in May requires agencies to manage cyber risks through the adoption of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s […] More

  • NIST Awards First Responder Broadband Tech R&D Grant to Sonim Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Awards First Responder Broadband Tech R&D Grant to Sonim Technologies

    Sonim Technologies has received a $1.4 million grant from the public safety communications research division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to research, develop, produce and test broadband technologies for emergency communications. Sonim said Monday it will collaborate with Nemergent Solutions to create an open source push-to-talk system that can operate with current narrowband equipment. “Our goal is to […] More

  • Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accellion Obtains FedRAMP Certification for Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Tool

    Accellion has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program  certification to offer a cloud-based content collaboration system to federal agencies. The FedRAMP moderate-impact level authorization seeks to facilitate the deployment of Accellion’s kiteworks content collaboration tool on Amazon Web Services’ Cloud platform to help government employees access and transmit sensitive data files, Accellion said Monday. “Earning […] More

  • VA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud Managed Services Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud Managed Services Sources

    The Department of Veterans Affairs has asked information on potential industry sources of cloud managed support services as VA plans to move to the cloud to facilitate the delivery of services to military retirees. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says VA wants data on potential vendors that can provide professional, governance and operational support to […] More

  • Carahsoft to Serve as Govt Sector Distributor of Seagate-Developed Encryption Tech; Craig Abod Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Serve as Govt Sector Distributor of Seagate-Developed Encryption Tech; Craig Abod Comments

    Carahsoft will offer encryption devices from Seagate‘s government solutions business unit in the government market as a public sector distributor. The two companies said Thursday that Seagate’s Trade Agreements Act-compliant self-encrypting drives were developed to help clients address security risks meet regulatory compliance and provide transparency. Seagate offers disk drives that have received the FIPS 140-2 Level 2 […] More

  • MeriTalk: Tech Industry Execs Laud Trump's Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MeriTalk: Tech Industry Execs Laud Trump’s Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order

    Some executives at Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary, Symantec and Palo Alto Networks have expressed their support for President Donald Trump’s draft cybersecurity executive order, MeriTalk reported Thursday. Morgan Lynch writes Jeff Greene, senior director of global government affairs and policy at Symantec, said that the draft indicates Trump plans to build on the Obama administration’s cybersecurity efforts. Greene added […] More

  • FIDO Alliance Urges NIST to Put Authentication Sub-Category in Cyber Framework Update - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FIDO Alliance Urges NIST to Put Authentication Sub-Category in Cyber Framework Update

    The FIDO Alliance has called on the National Institute of Standards and Technology to add a sub-category on authentication when the agency updates its Cybersecurity Framework. Brett McDowell, executive director of FIDO Alliance, wrote in an article published Monday the group wants NIST to clarify language and explicitly require multi-factor authentication in the next framework update. Explicit recommendation of […] More

  • Joe Berger: WWT Offers Cisco's Hosted Collaboration Platform to Federal Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joe Berger: WWT Offers Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Platform to Federal Customers

    World Wide Technology has begun to offer Cisco‘s hosted collaboration platform to the former’s federal clients. Joe Berger, director of WWT’s collaboration practice, wrote in a blog entry posted Monday that Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Solution for Government offering works to deliver  voice, video, instant messaging, presence and conferencing service on one platform. HCS-G obtained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program […] More

  • Jeff Foley: Siemens Contributes to NIST Draft Cybersecurity Guide for Energy Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Foley: Siemens Contributes to NIST Draft Cybersecurity Guide for Energy Sector

    Siemens and the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence have collaborated to craft a cybersecurity practice guide for the energy sector. Siemens said Tuesday the practice guide titled “Situational Awareness for Electric Utilities” suggests various methods for companies to detect and address utility anomalies, investigate events that led to the anomalies and share findings with other […] More

  • Tech Firms Urge NIST to Include Vulnerability Disclosure Processes in Cybersecurity Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Firms Urge NIST to Include Vulnerability Disclosure Processes in Cybersecurity Framework

    A coalition of security companies and advocacy groups has called on the National Institute of Standards and Technology to incorporate best practices on digital vulnerability disclosures into the agency’s updated Cybersecurity Framework, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Joseph Marks writes the consortium urged NIST to add a section on procedures to receive, review and respond to vulnerability reports. NIST sought public feedback on version […] More

  • Cybernance Lands DHS SAFETY Act Award for Cyber Risk Governance Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cybernance Lands DHS SAFETY Act Award for Cyber Risk Governance Platform

    Cybernance has received the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act award from the Department of Homeland Security for its cyber risk governance software platform. The SAFETY Act award seeks to certify Cybernance Platform as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology and provide sellers and users of the product with risk management and liability protection from third-party litigation should an act […] More

  • Senior Air Force Leader Tim Rudolph Named Evolver VP, Cybersecurity Tech Lead - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Senior Air Force Leader Tim Rudolph Named Evolver VP, Cybersecurity Tech Lead

    Tim Rudolph, senior technical adviser on integrated information capabilities at the U.S. Air Force, is set to join information technology company Evolver as vice president and cybersecurity technology lead. Evolver said March 8 that Rudolph will lead the company’s Boston office, oversee security concepts for the internet of things and provide strategic direction and integration across various cyber offerings in […] More