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  • MobileIron Cloud Platform Gets FedRAMP ATO From Postal Service; Barry Mainz Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MobileIron Cloud Platform Gets FedRAMP ATO From Postal Service; Barry Mainz Comments

    MobileIron has received a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program  authority-to-operate designation from the U.S. Postal Service for the company’s cloud-based enterprise mobility management platform. The FedRAMP Agency ATO status recognizes that the MobileIron Cloud platform has met security standard requirements in the program’s federal risk management process, the company said Monday. “MobileIron has helped government agencies secure their mobile deployments […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Palo Alto Networks IT Security Platform in Federal Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Palo Alto Networks IT Security Platform in Federal Market

    Carahsoft will act as a federal government market distributor of Palo Alto Networks‘ information technology security platform that works to prevent threats and implement protective measures throughout an attack lifecycle. Palo Alto Networks built its Next-Generation Security Platform is designed to utilize network, cloud and endpoint security to offer full visibility and control functions for IT departments, Carahsoft […] More

  • Harris Falcon III Radio System Gets NSA Certification; Chris Young Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Falcon III Radio System Gets NSA Certification; Chris Young Comments

    The National Security Agency has certified Harris‘ Falcon III AN/PRC-117G manpack radio system to operate with the Defense Department‘s Mobile User Objective System waveform. The Type-1 NSA certification validates the security measures Harris has put in place to facilitate military data and voice communications through the multiband networking radio technology, the company said Wednesday. Chris Young, president of Harris’ communication systems segment, […] More

  • Morphick Receives NSA National Security Systems Mgmt Accreditation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Morphick Receives NSA National Security Systems Mgmt Accreditation

    The National Security Agency has awarded Morphick a Cyber Incident Response Assistance certification to accredit and qualify the company’s work in the management of national security systems Morphick said Monday it was evaluated based on NSA’s 21 critical focus areas for response assistance services such as incident response, intrusion detection, threat hunting, system-on-chip efficiency and tailored threat intelligence. “It […] More

  • Boeing, DISA Develop Mobile Device for Top-Secret Military Communications; Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, DISA Develop Mobile Device for Top-Secret Military Communications; Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn Comments

    The Defense Information Systems Agency and Boeing have developed a mobile device designed to help military commanders transmit and receive top-secret messages, Defense One reported Nov. 1. Patrick Tucker writes the Boeing Black mobile phone works with virtual private networks and mobile device management platforms and has a dual-SIM functionality that allows users to use […] More

  • Cybric Adds Jim Bandanza, Michael Brown & John DeLong to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cybric Adds Jim Bandanza, Michael Brown & John DeLong to Advisory Board

    Cybric has named cybersecurity veterans Jim Bandanza, Michael Brown and John DeLong as members of its advisory board to help develop and expand the company’s automation and vulnerability platform. Bandanza, DeLong and Brown will work to guide the company’s executive and technical teams as part of the advisory board that includes former and current security, artificial intelligence, […] More

  • Space News: Harris Radio Receives NSA Clearance for MUOS Satellite Functions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space News: Harris Radio Receives NSA Clearance for MUOS Satellite Functions

    Harris Corp. has received a National Security Agency certification for the company’s military radios to support higher-throughput functions of the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System satellites, Space News reported Tuesday. Caleb Henry writes the Falcon 3 AN/PRC-117G backpack-sized radios will use compatibility software patch designed to facilitate the transmission and receipt of voice, video and data transmissions through the MUOS […] More

  • Parsons Establishes San Antonio Tech Office to Support Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Establishes San Antonio Tech Office to Support Govt Clients

    Parsons held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to mark the opening of its new 14,000-square-foot technology office in San Antonio, Texas, that will support  cybersecurity and intelligence efforts of the company’s government customers. The company said Monday the office includes 2,600 square feet of project space designed to help address intelligence community security requirements. The facility also has visualization conference and huddle […] More

  • MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts

    San Jose, California-based converged data platform developer MapR Technologies has established a federal advisory board that aims to help familiarize U.S. government customers with big data management technologies. MapR said Wednesday the advisory board comprises former government leaders who previously worked at the Defense Department, intelligence community and federal civilian agencies and have knowledge of various issues that affect the government’s information technology modernization efforts. “The board […] More

  • Bill Birkhofer on Jacobs' Support for US Space Program & Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Convergence - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Birkhofer on Jacobs’ Support for US Space Program & Cyber-Physical Infrastructure Convergence

    Bill Birkhofer leads the aerospace and defense portfolios of Jacobs Engineering Group as a senior vice president with additional responsibilities over the Pasadena, Calif.-based contractor’s global infrastructure and telecommunications The two-time inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 group holds four decades of experience in the engineering and construction fields and participates in GovCon industry trade associations such as […] More

  • Orbital ATK to Provide US Allies Non-Standard Munitions Worth $126M - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK to Provide US Allies Non-Standard Munitions Worth $126M

    Orbital ATK has secured nearly $126 million in delivery orders from the U.S. government to manufacture a range of ammunition systems for the Defense Department‘s foreign allies. The orders are for non-U.S. standard munitions and fall under a pair of previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity and basic ordering agreement contracts, Orbital ATK said Monday. The company currently operates a U.S. Army-owned ammunition plant in Independence, Missouri, where it also  […] More

  • NSA Adds Apriva Subsidiary as Trusted Integrator on Commercial Solutions for Classified Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA Adds Apriva Subsidiary as Trusted Integrator on Commercial Solutions for Classified Program

    Apriva has passed a government review and met security and managed requirements to be listed as a trusted integrator within the National Security Agency‘s Commercial Solutions for Classified program. Apriva said Monday the NSA and Central Security Service created the program to help Information Assurance Directorate customers implement mobile access systems through independent, layered commercial products for […] More