Dragos has been authorized to assign vulnerability identifiers for a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency-sponsored program that documents exploitable software and firmware weaknesses. The company said Tuesday it received a numbering authority status under the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program to provide ID references if the software provider discovers a potential security threat in its […] More

IBM and Red Hat have joined a collaborative effort to provide the Department of Education with open hybrid cloud technologies to replace its G5 grants management system. The five-year, joint modernization effort led by Innosoft is aimed at reducing complex department operations and enhancing grants management processes with flexible cloud-based system, IBM said Thursday. Once […] More

Redspin, a third party assessor organization under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, has signed nearly $400,000 in new customer agreements ahead of the rollout of the Department of Defense’s security framework. Mac McMillan, CEO and president of Redspin’s parent company CynergisTek, said in a statement published Thursday the cyber organization is preparing to meet […] More

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body (CMMC-AB) has tapped Scantron to develop, deliver, score and complete psychometric analysis for CMMC-AB exams. “Our partnership with Scantron, a world-renowned assessment provider, is a critical component of the CMMC-AB Training and Certification Program,” said Ben Tchoubineh, director of CMMC-AB board and chair of the Training Committee. 

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London-based biometric technology provider iProov has secured a $198,407 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to pilot the use of an integrated platform for submitting travelers' border entry and exit reports via mobile devices.

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Red Hat has obtained Common Criteria certification and Commercial Solutions for Classified designation for its Enterprise Linux 7.6 operating system.

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1901 Group has committed to support the Red Hat ecosystem as a Gold and Cloud Services partner, Under the partnership, 1901 Group will integrate Red Hat OpenShift as the central component of a Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipeline to automate the migration of mission-critical legacy applications to the cloud, 1901 Group said Thursday.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 26, 2019 — Red Hat renewed its Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 security certification for version 7.6 of its Enterprise Linux platform, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 12.

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Maximus has received certification from a health care accreditation body to assess the credentials of physicians who support the firm's government clients. The National Committee for Quality Assurance granted the Credentials Verification Organization designation after the company underwent on-site assessments performed by a group of medical and credentialing professionals, Maximus said Monday.

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Amazon Web Services has recognized Fred Bisel, the founder and lead of the Naval Information Warfare Systems Center Atlantic’s Cyber Education and Certification Readiness Facility, as a member of its inaugural AWS Educate Cloud Ambassador Program.

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The Air Force Association has recognized the Northrop Grumman-operated system Battlefield Airborne Communications Node for providing missions with communications support.

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Red Hat has released a new version of its open-source server designed to help organizations implement and manage enterprise Java applications.

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