Some technology sector leaders warn that implementing the National Cybersecurity Strategy could be hindered by workforce, funding and data sharing challenges, FCW reported Thursday. The White House on Thursday published the 35-page strategy in a push to defend U.S. assets in the digital space better while promoting accountability among software vendors. While the experts commended […] More

Carahsoft Technology has entered an agreement to distribute a SecurityScorecard-developed platform to U.S. government clients via reseller partners and several contracts. The Reston, Virginia-based information technology company said Monday it will be the first public sector vendor for SecurityScorecard, a cybersecurity rating provider. Rich Maigue, the sales director at Carahsoft leading the SecurityScorecard effort, cited the […] More

Red Hat has partnered with stackArmor to use the latter’s offering to speed up the process of achieving authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud service on Amazon Web Services. “We are pleased to collaborate with stackArmor to help us accelerate the FedRAMP ATO for Red Hat OpenShift […] More

Victor Wither, former vice president of proposal operations at Cognosante, has taken a similar position at NetImpact Strategies.

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Three firms have received contracts of an undisclosed sum to provide enrollment services in support of an expedited screening program under the Transportation Security Administration.

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Rackspace has unveiled a service offering meant to help software-as-a-service providers comply with Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program standards when pursuing government certification for their cloud products.

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Amazon Web Services has unveiled a new program that seeks to help independent software vendors secure authority-to-operate certifications through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and other compliance programs. The ATO on AWS initiative aims to provide ISVs with tools, training, control implementation details and CloudFormation templates as well as guidance from the company“™s […] More

Basil Parker, former director of Defense Department programs at Technica, has joined the Office of Personnel Management as senior adviser for governmentwide information technology and cyber workforce development. He will serve in the Senior Executive Service-level advisory role for a term of up to three years and advise the OPM director on workforce-related IT, information systems […] More

Jerry Calhoun has served as senior vice president for human capital at Vencore since April 2014. Calhoun previously worked as SVP of human resources at PAE, where he was responsible for human capital management, workforce realignment, succession planning, performance management and acquisition integration. Prior to joining PAE in 2012, he was SVP of human resources […] More

“The communications industry is going through a metamorphosis and unbelievable transformation as the world moves increasingly toward mobile, social, video content and big data… we load massive amounts of data and analyze that data with a variety of tools and applications to give (carriers and other firms) greater insight, greater automation, more flexibility, scalability and growth.” Charlie Thomas, chief executive […] More