Akamai Technologies has received an other transaction agreement from the U.S. Army to develop zero trust software prototypes in support of the service branch's Tactical-Identity Credential and Access Management project. The company will create T-ICAM prototypes to provide a zero trust network security architecture to secure access to Army networks used by combat units in contested operational environments, the military service said Friday.

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Tom Ruff, vice president of the public sector business at Massachusetts-based cloud services provider Akamai, has said government agencies should adopt cloud-based security platforms that work to detect and prevent cyber attacks before they hit an organization’s applications or data center. Ruff wrote in a GCN guest post published Wednesday there are factors why the implementation of […] More

Microsoft and Akamai Technologies will work with venture capital firm Jerusalem Venture Partners to construct an accelerator in Israel that will focus on helping startup cybersecurity firms in the country. Participants will receive professional sessions and active mentoring from JVP, who will invest in $1 million in one of the cybersecurity startups at the program’s end, Microsoft said Tuesday. “Tech […] More

Autonomic Resources and Akamai Technologies have partnered to provide cloud computing products to public sector agencies under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, through which both companies hold Joint Authorization Board provisional authorizations. The companies said Thursday Autonomic Resources Cloud Platform will be combined with Akamai’s DDoS mitigation, web application security and other services to create an end-to-end […] More

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Trinity Cyber appointed John Fraser, former federal civilian sales head of Securonix, as director of its government-focused business. The move is part of the technology company’s expansion to cater to federal customers, with Fraser bringing over almost two decades of technical sales, business development and strategic consulting experience, Trinity Cyber said Tuesday.  The James Madison […] More

Keith E. Johnson who holds more than 36 years of experience in the federal marketplace has recently joined Spire Global, a maritime, weather, and aviation data and analytics company as the vice president and general manager for the federal business. Johnson has extensive experience in business development, and building start-up company’s selling products and services to the federal […] More

Research and Markets has released a new report that points to a 37.8-percent compound annual growth rate for the global market on mobile cloud technologies, which combine the capabilities of cloud computing and mobile devices. From a value of $9.43 billion this year, the global mobile cloud market will reach a value of $46.90 billion in […] More

Paul Sagan has been elected to the board of directors of VMware Inc., effective immediately, to fill the spot left by David Goulden. Sagan, a partner at General Catalyst Partners, also serves as a director at EMC Corp. and iRobot Corp., VMware announced. During his career, Sagan also served various positions at Akamai Technologies Inc., […] More

Carahsoft Technology has added 65 new vendors to its contract with the U.S. Army for computer software and associated hardware deliveries. The company said Tuesday it now has 128 providers under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 contract. ITES-SW2 supports the Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions or CHESS program, which aims to help the federal government augment its enterprise infrastructure.

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The Defense Information Systems Agency has given provisional authorization to 23 commercial cloud service offerings for the hosting of Defense Department data at Impact Level 2, which covers noncontrolled unclassified information. DISA said Monday the offerings comply with the moderate baseline of the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP). “The granting of these provisional authorizations is an important […] More