Darron Makrokanis didn’t seek his career path out—duty came calling to his doorstep. Makrokanis began in law enforcement in the Washington, D.C. region, assigned to federal task forces as well as handling investigative operations. Makrokanis’ trajectory took a turn after the September 11th attacks, when he was recruited by a subcontractor for Booz Allen Hamilton, […] More

In a wave of new appointments signaling Xage‘s expansion, the cybersecurity services company has appointed former Booz Allen Hamilton executive Darron Makrokanis as chief revenue officer and former Lockheed Martin executive Matthew Heideman as vice president of federal business. Makrokanis and Heideman are expected to assist Xage in their new roles with managing business spurred by the last few […] More

Darron Makrokanis, formerly vice president of federal sales and field operations at Druva, has joined Mesosphere as VP of the cloud technology firm’s public sector business. Mesosphere said Thursday Makrokanis will oversee its go-to-market strategy for government accounts and maintain a holistic approach to help government clients address mission-critical requirements. At Druva, he helped expand the data management […] More

The Department of Defense has added cloud services firm D2iQ to its Enterprise Software Initiative contract vehicle to provide DevSecOps technologies and services across the DoD.

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Tenable Network Security will support a National Institute of Standards and Technology special publication in an effort to aid systems integrators and non-federal organizations on reports with regards to compliance. The company said Thursday the NIST SP 800-171 offers federal contractors, service providers and non-federal organizations a capacity to continuously monitor, measure and communicate adherence to NIST’s technical […] More