Kevin Orr, formerly vice president of BMC Software’s federal segment, has assumed the same role at CyberArk, G2XChange ETC reported Wednesday.

Ken Hermann, a federal account management professional with nearly 20 years of industry experience, has been named vice president for federal civilian agencies at Reston, Va.-based cloud services provider ORock Technologies, G2Xchange ETC reported Tuesday.

Clint Green, former chief technology officer at ViON subsidiary Ascolta, has been appointed director of advanced analytic strategy and development at the Herndon, Virginia-based information technology infrastructure services provider. ViON said Wednesday he helped establish Ascolta’s strategic framework and technical vision and has worked on big data, analytics, Hadoop, networking and disaster recovery platforms throughout his career. …

The Washington Post has selected several GovCon firms for recognition in the newspaper’s annual list of the 150 “Top Workplaces” in the greater Washington area. The Post chose the recipients based on overall employee perceptions of leadership quality, pay and benefits and work-life balance strategies at the organizations. Companies selected for the …

John Allen serves as CEO and co-founder of Bluestone Capital Partners, where he directs customer relationships, daily operations and strategic planning. Allen was co-owner of Windsor Group until its acquisition by BB&T Corp. in 2005 before he co-founded Bluestone. He also founded Windsor Capital Partners Fund I after he served …

Partnerships between government contracting companies have become a widespread method of attracting government contracts as opportunities have begun to dwindle. Larger company’s present their very best partners with “Partner of the Year” awards in order to recognize their important contribution to the completion of work. GovCon Executive covers these awards …

Rene LaVigne, president and CEO of Iron Bow Technologies, has been selected to receive a Washington Business Journal award for business leadership, success and community involvement. LaVigne will receive the Minority Business Leader award March 21 at the Business Journal’s sixth annual awards ceremony in Washington along with 24 other …

Mark Cabrey is a vice president of finance at URS Corp. in the federal services division, where he is responsible for business operations for its Systems Engineering and IT Services business unit. His areas of responsibility include budgeting and forecasting, cash management, pricing, compliance, strategy and various operational support roles. …

Mark Cabrey serves as a vice president of finance at URS Federal Services and is the controller of the federal division’s $700 million IT / SETA services arm, where he manages a team of more than 50 employees. He is based out of Chantilly, Va. In this role, the 25-year industry …

With the year’s end approaching, many information technology firms and officials are making their stance on what they believe is to come and has come to be in terms of cybersecurity. “As we head into 2012, many CIOs are evaluating the various aspects of IT, looking ahead to the new …

Intelligent Decisions announced this week Cisco awarded the technology solutions company the 2011 Cisco U.S. Public Sector Intelligence Community Partner of the Year award. The award recognizes Intelligent Decision’s security services IT solutions. The systems are designed to protect organizations from cyberattacks, protect privacy and enhance regulatory compliance. The award …

This week, Symantec agreed to a pair of purchases, with both PGP Corp. and GaurdianEdge Tech.  These moves, totaling almost $370 million, will help Symantec establish a greater presence in the data encryption market. Also, NGC teamed up with RUAG to work on F-5 Tigers and Iron Bow will work …

Dave Melcher was named a Senior VP at ITT. Rene LaVigne commented on Iron Bow’s recent polycom award. Congress has been inundated with cyber attacks over the past two years. Indian companies are more worried about cyber attacks than terrorism. Experts are questioning the effectiveness of botnet take-downs. VA CIO …

The U.S. Army has selected six companies to design, build, sustain, modernize and restore military and civilian facilities under a $76M multiple-award contract. The construction companies will compete for task orders under the firm-fixed-price contract and work to complete duties by Jan. 21, 2026, the Department of Defense said Friday.

The Department of Defense has authorized cybersecurity software maker Anchore to offer the hardened version of its DevSecOps-based container security technology to support sensitive DoD programs.