Kirk Herdman is the senior vice president of business development and mission systems for Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc. He provides leadership and oversight to the company’s business development operations and mission systems business line. Before joining GTEC, Herdman was SVP for Defense and Science Programs at Wyle Information Systems. In this role, he […] More

Job Description Roles and Responsibilities: The Cyber-Security and Enterprise Services (CES) Operating Unit within NGIS's Defense Enterprise Services (DES) Business Unit has an immediate need for a Cyber-Security Strategist (CSS). The CSS will: Be responsible for establishing a multi-year Cyber-Security strategy for CES. This strategy will establish an actionable plan for growing CES's customer sales […] More

Steve Hawkins currently serves as vice president of Information Security Solutions at Raytheon, a position he took after spending his career at the company covering areas ranging from airborne radar systems and signals intelligence to commercial imagery and his current field of cybersecurity. Here, he talks about challenges in the cyber realm, the dangers of […] More

International cybersecurity experts recently discussed ways to promote international cooperation on cybersecurity issues at the Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit held in Texas. The experts also raised their concerns regarding the possibility of a catastrophic event that could cause significant damage to computer networks. “I live in a world of nightmares,”  said Patrick Pailloux, director general of […] More

Introduction Good morning, I want to thank Aviation Week for organizing this event.  The theme of this Forum is “Protect Your Enterprise with Secure and Resilient Information Flow.“  This is certainly a timely and important subject.  I know a number of the outstanding people on the program today, and I am sure that this will […] More

According to a draft policy letter published by OMB today, the Office of Federal Procurement Policy plans to adopt the definition of “inherently governmental” functions from the Federal Activities Inventory Reform Act (FAIR Act) of 1998, to supplant the current definition in Subpart 7.5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The letter says OMB intends to […] More

Yesterday, the FCC released the National Broadband Plan called for by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).  The plan identifies ways to expand access to broadband and promote economic growth and job creation in areas unserved or underserved by broadband internet access. Federal CTO Aneesh Chopra writes on the Office of Science and Technology […] More

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu has awarded Westinghouse Electric Co. and General Atomics a $40 million contract for “conceptual design and planning work” on the Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP). The award has the potential to signal an upswing in contracts being issued to firms in support of the NGNP.  Chu and the Administration […] More

Tim Kelleher is vice president of federal services for Attain LLC and one of the founding members  of the company. Most recently, Kelleher was vice president of Enterprise Security Services for Unisys Corporation, where he owned the $750 million P&L for this global business. His team was responsible for developing services and solutions for the […] More

Dale E. Luddeke serves as CACI’s executive vice president of corporate business development, and plays a key role in the company’s strategic growth plan to expand its business development in areas of national security, intelligence, homeland security and the enhancement of the way the federal government does business. In his previous position at Computer Science […] More

Joanne Maguire serves as executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company business area and as an officer of Lockheed Martin Corporation. She was also recently named the advisory council chair of the Rocky Mountain United Service Organizations. Maguire took on her current role in 2006 after having served as vice president and deputy […] More

Yesterday, the Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a cybersecurity war game, called Cyber ShockWave, which showcased some of the challenges that policy makers would face in the event of a cyber attack. The event highlighted the need for greater international cooperation and understanding in the cyber realm. Today in Brussels, 500 delegates from 25 countries are […] More