Executive Mosaic is pleased to recognize Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency (NSA) and chief of the Central Security Service, as an inductee into the 2021 edition of the Wash100 for helping the U.S. military branches increase their agility across the cyber domain.
Read More »FedRAMP Seeks Comments on White Paper on Threat-Based Authorization Approach
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program management office released a white paper that outlines a threat-based scoring approach for authorization processes and asked for industry feedback and comments.
Read More »Peraton Included in NSA’s Trusted System Integrators Program; Roger Mason Quoted
Peraton has been certified as a trusted integrator for the National Security Agency/Central Security Service’s Commercial Solutions for Classified program.
Read More »Retired Navy Adm. Mike Rogers Joins Team8 Advisory Board
Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Rogers, former head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, has joined cybersecurity company Team8 as a senior adviser. Rogers will offer his cybersecurity experience to support Team and its portfolio companies in developing, as well as the firm’s expansion strategy in the U.S. market, Team8 …
Read More »IronNet’s Keith Alexander: Govt-Industry Collaboration Needed to ‘De-Risk’ Security Tools
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, president and CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, has said the government and private sector must work together to fight cyber threats and de-risk security tools that intelligence agencies use against enemies following a ransomware attack that has affected systems worldwide, TechCrunch reported Wednesday. The former National Security Agency director …
Read More »NSA Vet Curt Dukes Joins Center for Internet Security in EVP Role; John Gilligan Comments
Curt Dukes, former director of the National Security Agency‘s information assurance directorate, has joined the Center for Internet Security as executive vice president. He will oversee the center’s security best practices automation group that handles CIS controls and security benchmarks as well as tools designed to automate standards evaluation, CIS said Tuesday. Dukes will also lead …
Read More »NSA Adds Apriva Subsidiary as Trusted Integrator on Commercial Solutions for Classified Program
Apriva has passed a government review and met security and managed requirements to be listed as a trusted integrator within the National Security Agency‘s Commercial Solutions for Classified program. Apriva said Monday the NSA and Central Security Service created the program to help Information Assurance Directorate customers implement mobile access systems through …
Read More »John Thomas Joins SOS International Board of Advisers; Julian Setian Comments
John Thomas, formerly executive vice president and chief strategy officer at Leidos, has joined SOS International’s board of advisers. He most recently oversaw Leidos’ corporate strategy, communications, mergers and acquisitions and government and legislative affairs, SOS International said Monday. Julian Setian, president and CEO of SOS International, said Thomas’ U.S. …
Read More »Executive Profile: John Thomas, Leidos Strategic Development EVP
John Thomas will serve as executive vice president of strategic development at Leidos, the planned national security, health and engineering-focused business that will separate from Science Applications International Corp. Thomas has previously served as acting president of the national security sector, also slated to be part of Leidos, and as …
Read More »Keith Alexander: Cloud Can Help Govt Against Hackers
Cloud computing can be a defensive architecture against threats from hackers to government infrastructure, National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander said Thursday. American Forces Press Service reports Alexander, also head of U.S. Cyber Command and Central Security Service, addressed a U.S. Chamber of Commerce cybersecurity summit in Washington. According to …
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