Aerospace Corp. has named veteran defense leaders Cecil Haney, Michael McCord and Vincent Stewart to the board of trustees.
Read More »Blake Moore Named Wickr Strategy, Operations VP; Joel Wallenstrom Quoted
Blake Moore, a 15-year Department of Defense veteran, has joined collaboration platforms provider Wickr as vice president of strategy and operations. He will oversee the company’s strategy and help expand its presence across government and commercial sectors, Wickr said Monday.
Read More »Retired Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart Joins Ankura as Chief Innovation & Business Intell Officer
Vincent Stewart, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general and four-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named chief innovation and business intelligence officer of Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Ankura.
Read More »Northrop Continues Integration Activities for Cybercom’s Unified Platform; George Franz Quoted
Northrop Grumman is continuing work to support the Unified Platform designed to handle the U.S. Cyber Command’s operations and provide standardized big data and cybersecurity tools across defense components, Fifth Domain reported Saturday.
Read More »Accenture Federal’s George Franz: Cybercom’s Joint Cyber Architecture Will Standardize Big Data Activities
The U.S. Cyber Command has created a Joint Cyber Warfighting Architecture strategy aimed at establishing common firing systems, joint situational awareness platforms, a sensor network and a persistent cyber training environment, Fifth Domain reported Sunday.
Read More »Former Cybercom, NSA Head Michael Rogers Joins CyberCube Board
Michael Rogers, former director of the National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command, has joined CyberCube‘s board of directors. The company said Friday the appointment is Rogers’ first stint in the private sector since he retired from the military after 37 years of service. San Francisco-based CyberCube spun out of Symantec five …
Read More »Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Jon Davis Joins Board of Rolls-Royce’s North American Arm
Jon Davis, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant general and former USMC deputy commandant for aviation, has joined the board of directors at Rolls-Royce‘s North American subsidiary. The company said Friday Davis was appointed to the Rolls-Royce North America board alongside Beverly Goulet, former executive vice president and chief integration officer …
Read More »Raytheon’s Bill Leigher: Cybercom Elevation Would Help Establish Cyber as Mainstream Military Skill
Bill Leigher, director of Raytheon‘s government cyber solutions, has said the elevation of the U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command is “a key step” in establishing cyber as a mainstream tactical military skill. President Donald Trump ordered the transition of Cybercom to a unified combatant command on Friday and …
Read More »Engility Opens New Office in Augusta, Georgia
Engility has established a new facility in Augusta, Georgia, as the company seeks to access the area’s cyber talent pool and expand support to customers at Fort Gordon. Chantilly, Virginia-based Engility said Monday its new office will also house program management personnel who coordinate the activities of approximately 100 company employees across …
Read More »SAIC-Root9B Partnership to Offer Cybersecurity Training, Simulation Environments in Govt Sector
Science Applications International Corp. and Root9B will collaborate to offer training and simulation environments intended to help government organizations prepare personnel to secure cyber operations. The alliance seeks to integrate SAIC’s Integrated Training Edge training platform and Root9B’s DAEDALUS cyber range content into a modular training platform that will support cyber force certification, SAIC said Tuesday. “This collaboration will …
Read More »Boeing, DISA Develop Mobile Device for Top-Secret Military Communications; Lt. Gen. Alan Lynn Comments
The Defense Information Systems Agency and Boeing have developed a mobile device designed to help military commanders transmit and receive top-secret messages, Defense One reported Nov. 1. Patrick Tucker writes the Boeing Black mobile phone works with virtual private networks and mobile device management platforms and has a dual-SIM functionality …
Read More »Vencore Labs Continues ‘Applied’ Research Focus One Year Post-Launch; President Petros Mouchtaris on R&D Collaborations
The mission of Chantilly, Virginia-based contractor Vencore‘s internal technology development and engineering subsidiary remains the same year out from its initial rebrand and relaunch: transformative applied research for organizations in the government, utility and commercial arenas. More than 200 scientists, engineers and analysts now staff the Basking Ridge, New Jersey-headquartered Vencore Labs business and …
Read More »Raytheon Opens Hub Near Future Army Cyber Command HQ; Dave Wajsgras Comments
Raytheon has opened a new facility in Augusta, Georgia that will act as a center for the company’s cybersecurity services to the U.S. Army Cyber Command as the latter organization continues relocating to Fort Gordon. The center will also support the company’s cyber offerings to other Defense Department agencies, Raytheon said Monday. Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence segment, said …
Read More »SAIC Partners With NCI to Support Cybercom Missions; Brian Clark Comments
NCI has received a subcontract from Science Applications International Corp. to support cybersecurity operations of the U.S. Cyber Command. SAIC is one of the six prime contractors on a potential $460 million Cybercom mission services contract awarded in May and will collaborate with NCI in efforts to help protect and manage Defense Department networks, NCI said Thursday. …
Read More »NATO Agency, AFCEA International to Address Euro-Atlantic Security at Estonia Conference
Participants from NATO’s communications and information agency and the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association International will host a conference in Estonia to discuss new strategies to address Euro-Atlantic security and cyber threats. The international event called NITEC will include panel discussions with Estonia’s president Toomas Hendrick Ilves and Adm. Michael Rogers, U.S. Cyber Command …
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