Accenture Federal Services announced on June 1 that it agreed to acquire Novetta and Tiffanny Gates, president and CEO of Novetta and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said the transaction presents an opportunity for both companies, CRN reported Wednesday. “Teaming with Accenture Federal Services will be an opportunity for both of us,” said Gates. “Not […] More
Hypori has closed a $20 million Series A funding round led by GreatPoint Ventures. Hypori is an enterprise mobile security startup that offers security and management technologies the investment is planned to support the company’s expansion of its platform to vertical markets, including fintech and healthcare. The offerings are designed to protect corporate apps and […] More
AT&T announced on Wednesday the launch of its Threat Detection and Response for Government designed to meet the security needs of federal, state and local government agencies. The new cybersecurity offering is built on the AT&T Unified Security Management (USM) platform, which combines threat detection, incident response and compliance management. “The need for effective threat […] More
Gen. Paul Nakasone, commander of U.S. Cyber Command, director of the National Security Agency and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, addressed Congress on Friday about growth in cyber force personnel. He remarked that the cyber domain is a critical part of national security and an increase of personnel is required to protect the nation's information technology assets.
Shift5 announced on Friday that Burke "Ed" Wilson, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has joined its board of advisers. Wilson brings decades of military and information technology experience to the operational technology data and cybersecurity company.
Virsec has partnered with Carahsoft to assist public sector organizations in addressing the cyber threat environment by offering the former's workload protection platform. The agreement stipulates that Carahsoft will serve as Virsec’s master government aggregator, the latter company said Tuesday.
Executive Mosaic is honored to announce that Rob Silvers, recently appointed director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been named a recipient of a 2021 Wash100 Award for leading the efforts to defend our national security through cyber defense, policy and improve our nation’s cyber capabilities to address our national security needs.
Executive Mosaic is honored to present Dana Barnes, senior vice president of the public sector with Palo Alto Networks, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for driving digital transformation and for his thought leadership across the technology and government contracting (GovCon) sectors. In Sept. 2020, Barnes was appointed as the senior vice president of U.S. public sector at Palo Alto Networks.
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said the U.S. government and the technology industry must develop new approaches for artificial intelligence (AI), microelectronics and other critical military innovations to maintain technology advantage over China, C4ISRNET reported Friday. Speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association's National Security Artificial Intelligence Conference, Schmidt noted that China has been investing in emerging technology and that the U.S. needs to take a more assertive role in tech development.
Paradyme Management said Thursday the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) has awarded the company a spot on a multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth potentially $12.6 billion over a ten-year period. Under the Solutions for Information Technology Enterprise III (SITE III) contact vehicle, Paradyme will compete to provide information technology (IT) and technical support for DIA and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
