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  • Cisco Puts New Investment Toward Cyber Scholarship Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Puts New Investment Toward Cyber Scholarship Program

    Cisco has invested $10 million toward its two-year Global Cybersecurity Scholarship program the company started to address what it estimates as a projected global shortage of 2 million cybersecurity professionals by 2019. The company said Tuesday it will also integrate a new Cyber Ops Certification to its current certification portfolio and update its CCIE security certification to address new skills and education that […] More

  • Denise Turner Roth Cites Agencies' Cyber Tool Demand at GSA Workshop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Denise Turner Roth Cites Agencies’ Cyber Tool Demand at GSA Workshop

    The General Services Administration hosted a workshop Monday to discuss the Cybersecurity National Action Plan with government and industry leaders. GSA Administrator Denise Turner Roth referenced demand from stakeholders for a comprehensive strategy that would help federal agencies gain access to private sector-built technology platforms in order to protect data and networks from cyber threats, GSA said Monday. “Challenges and […] More

  • Brocade & Harris Forge Govt, Commercial Sector Cyber Strategy Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brocade & Harris Forge Govt, Commercial Sector Cyber Strategy Alliance

    Brocade and Harris have formed a partnership that will work to help customers adopt cybersecurity strategies in efforts to protect assets. Brocade said Tuesday the team will develop new services that integrate Harris’ cybersecurity technologies and Brocade’s software-defined networking products in support of customers in the government, financial services, healthcare, energy, oil and gas, retail and service […] More

  • Samsung-Booz Allen Team Unveils Joint Mobile Security Assessment Model - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Samsung-Booz Allen Team Unveils Joint Mobile Security Assessment Model

    Samsung Electronics America and Booz Allen Hamilton have jointly developed a new security assessment offering that works to identify the risks, threats and vulnerabilities of an enterprise’s mobile infrastructure. Booz Allen said Monday the partnership aims to help clients in sectors such as finance, healthcare and retail to address cybersecurity issues and adopt what the firm refers to as a “mobile first” […] More

  • FCN Receives DHA Contract to Maintain Cisco Hardware at US Military Treatment Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCN Receives DHA Contract to Maintain Cisco Hardware at US Military Treatment Facilities

    The Defense Health Agency has awarded FCN a $10.4 million contract to provide maintenance services for Cisco-built infrastructure currently installed at DHA and U.S. military treatment facilities around the world. The Defense Department said Monday the contract has a nine-month base transition-in period and four 12-month options and will include account management, subject matter training, non-standard report preparation and cybersecurity support. DoD noted that existing Cisco hardware […] More

  • Gemalto Study: Orgs Continue to Depend on Basic Perimeter Security Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Gemalto Study: Orgs Continue to Depend on Basic Perimeter Security Systems

    Gemalto‘s third-annual Data Security Confidence Index says a majority of organizations continue to depend on basic perimeter security systems against data breaches regardless of increased cyber threats worldwide. The company said Wednesday that 61 percent of the 1,100 IT decision maker respondents believed that their basic perimeter security methods such as firewalls, IDPS and anomaly detection were effective at preventing unauthorized network […] More

  • NJVC Gets CMMI Level 2 Appraisal for Software Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NJVC Gets CMMI Level 2 Appraisal for Software Development

    Chantilly, Virginia-based information technology services provider NJVC has received Capability Maturity Model Integration level 2 rating from the CMMI Institute for the company’s approach to software development project management. The CMMI level 2 appraisal suggests that NJVC’s software services business executes projects in accordance with  policy, employs skilled professionals to produce outputs and works to monitor, review and evaluate if projects adhere to process […] More

  • Microsoft, Unisys Grow Cloud Security Tech Partnership; Ann Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft, Unisys Grow Cloud Security Tech Partnership; Ann Johnson Comments

    Unisys and Microsoft have agreed to expand their global cloud management and security partnership in an effort to help address customer demand for cloud-based cybersecurity tools. As part of the alliance, the companies plan to create new products intended to secure cloud computing systems and Unisys intend to exhibit its new cloud security technology for the public and […] More

  • Tripwire Survey: 64% of IT Professionals Say Exit from EU Would Not Affect UK’s Cyber Defense Function - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tripwire Survey: 64% of IT Professionals Say Exit from EU Would Not Affect UK’s Cyber Defense Function

    A new Tripwire survey says 64 percent of information technology executives believe the U.K. government’s separation from the European Union would not have an impact on the country’s function to protect its networks from potential cyber attacks. Tripwire said Monday it polled 278 IT professionals who attended the three-day Infosecurity Europe 2016 that kicked off June 7 in […] More

  • GSA Requests Feedback on Cybersecurity Service Procurement via IT Schedule 70 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Requests Feedback on Cybersecurity Service Procurement via IT Schedule 70

    The General Services Administration seeks feedback from industry and other stakeholders regarding the selling process for cybersecurity services through IT Schedule 70. According to a notice published Wednesday on FedBizOpps, the request for information aligns with President Barack Obama’s mandate on the Cybersecurity National Action Plan. The plan works to drive cybersecurity awareness and protection, privacy, public safety […] More

  • AT&T's Chris Smith: Managed Services From Industry Can Help Agencies Handle Cyber Issues - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T’s Chris Smith: Managed Services From Industry Can Help Agencies Handle Cyber Issues

    Chris Smith, global public sector solutions vice president of technology for AT&T‘s global public sector business, has said federal agencies with limited information technology budgets should team up with industry partners to address cybersecurity issues, Channelnomics reported Wednesday. Scharon Harding writes the government allocated $80.4 billion on IT spending last year with cybersecurity concerns as a prime focus for many agencies. Smith […] More

  • Army Taps Eaton to Help Modernize Fort Gordon Electrical Power Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Eaton to Help Modernize Fort Gordon Electrical Power Systems

    The Army Corps of Engineers has awarded Eaton a $20 million task order to provide engineering services and power distribution and control equipment for an electrical infrastructure modernization project at Fort Gordon in Georgia. The power management company said Thursday it received the order through the U.S. Army‘s Utility and Monitoring Control Systems-IV contract vehicle. Eaton is one of the 13 companies that won positions on […] More