Ted Davies, chief executive officer of Altamira Technologies, a high-end engineering and analytics company focused on the national security market, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding how the company has continued its growth strategy by adding new leadership, integrating advanced technologies and winning contracts across the federal sector over the last year.
Read More »Executive Mosaic Announces 2020 Wash100 Award Recipients; CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted
Executive Mosaic, the leading executive media and events company in the government contracting “GovCon” industry, announced the 2020 winners of the highly coveted and prestigious Wash100 Award. The full list of winners and more information about the award can be found on Wash100.com.
Read More »GovCon March Madness: Raytheon Climbs Rankings, Perspecta and SAIC Hold Steady in Wash100 Voting & Weekly Top 10 Stories
NCAA March Madness is one of the most anticipated sporting events each year. The spectacle of seeing the best teams and the best players in the U.S compete for one of the top prizes in sports generates excitement. Just like March Madness, you can participate in the GovCon competition yourself. This …
Read More »Raytheon’s David Wajsgras: Early Tech Educational Programs Key to Build Up Cybersecurity Workforce
David Wajsgras, president of the intelligence, information and services segment at Raytheon, has charted ways to foster a cybersecurity workforce in an effort to help maintain global security and economic stability. Wajsgras wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on U.S. News that he believes global security will rely on efforts to draw …
Read More »UCF Wins 3rd Straight Title in Raytheon-Backed College Cyber Competition; David Wajsgras Comments
The University of Central Florida has won its third consecutive national championship in an annual national college cybersecurity competition that Raytheon acts as title sponsor for. The top 10 college and university teams from regional competitions faced off to protect a network from the attackers with the use of Raytheon tools to detect insider …
Read More »Raytheon-Sponsored Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Kicks Off; David Wajsgras Comments
The Raytheon-sponsored 2016 National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition for 2016 will start Monday in an initiative to educate and develop both current talent and future generations of cybersecurity workers. “Now more than ever before, the U.S. and countries around the world are connected by global information networks,” David Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and …
Read More »Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon-ISC Program Seeks to Address Gender Gap in Cyber Career Opportunities
Raytheon and the ISC Foundation have partnered to facilitate a program meant to help increase female college students’ interest in information technology security. ISC and Raytheon plan to award up to $90,000 in scholarships and paid internships over a three-year period through the company’s Women’s Cybersecurity Scholarship program, Raytheon said Thursday. “Not only is …
Read More »CNAS Unveils 9 New Advisory Board Appointments; Kurt Campbell Comments
The Center for a New American Security has appointed nine executives from the defense, consulting and financial industries to the organization’s board of advisers. CNAS said Thursday that each appointee will serve a three-year term and aims to help inform the debate over U.S. national security issues. “Their engagement on key topics …
Read More »Raytheon’s David Wajsgras: Awareness Programs Key to Bridge Cybersecurity Talent Gap
A report from Raytheon and the National Cyber Security Alliance suggests organizations can encourage more young people to pursue careers in information technology security through awareness programs, Fortune magazine reported Monday. “We need to do a better job at communicating what we do,” David Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services unit, was …
Read More »Raytheon’s David Wajsgras: Cyber Skills Gap Affects Contractors
David Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, has said many government contractors are suffering a similar shortage in cyber talent that agencies have, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Wajsgras told the Post neither government nor industry are “collectively” attracting enough talent in the cyber field, Joe Davidson reports. The Post cited a Government …
Read More »David Wajsgras: Raytheon Aims to Help DARPA Automate Cybersecurity
Raytheon‘s team is one of seven teams that will compete in the final round of a $2 million U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-hosted program to build an automated system against cybersecurity threats. DARPA launched the Cyber Grand Challenge for academic and industry consortia to produce cyber reasoning platforms that …
Read More »David Wajsgras: New Raytheon Cyber Hub to House Research, Test Collaborations
Raytheon has opened a new research and demonstration center in Sterling, Va. to work with corporate and government customers on the defense of computing environments from cyber threats. Raytheon said Wednesday the Global Cyber Solutions Center is based at the headquarters of the company’s intelligence, information and services segment in Sterling and will act …
Read More »Tom Vecchiolla: Raytheon, Estonia’s Military Forge Cyber Partnership
Raytheon and Estonia’s military have entered into a long-term arrangement to partner on cybersecurity initiatives following talks on bilateral defense cooperation in a recent Washington visit by Estonian Defense Secretary Mikk Marran. “Combining Estonia’s world class information technology infrastructure with Raytheon’s cyber security expertise will result in new opportunities to address the most challenging cyber …
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