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  • ManTech Subcontracts Govplace for Agency Cybersecurity & Cloud Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech Subcontracts Govplace for Agency Cybersecurity & Cloud Systems

    Govplace has received subcontract from ManTech International to provide cybersecurity and cloud systems to federal agencies in support of the government-wide Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation and Continuous Monitoring as a Service initiatives. Govplace said Thursday it will work with prime contractor ManTech under CDM Group F phases 1 and 2 that cover 44 federal agencies through a government-only shared services platform […] More

  • HITRUST Integrates Cyber Threat Detection Platform With DHS' Automated Indicator Sharing Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HITRUST Integrates Cyber Threat Detection Platform With DHS’ Automated Indicator Sharing Program

    The Health Information Trust Alliance has integrated its cyber threat detection and response platform with a Department of Homeland Security-run threat indicator exchange program. HITRUST said Wednesday the bi-directional integration of Cyber Threat XChange and DHS’ Automated Indicator Sharing Program seeks to provide healthcare organizations access to threat intelligence from the alliance and federal government. “In addition to helping CTX participants overcome technical challenges, […] More

  • DHS Awards Cyber Training Course Development Grant to UTSA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Awards Cyber Training Course Development Grant to UTSA

    A team led by the University of Texas at San Antonio has received a $3 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security under the agency’s Continuing Training Grants program to develop and deliver cybersecurity training courses. UTSA said Tuesday its team will create curriculum on present and emerging cyber threats in an effort to address areas such as information sharing, analysis […] More

  • Ping4 to Develop Flood Alerting Mobile Platform for First Responders Under DHS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ping4 to Develop Flood Alerting Mobile Platform for First Responders Under DHS Contract

    Ping4 has received a contract of an undisclosed value from the Department of Homeland Security to develop a mobile communications platform that will work to alert first responders on flood conditions. Smartphone application developer Ping4 said Tuesday the platform will be designed to use location-based features of smart mobile devices to provide area-specific alerts such as flood […] More

  • Cambridge to Extend O&M Support to DISA's Puerto Rico Integrated Comms Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cambridge to Extend O&M Support to DISA’s Puerto Rico Integrated Comms Network

    Cambridge International Systems will extend its operations and maintenance services for the Defense Information Systems Agency‘s Puerto Rico Area Wideband Systems integrated network under a subcontract from Global Asset Technologies. The company said Tuesday it will work to sustain PRAWS as the system delivers DISA network services across Puerto Rico, St. Croix, St. Thomas and the U.S. […] More

  • XTec Secures $60M Task Order to Continue State Dept ID Mgmt System Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    XTec Secures $60M Task Order to Continue State Dept ID Mgmt System Support

    XTec has received a potential three-year, $60 million task order to continue to provide project management and technical support services for the State Department‘s enterprise identity management system. XTec said Thursday the order contains one base year and four six-month options and falls under a blanket purchase agreement that was based on the company’s Federal Supply Schedule contract with the General […] More

  • DHS Seeks Industry Info on Updated Cyber Research Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Industry Info on Updated Cyber Research Infrastructure

    The Department of Homeland Security has posted a request for information in search for a new infrastructure for efforts to help meet future cyber research and experimentation requirements. A notice posted Wednesday on FedBizOpps stated the RFI is based on a 2015 National Science Foundation-funded report that called for new research infrastructure that could help develop and deploy future cybersecurity technologies. DHS is interested in […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Gets DHS Under Secretary’s Award for Datacasting Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Gets DHS Under Secretary’s Award for Datacasting Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded the 2016 Under Secretary’s Award to a team from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory’s asymmetric operations sector in recognition of its work on the datacasting program for first responders. John Contestabile, program lead at Johns Hopkins APL’s homeland protection mission area, accepted the award from DHS’ science and […] More

  • Imperva Firewalls Included in DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Imperva Firewalls Included in DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program BPA

    Two Imperva SecureSphere firewalls will be available to federal agencies through the Department of Homeland Security‘s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Tools/Continuous Monitoring as a Service blanket purchase agreement. Imperva said Tuesday federal agencies can use its SecureSphere Database Firewall and SecureSphere Web Application Firewall in efforts to identify cybersecurity risks, prioritize risks based on potential effect and help cybersecurity […] More

  • Ensco-PositiveID Team Selected for Phase 2 of DHS' Biothreat Detection Tech Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ensco-PositiveID Team Selected for Phase 2 of DHS’ Biothreat Detection Tech Program

    Ensco and PositiveID will collaborate to produce a biothreat detection system for the Department of Homeland Security under the second phase of DHS’ SenseNet Program. PositiveID said Monday it will provide the company’s Firefly Dx automated threat detector while Ensco will perform system integration and decision support services under the program. The Interior Department awarded the Phase II contract to the team on behalf of DHS. William […] More

  • ISC Govt Advisory Council Adds 8 New Members; Dan Waddell Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISC Govt Advisory Council Adds 8 New Members; Dan Waddell Comments

    ISC has added eight government and industry professionals to the nonprofit organization’s U.S. Government Advisory Council. Members of the council advise the ISC executive management team on cybersecurity-related government policies and programs as well as professional certification matters, ISC said Tuesday. The USGAC also sponsors community outreach initiatives such as the ISC Government Information Security Leadership Awards, the U.S. Government […] More

  • Sevatec Opens New Office in Virginia in Push to Support DHS Component Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sevatec Opens New Office in Virginia in Push to Support DHS Component Agencies

    Sevatec has opened a new office in Crystal City in Arlington County, Virginia, in an effort to deliver information technology services to Department of Homeland Security operational and support components. The new office’s project delivery teams support the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Joint Engineering Teams-Sustainment contract and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement‘s Student Exchange and Visitor Program contract for optional practical training […] More