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  • Charles River Analytics-Led Team to Develop Automated Cyber Attack Prediction System for IARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics-Led Team to Develop Automated Cyber Attack Prediction System for IARPA

    Charles River Analytics has secured a potential $10.5 million contract from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity to help IARPA develop an automated system to forecast impending cyber attacks. Charles River Analytics said Tuesday it will lead an interdisciplinary team of professionals from  Battelle, Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies subsidiary, Assured Information Security, Arizona State University, George Mason University and […] More

  • INSA Names 6 Execs to Board of Directors, 5 Advisory Board Members; Letitia Long Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Names 6 Execs to Board of Directors, 5 Advisory Board Members; Letitia Long Comments

    The Intelligence and National Security Alliance has appointed executives from industry and academia to its boards of directors and advisers. The six new directors will oversee INSA’s strategic planning and business operations, while the five new advisers will offer additional guidance for alliance-related activities, INSA said Wednesday. “These new board members have a deep understanding of […] More

  • Mike Bruni Joins SC3 as Talent Acquisition Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Bruni Joins SC3 as Talent Acquisition Director

    Mike Bruni, a former talent acquisition executive at Booz Allen Hamilton and Leidos, has joined SC3 as its new director of talent acquisition and will manage and develop SC3 talent acquisition programs. Bruni has worked in talent acquisition, human resources, sourcing, government contracting and national security across his 18-year career, SC3 said Monday. He is the president of the Staffing Alliance of Virginia Employers […] More

  • Mitre, University of Maryland Select 5 Recipients for Cybersecurity Research Grants - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre, University of Maryland Select 5 Recipients for Cybersecurity Research Grants

    The Mitre-operated National Cybersecurity Federally Funded Research and Development Center and the University System of Maryland have awarded $293,00 in total seed grants to five U.S. academic researchers to examine cybersecurity challenges. The grantees are George Karabatis and Adam Porter of the University of Maryland, Jim Jones of George Mason University, Ravi Sandhu of the University of Texas and Jeff Walker of the University of Alabama, Mitre […] More

  • Ceres Nanosciences Gets Funds From DARPA to Test Methods for Immune Function Markers Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ceres Nanosciences Gets Funds From DARPA to Test Methods for Immune Function Markers Detection

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded $980,000 in funds to Virginia-based Ceres Nanosciences to assess methods for the detection of immune system markers with the use of the company’s sample processing technology. Ceres will work with Tufts University and George Mason University to adapt the Nanotrap sample processing technology for the capture of immune system […] More

  • Vencore, George Mason University to Develop Cyber Risk Assessment Tool; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore, George Mason University to Develop Cyber Risk Assessment Tool; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has partnered with George Mason University’s school of business to create a deployable cyber risk assessment tool and methodology for federal agencies. Vencore said Wednesday the team will work on a data valuation architecture design and develop models based on the design to calculate the potential financial impact in case of a data breach. “It is currently difficult to measure […] More

  • Raytheon Picks 2 Female College Students to Receive Cybersecurity Scholarship Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Picks 2 Female College Students to Receive Cybersecurity Scholarship Funds

    Raytheon and the (ISC)2 nonprofit organization’s Center for Cyber Safety and Education have selected two female college students for educational grants of up to $10,000 each and paid cybersecurity internships at the company. Nicole Krantz, an incoming freshman at George Mason University this fall, and Catherine McLean, a third-year computer science student at Northeastern University, will receive the scholarship […] More

  • Executive Profile: Ray Winn, Partner at Deloitte's Federal Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Ray Winn, Partner at Deloitte’s Federal Practice

    Ray Winn serves as a partner at Deloitte‘s federal practice and also is the lead client service partner for the company’s practice focused on defense acquisition, test and logistics. He also previously held the roles of federal leader and chief operating officer within the federal practice as well as LCSP for the Navy System Command and U.S. Marine Corps practice and lead […] More

  • CTO Roundtable Summit to Highlight 'Drone Petting Station' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTO Roundtable Summit to Highlight ‘Drone Petting Station’

    The CTO Roundtable organization will be holding their tenth summit, “When Drones Fly” on June 11 and will feature what the group calls a “drone petting station” for attendees. A team of innovators from Gannett will exhibit unmanned aerial systems at the site during the event, CTO Roundtable said. Lance Sherry, executive director for the Center […] More

  • MapR, Teradata to Host Big Data Everywhere Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MapR, Teradata to Host Big Data Everywhere Conference

    MapR Technologies and Teradata will host a one-day conference May 12 in Tysons Corner, Va. to discuss the Hadoop platform and its surrounding technologies. The “Big Data Everywhere” conference will bring users and developers together to share their experience via technical sessions and user success stories. Industry leaders will also exchange Hadoop knowledge, share best practices and also discuss use cases and […] More

  • Kryptowire to Commercialize DHS-Funded Mobile Security Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kryptowire to Commercialize DHS-Funded Mobile Security Tech

    A mobile security archiving technology developed by George Mason University and funded by the Department of Homeland Security will reach the commercial market through an agreement with Kryptowire, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Michael Hardy writes that the product’s commercial release is an extension of a George Mason research project, which originally received a $250,000 federal grant to create the […] More

  • Executive Profile: Linda Asher, Booz Allen Corporate Director of Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Linda Asher, Booz Allen Corporate Director of Contracts

    Linda Asher serves as corporate director of contracts at Booz Allen Hamilton and offers acquisition lifecycle support to defense clients. Her work includes strategic planning, market and acquisition analysis, client relationship management, contract execution and risk mitigation. She joined the firm in 2005 after a stint as deputy director of operations for Mnemonics, where she provided business and contractual management services to the […] More