Tag Archives: Homeland Security

Paradyme Management has appointed Roger Miller as senior director of growth for justice markets, responsible for further building relationships with federal agencies that serve the homeland security mission. “Roger has a vast amount of experience in the justice community and has been right in the middle of dealing with the complex technical issues it faces," said Jack Ginsburg, chief operating officer of Paradyme. 

The Homeland Security & Defense Forum’s virtual Border Security Symposium held in December featured a panel discussion on the role of 5G in border security. Mark Adams, senior director of advanced mission capabilities at Peraton, introduced the panel discussion, citing the application of internet of things connectivity in homeland security.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 24, 2020 — CGI Group's federal business has promoted Clay Goldwein to senior vice president of consulting services for homeland security, responsible for service delivery and business growth and for leading a team that works on two federal cybersecurity programs, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday.

The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled 12 new subject areas for the Small Business Innovation Research program in fiscal year 2021, covering concepts such as 5G network security, supply chain management and biothreat detection.

PAE announced on Monday that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CENTRA Technology, an intelligence analysis service provider focused on providing mission-critical services for the intelligence community and other U.S. national and homeland security customers, for approximately $208 million in cash. The acquisition will specifically strengthen PAE’s intelligence, defense, and national and homeland security businesses.

Brian Harrell, former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined the board of advisers of Bethesda, Maryland-based cybersecurity firm CyVision Technologies. He served as the first assistant director for infrastructure security at DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and is the chief security officer at energy company Avangrid.

Perspecta’s research arm has received a potential seven-year, $24.7M contract to provide telecommunications and engineering standards support to aid the U.S. Navy in its emergency preparedness and national security initiatives.

John Zangardi, president of Redhorse Corp. and former chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has been named a venture partner for technology at advisory firm Ridge-Lane. He joins 12 other federal civilian and military veterans who have been added to the Ridge-Lane team.

The Department of Homeland Security is looking for potential sources of technologies to help various DHS components prevent the spread of COVID-19 at designated government facilities and points of entry.

John Zangardi, president of data science company Redhorse and former chief information officer at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined the technical and strategic advisory board of Portland-based access management technology maker Acceptto.

Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has partnered with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as well as four states for a pilot program focused on improving cybersecurity and information sharing.

The Cyber Threat Alliance has partnered with the Center for Internet Security to launch joint efforts focused on threat intelligence and leverage the latter's Department of Homeland Security-funded cybersecurity facilities.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations unit has launched an effort with six companies to mitigate fraud and other criminal activities that may result from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peraton has received a potential $277.5M U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Tethered Aerostat Radar System recompete contract with one base year and four option years, the company announced on Tuesday.

Peraton has received four recompete U.S. Navy Unmanned Maritime Systems Support task orders, valued at a total of $27.5M, from the Naval Information Warfare Center to help the Navy increase its unmanned capabilities, the company announced on Thursday.