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  • Keysight SVP, CTO Jay Alexander Joins NIST's Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Keysight SVP, CTO Jay Alexander Joins NIST’s Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology

    Jay Alexander, senior vice president and chief technology officer at Keysight Technologies, has joined an advisory group that reviews and recommends general policy for the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Keysight said Tuesday Alexander will serve a three-year term on NIST’s Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology. “The opportunity to be part of the discussions surrounding advanced technologies such […] More

  • Commerce-DHS Report: Private, Public Sectors Should Grow Cyber Workforce via Apprenticeships - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Commerce-DHS Report: Private, Public Sectors Should Grow Cyber Workforce via Apprenticeships

    A report by the departments of Homeland Security and Commerce calls for both private and public sectors to build up the cybersecurity workforce through “hands-on, experiential and work-based learning approaches” such as internships and apprenticeships. DHS and the Commerce Department prepared the report in compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order that seeks to strengthen […] More

  • AWS Certifies Government Cloud Competency of Partner Network Member StackArmor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Certifies Government Cloud Competency of Partner Network Member StackArmor

    Amazon Web Services‘ has conferred its Government Competency status on stackArmor for services and applications for federal customers on AWS. StackArmor, an AWS Partner Network member, said Tuesday it provides AWS-certified services to help government clients migrate and manage business and web applications on cloud architectures. The Washington, D.C.-based company noted that it uses a […] More

  • NIST, Florida International University to Collaborate on Cyber Education - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST, Florida International University to Collaborate on Cyber Education

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has partnered with Florida International University to implement outreach programs that will focus on cybersecurity education, training and workforce development. NIST said Wednesday its National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education program will oversee the agency-university collaboration as part of efforts to help address gaps in training and labor supply. “It is important that we […] More

  • IARPA Names Winners of Fingerprint Capture Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IARPA Names Winners of Fingerprint Capture Challenge

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has announced the winners of a competition that sought automated methods to recognize and collect fingerprints. The Nail to Nail Fingerprint Challenge began in February last year and gathered participants from around the globe to develop capture technologies with a biometric recognition capacity, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence said Monday. IARPA […] More

  • Leonardo Tests Naval Gun System Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo Tests Naval Gun System Security

    Leonardo has tested the resilience of its naval gun weapon system to cyber attacks as part of an extensive vulnerability assessment effort. The company said Tuesday it evaluated the OTO 76/62 Super Rapid gun to identify potential system weaknesses and implement measures to address identified cybersecurity risks. During the evaluation, Leonardo explored attack scenarios that involved voluntary […] More

  • Lockheed Adopts Remediant Privileged Access Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Adopts Remediant Privileged Access Mgmt Platform

    Lockheed Martin has implemented a Remediant-built privileged access management system as part of efforts to comply with controlled unclassified information management and security policies for Defense Department contractors. Remediant said Monday it provided the SecureONE platform to help address Lockheed’s requirement for a PAM system that integrates multifactor authentication and access privileges. SecureONE is designed to limit privileged […] More

  • Unisys Gets Expanded NIAP Certification for Microsegmentation Security Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Gets Expanded NIAP Certification for Microsegmentation Security Platform

    Unisys has received a National Information Assurance Partnership accreditation to make its microsegmentation security software platform available to government agencies seeking to protect classified data and systems that run on Microsoft 10 and Windows Server 2016 operating systems. The company said Thursday the expanded certification for the Stealth software came two years after NIAP initially issued accreditation […] More

  • ViON Subsidiary Launches PaaS Cloud Offering; Tom Frana Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ViON Subsidiary Launches PaaS Cloud Offering; Tom Frana Comments

    ViON‘s Ascolta subsidiary has introduced a platform-as-a-service offering designed to help government contracting firms comply with federal cybersecurity standards. Greenfield is hosted on a cloud environment certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and meant to help contractors secure controlled unclassified information through a managed system, Ascolta said Tuesday. “As the federal government raises […] More

  • Telos to Help Automate Risk Mgmt, Compliance Process for Air Force Enterprise Networks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos to Help Automate Risk Mgmt, Compliance Process for Air Force Enterprise Networks

    The U.S. Air Force has selected Telos to automate risk management and compliance functions for the service branch’s two enterprise network environments. Telos said Wednesday it will provide its Xacta suite of information technology risk management and compliance automation tools to support the Air Force’s Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Network and Secret Internet Protocol Router Network. John Wood, chairman and […] More

  • NIST Eyes E-Commerce Systems Consolidation Via Salesforce-Based Cloud Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIST Eyes E-Commerce Systems Consolidation Via Salesforce-Based Cloud Platform

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has asked vendors for information on a cloud platform that will work to consolidate the agency’s e-commerce portals into a single system in an effort to facilitate business processes and build up user experience, MeriTalk reported Tuesday. NIST wants to field a cloud system that complies with the […] More