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  • NSA, Parsons Hold Cyber Exercise for US Military Cadets, Midshipmen; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA, Parsons Hold Cyber Exercise for US Military Cadets, Midshipmen; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has helped the National Security Agency facilitate a daylong event that aimed to prepare U.S. military students to guard information technology networks and data against cybersecurity threats. The company said Monday it produced cyber-attack and defend simulations, scoring software and 60 challenges for cadets and misdhipmen who took part in the NSA Cyber Exercise Live Fire event […] More

  • Report: Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone Eyes Recommendation on Cybercom-NSA Split Once Confirmed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone Eyes Recommendation on Cybercom-NSA Split Once Confirmed

    Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone, the White House’s nominee to lead the U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency, has said he intends to offer a recommendation about the plan to split Cybercom from NSA within three months of his confirmation for the dual-hatted role, Nextgov reported Thursday. Nakasone, current head of the Army Cyber Command, […] 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

  • Mitre Appoints 5 to Visiting Fellows Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitre Appoints 5 to Visiting Fellows Program

    Mitre has appointed five individuals to the nonprofit company’s Visiting Fellows Program that aims to help address complex national problems. The nonprofit said Thursday its newly appointed visiting fellows possess a background in the organization’s strategic focus areas of national defense, cybersecurity and health. Richard Byrne, senior vice president of programs and technology at Mitre, said the […] More

  • Former Stratcom Official Kenneth Callicutt Joins Polaris Alpha’s Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Stratcom Official Kenneth Callicutt Joins Polaris Alpha’s Advisory Board

    Kenneth “Steve” Callicutt, former director of capability and resource integration at the U.S. Strategic Command, has joined the board of advisers at Polaris Alpha. The Washington, D.C.-based firm said Wednesday Callicutt brings knowledge and experience in the areas of mission planning, weapons system development and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. “Steve has deep expertise in so many […] More

  • NSA Vet Richard Ledgett Joins Polaris Alpha's Board of Advisers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA Vet Richard Ledgett Joins Polaris Alpha’s Board of Advisers

    Richard Ledgett, former deputy director of the National Security Agency, has joined the board of advisers at Washington, D.C.-based defense technology company Polaris Alpha. Polaris Alpha said Monday its advisory board members provide strategic guidance and advice to the firm’s executive leadership team on efforts to serve military and intelligence community clients. Ledgett held the no. 2 position […] More

  • NSA Approves Vencore App for Classified Data Security Program; Mac Curtis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA Approves Vencore App for Classified Data Security Program; Mac Curtis Comments

    A mobile application created by Vencore‘s research arm has been included on the National Security Agency‘s list of approved commercial products designed to manage and secure classified data. Vencore Labs‘ SecureIO app is designed to help agencies install Android apps on mobile devices that are configured for use under NSA’s Commercial Solutions for Classified program, the company said Tuesday. […] More

  • Viasat Link 16 Handheld Radio Gets NSA Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat Link 16 Handheld Radio Gets NSA Certification

    ViaSat‘s handheld Link 16 radio has obtained the National Security Agency‘s Type 1 security certification to process classified information. The Viasat Battlefield Awareness and Targeting System – Dismounted radio works to provide direct access to a line of sight tactical datalink network for aircraft, ships and ground forces, the company said Monday. BATS-D is designed to facilitate digital […] More

  • Rockwell Collins to Integrate Airborne Radio Tech on Air Force F-16 Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins to Integrate Airborne Radio Tech on Air Force F-16 Fleet

    Rockwell Collins will integrate its networked communications airborne radio, which features mobile user objective system and soldier radio waveform capacities, onboard U.S. Air Force F-16 aircraft. The company said Wednesday the ARC-210 RT-2036(C) offering provides data, imagery and voice connectivity for manned and unmanned systems. The ARC-210 RT-2036(C) radio system belongs under the company’s TruNet family […] More

  • UpGuard: Classified Data of Joint Army-NSA Intell Command Exposed Online - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UpGuard: Classified Data of Joint Army-NSA Intell Command Exposed Online

    UpGuard has found that sensitive data from an intelligence command jointly managed by the U.S. Army and the National Security Agency leaked online and exposed virtual platforms and internal information used for classified communications. Chris Vickery, director of cyber risk research at UpGuard, discovered on Sept. 27 the exposure of the Army Intelligence and Security Command‘s […] More

  • Tech Industry Vet Andy Meister Appointed Silent Circle Engineering VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Industry Vet Andy Meister Appointed Silent Circle Engineering VP

    Andy Meister, formerly vice president of engineering at OptioLabs, has been appointed to the same position at security technology developer Silent Circle. He brings more than 30 years of software development, mobile, entrepreneurial and management experience and he aims to help expand the company’s technology portfolio in his new role, Silent Circle said Tuesday. Gregg Smith, CEO of Silent […] More

  • Retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander Keynotes at NYC Cybersecurity Summit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Retired Army Gen. Keith Alexander Keynotes at NYC Cybersecurity Summit

    Retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, president and CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, delivered a keynote speech Monday at the CyberConnect 2017 conference that took place in New York City. He told event audience he believes the U.S. government should play a key role in efforts to protect trade secrets the same way it helps secure critical infrastructure […] More