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  • Parsons Holds NSA Cybersecurity Exercise in Maryland; Carey Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Holds NSA Cybersecurity Exercise in Maryland; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has begun to host a five-day cybersecurity event at its Columbia, Maryland-based facility in an effort to train representatives from military organizations on information assurance and network security. The National Security Agency’s information assurance capabilities group oversees the Cyber Defense Exercise that kicked off Monday in Maryland, Parsons said Monday. “As cyber attacks become […] More

  • Reports: Microsoft Develops Custom Windows 10 Offering for Chinese Govt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: Microsoft Develops Custom Windows 10 Offering for Chinese Govt

    Microsoft has developed a customized version of its Windows 10 operating system for the Chinese government through a partnership with state-owned China Electronics Technology Group, Dow Jones Newswires reported Tuesday. Eva Dou and Yang Jie write CETC helped Microsoft develop the custom Windows 10 offering as the U.S.-based technology firm aims to regain access to the Chinese market and address security demands […] More

  • Red Hat Gets NIST Certification for Open-Source Security Compliance Scanner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Red Hat Gets NIST Certification for Open-Source Security Compliance Scanner

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has approved Red Hat‘s open-source security content automation protocol scanner for deployment on the U.S. government’s Enterprise Linux 6 and 7-based systems. Red Hat said Friday that NIST certified the OpenSCAP 1.2 platform’s capacity to analyze and evaluate security automation content as well as address functionality and documentation requirements in security-conscious environments. OpenSCAP was developed […] More

  • Forcepoint to Hold Cybersecurity Leadership Forum in April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forcepoint to Hold Cybersecurity Leadership Forum in April

    Forcepoint is set to conduct the Cybersecurity Leadership Forum on April 11 at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia, to facilitate discussions on cyber threats and strategies with security professionals and leaders from industry, federal and state government agencies, defense and intelligence communities. Michael Hayden, a retired U.S. Air Force general; Theresa Payton, former chief information […] More

  • Harris Gets NSA Type-1 Certification for Wideband HF Manpack Radio - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Gets NSA Type-1 Certification for Wideband HF Manpack Radio

    A Harris-developed wideband manpack radio system has secured a Type-1 certification from the National Security Agency for the transmission of classified images, maps and other data from beyond-line-of-sight environments. Harris said Monday the RF-300H high-frequency manpack radio under the Falcon III product line offers data transmission capacities of up to 10 times faster than previously used radios and is […] More

  • NIAP Certifies Axway API Gateway for Access Control, Policy Mgmt Standard Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIAP Certifies Axway API Gateway for Access Control, Policy Mgmt Standard Compliance

    The National Information Assurance Partnership has certified an Axway-built gateway platform as compliant with access control and policy management requirements under the international Common Criteria certification program. The certification allows Axway to market its API Gateway product to federal agencies, international governments and highly regulated industries, the company said Thursday. API Gateway is designed to help organizations secure, manage […] More

  • DLT Solutions Partnership to Offer Flash Storage Products in Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLT Solutions Partnership to Offer Flash Storage Products in Public Sector

    Pure Storage has teamed up with DLT Solutions to offer all-flash storage products in the public sector as both companies aim to help customer agencies meet information technology modernization goals. DLT said Thursday that Pure Storage’s FlashArray//M will work to help federal clients manage data intensive applications while the Pure Storage FlashArray is designed to address government agencies’ […] More

  • IBM Vet John Lainhart Named Senior Strategist at Grant Thornton's Cyber Risk Advisory Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Vet John Lainhart Named Senior Strategist at Grant Thornton’s Cyber Risk Advisory Practice

    John Lainhart, a former leader of the U.S. public sector cybersecurity and privacy group at IBM, has been appointed as senior strategist at Grant Thornton‘s cyber risk advisory practice. He will oversee the development of cybersecurity offerings for the public sector in his new position, Grant Thornton said Thursday. “It’s essential for agencies to invest in cyber defense and preparedness, […] More

  • Orbital ATK Books $50M DoD Non-U.S. Standard Ammo Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Books $50M DoD Non-U.S. Standard Ammo Order

    The U.S. government has awarded Orbital ATK a new $50 million order to produce non-U.S. standard ammunition for the Defense Department and its international allies. Orbital ATK said Monday it has booked more than $200 million in NSA orders during 2016 as part of previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity and basic ordering agreement contracts. The company operates the U.S. Army‘s Lake City Ammunition Plant in Independence, […] More

  • Unisys’ PV Puvvada: 'Proactive' Risk Assessment of Federal IT Projects to Advance Under New Administration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ PV Puvvada: ‘Proactive’ Risk Assessment of Federal IT Projects to Advance Under New Administration

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said he predicts federal employees and contractors to “proactively” evaluate risks in information technology projects under President Donald Trump’s administration through implementation of DevOps and agile development processes. Puvvada wrote in an FCW article published Friday that such a move is part of the administration’s objective […] More

  • ISS Federal Lead Rob Rogers on Agencies' Open Source Moves & 'Information Advantage' Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISS Federal Lead Rob Rogers on Agencies’ Open Source Moves & ‘Information Advantage’ Efforts

    Private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners unveiled its new Polaris Alpha portfolio holding company in November through the merger of three government contracting businesses that included data services provider Intelligent Software Solutions. Based in Colorado Springs, ISS works with agencies on initiatives in data visualization, mobile software and other technology areas in efforts to help decision-makers capture […] More

  • NSA Vet Curt Dukes Joins Center for Internet Security in EVP Role; John Gilligan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA Vet Curt Dukes Joins Center for Internet Security in EVP Role; John Gilligan Comments

    Curt Dukes, former director of the National Security Agency‘s information assurance directorate, has joined the Center for Internet Security as executive vice president. He will oversee the center’s security best practices automation group that handles  CIS controls and security benchmarks as well as tools designed to automate standards evaluation, CIS said Tuesday. Dukes will also lead efforts to expand the nonprofit’s standards content, […] More