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  • Janus to Provide Security for Malaysia-Based Int'l Company's Oil Exploration in Central Iraq - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus to Provide Security for Malaysia-Based Int’l Company’s Oil Exploration in Central Iraq

    Janus Global Operations will provide security and risk management services in support of a Malaysia-based international oil company’s central Iraq operations under a two-year contract. JGO said Wednesday it will assign 600 employees to perform contract work to support the customer’s personnel as part of oil exploration activities in central Iraq. Matt Kaye, CEO at JGO, stated that […] More

  • Telos Offers Automated Risk Mgmt Software to AWS Govt Cloud Users - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos Offers Automated Risk Mgmt Software to AWS Govt Cloud Users

    Telos has begun to offer its automated risk management platform to government users of Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud isolated cloud region. Xacta 360 is now available in the AWS GovCloud Marketplace and the AWS Marketplace for commercial buyers, Telos said Friday. Richard Johnson, manager of cloud information system security at the Department of Homeland Security, said DHS […] More

  • Industry Execs Launch New Institute to Address Private-Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry Execs Launch New Institute to Address Private-Sector Cybersecurity Risk Management

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano and other industry leaders from two nonprofit and nonpartisan organizations have launched an initiative that aims to advance cyber risk management in the private sector. The Center for Global Enterprise and the Center for Responsible Enterprise And Trade formed the Cyber Readiness Institute to establish best practices and […] More

  • Clearwater Compliance Joins NIST-Led Cybersecurity Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Clearwater Compliance Joins NIST-Led Cybersecurity Partnership

    Clearwater Compliance has become a member of a public-private cybersecurity collaboration within the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. The Nashville, Tennessee-based cybersecurity and compliance management provider said Tuesday it will pledge its cyber risk management software, methodology and expertise as a member of NIST’s National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership. “It takes […] More

  • Coast Guard Plans New Single-Source IDIQ Award for Software Engineering Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Coast Guard Plans New Single-Source IDIQ Award for Software Engineering Services

    The U.S. Coast Guard plans to award a single-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for software engineering services to support current and future enterprise information systems at USCG and the Department of Homeland Security. The service branch said in a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday that services covered under the Application Product Lines Enterprise Services II contract include application development, data […] More

  • NIAP Certifies RSA ID & Access Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIAP Certifies RSA ID & Access Mgmt Platform

    Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary has obtained Common Criteria certification from the National Security Agency-managed National Information Assurance Partnership for the company’s identity and access management platform. RSA said Wednesday its Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.0 platform has met requirements outlined in version 2.1 of NIAP’s Protection Profile for Enterprise Security Management-Identity and Credential Management. The platform is designed to help […] More

  • Guardtime to Integrate Cyber Elements into Lockheed's Software Devt, Systems Engineering Processes - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Guardtime to Integrate Cyber Elements into Lockheed’s Software Devt, Systems Engineering Processes

    Guardtime‘s federal business has been chosen by Lockheed Martin to help incorporate blockchain technology and other cyber elements into the latter’s software development, supply chain risk management and systems engineering efforts. Lockheed said Thursday it wants to adopt Guardtime Federal’s Black Lantern appliances and Core blockchain infrastructure as part of efforts to secure developmental processes. Ron Bessire, vice president of engineering and technology […] More

  • Cisco to Sponsor NIST's Baldrige Cybersecurity Workshop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco to Sponsor NIST’s Baldrige Cybersecurity Workshop

    Cisco will sponsor a cybersecurity workshop on April 2 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Maryland in conjunction with the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s Baldrige Quest for Excellence Conference. NIST said Thursday the Baldrige Cybersecurity Workshop aims to provide organizations guidelines on evaluating their own cybersecurity programs using the Baldrige Cybersecurity Excellence Builder as part of risk […] More

  • CenturyLink SVP Bill Bradley Joins RiskSense Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink SVP Bill Bradley Joins RiskSense Board of Directors

    Bill Bradley, senior vice president for cyber engineering and technology services at CenturyLink, has joined the board of directors of Albuquerque, New Mexico-based cyber risk management company RiskSense. The more than 30-year CenturyLink veteran oversees the development, maintenance and management of the communications technology firm’s internal cybersecurity and engineering functions, RiskSense said Monday. “Bill’s extensive experience in cyber security and industry relationships […] More

  • Dell Technologies Subsidiary's GRC Platform Earns Common Criteria EAL 2+ Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Technologies Subsidiary’s GRC Platform Earns Common Criteria EAL 2+ Certification

    Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary has secured a Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for its governance, risk management and compliance platform through an evaluation by Leidos’ Common Criteria Testing Laboratory. RSA said Monday release 6.1 of its Archer GRC platform is designed to help organizations mitigate business risks across multiple domains. The company noted that the EAL […] More

  • Carahsoft, TransUnion Partner to Offer Govt Clients Risk Mgmt, Authentication Tools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft, TransUnion Partner to Offer Govt Clients Risk Mgmt, Authentication Tools

    Carahsoft Technology will offer TransUnion‘s investigative and risk management, identity authentication and verification systems to the public sector through the contract vehicles run by the General Services Administration and NASA. TransUnion said Wednesday its TLOxp product offering will be available to government agencies via the GSA Schedule 70 and NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement contracts. TLOxp will work to help agencies authenticate […] More

  • Carahsoft Offers Sword Active Risk's Risk Mgmt Platform in Federal Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Offers Sword Active Risk’s Risk Mgmt Platform in Federal Market

    Carahsoft Technology and Sword Active Risk have entered an agreement to add the latter’s risk management tool to Carahsoft’s positions under the General Services Administration‘s Schedule and NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V contract vehicles. Reston, Virginia-based Carahsoft said Tuesday it will offer Active Risk Manager to U.S. government agencies under the partnership agreement. Keith Ricketts, marketing vice president at Sword […] More