ThreatConnect, a threat intelligence platform provider, has obtained $16 million in a funding round led by the venture capital arm of SAP National Security Services, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Aaron Gregg writes ThreatConnect joins other Virginia-based cybersecurity startups that have recently attracted investments from venture capitalists. Gregg reports threat intelligence platforms …
Read More »SAP NS2 Summit Highlights Human Element in National Security Missions; Mark Testoni Comments
SAP National Security Services has concluded its fourth annual national security summit with a focus on the role of humans in carrying out national security missions. The 2015 SAP NS2 Solutions Summit featured discussions on cloud, analytic modernization, code cracks and cybersecurity, among other topics, SAP said Thursday. “Technology in …
Read More »SAP NS2's Mark Testoni: US Needs to Secure Critical Network Infrastructures From Cyber Attacks
Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, told Federal Times in an interview published Friday the U.S. needs to defend critical network infrastructures from cyber attacks as cyber warfare becomes “another dimension of conflict.“ “Our warfighting capabilities today generally are nation-state versus nation-state, generally in land, space or air,” Testoni told …
Read More »SAP NS2, Altamira Form Big Data Analytics Partnership
A U.S.-based subsidiary of SAP and Altamira Technologies have forged an alliance to combine their big data analytics platforms into a joint offering as the companies seek help clients discover relationships in their data. Altamira said Friday it will incorporate SAP's in-memory database and computation engine HANA with the former company’s LUMIFY big data fusion, analytic and visualization platform. …
Read More »SAP NS2 Vet Training Program Shifts Focus to Analytics; Mark Testoni Comments
The SAP National Security Services training program for veterans is moving forward to its fourth session with an analytics-focused curriculum in response to feedback from prospective employers, FCW reported Thursday. Sean Lyngaas writes that the NS2 Serves-run program has shifted from enterprise resource planning courses to analytics in efforts to meet the …
Read More »Executive Profile: Carmen Krueger, SVP & GM of Cloud Operations at SAP NS2
Carmen Krueger is the senior vice president and general manager of cloud operations for SAP National Security Services and is in charge of the company’s U.S. federal secure cloud. She previously served as vice president of sales, regional VP for the public sector in the Washington metropolitan area and VP for the …
Read More »SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: US Should Manage Cyberspace Like Battlefield
Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has observed espionage methods being used in cyberspace are somewhat similar to tactics that spies use in the physical world, Defense Systems reported Thursday. He told Defense Systems in an interview that many hacking groups target the private sector and …
Read More »Washington Post Recognizes GovCon Firms in 2015’s ‘Top Workplaces’ List
The Washington Post has selected several GovCon firms for recognition in the newspaper’s annual list of the 150 “Top Workplaces” in the greater Washington area. The Post chose the recipients based on overall employee perceptions of leadership quality, pay and benefits and work-life balance strategies at the organizations. Companies selected for the …
Read More »Vernon Bailey on SAP NS2’s Partner Ecosystem Emphasis, Cloud Services Push
Vernon Bailey joined SAP NS2 — the German conglomerate’s U.S. national security subsidiary — upon SAP‘s acquisition of Sybase in 2010 and now serves as the subsidiary’s vice president of sales. The 27-year information technology veteran oversees marketing and sales functions for SAP NS2’s database and technologies business and also is responsible for …
Read More »SAP NS2 Training Program Seeks to Match Veteran Servicemen, IT Jobs; Mark Testoni Comments
A third batch of veterans has graduated from a SAP National Security Services training program designed to help retired servicemen land information technology jobs with federal agencies and companies, the Washington Times reported Sunday. Jacqueline Klimas writes the 11-week SAP NS2 Serves course offers veterans advice on how to improve their resumes …
Read More »SAP NS2’s Carmen Krueger, Hunter Downey Talk Cloud Considerations for Nat’l Security Agencies
SAP National Security Services is working with the U.S. government to utilize big data and cloud computing technologies to support national security operations, two company executives said in an article published Wednesday on GovCloud. SAP NS2’s Carmen Krueger, senior vice president and general manager of cloud operations, and Hunter Downey, cloud solutions director, …
Read More »Executive Profile: Steve Fehr, SVP & License Sales GM at SAP NS2
Steve Fehr serves as senior vice president and general manager of license sales at SAP National Security Services, a U.S.-based subsidiary of SAP known as SAP NS2. He holds more than 25 years of experience in the professional services and enterprise software sectors and has held positions in sales management, operations management, business …
Read More »Executive Profile: Cherreka Montgomery, SAP NS2’s National VP of Corporate Development
Cherreka Montgomery serves as national vice president of corporate development at the independent U.S. national security subsidiary of SAP – SAP NS2. She works with the Defense Department, intelligence community and systems integrators in her role. Prior to joining SAP, Montgomery served as the Office of the Director of National Intelligence‘s public affairs …
Read More »Executive Profile: Phil Freedenberg, Business Development VP at SAP NS2
Phil Freedenberg has been vice president of business development at SAP National Security Services — or SAP NS2 — since 2011 and has served in leadership roles at SAP since 2007 over areas such as strategic account management in both the aerospace and defense sectors. Prior to SAP, the 25-year industry veteran helped to develop …
Read More »Mark Testoni: NS2 Serves Training Program’s 3rd Class Aims to Tackle Vet Unemployment
A nonprofit organization started by SAP NS2 has opened 20 slots to post-9/11 military veterans for a three-month technology training and employment program that will provide participants with mentorship and potential job opportunities. NS2 Serves said Monday the residential, full-time course will offer training on SAP software and career placement assistance in national …
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