Palo Alto Networks IoT Security Report Provides Insights Into IoT Adoption, Public Sector SVP Dana Barnes Quoted
Palo Alto Networks announced on Wednesday that the company had released its latest IoT Security Report detailing the responses and results from 1,900 IT leaders across a wide range of organizations across 18 countries in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia and the Middle East on the latest internet of things (IoT) trends and major security […]
DHS Secretary Mayorkas, GSA Administrator Carnahan, Senator Carper Urge Funding to Complete Ongoing St. Elizabeths DHS HQ Project
On Monday, 2021 Wash100 Award winner Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of Homeland Security, GSA Administrator Robin Carnahan and Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) toured the St. Elizabeths West Campus in Washington, D.C. to oversee progress and urge funding on the GSA’s ongoing project to consolidate DHS components onto the campus. The St. Elizabeths DHS headquarters project is expected to reduce DHS’ […]
Blue Delta Names GovCon Vet Mac Curtis as Venture Fellow; Phil Nolan, Jim Garrettson Quoted
Blue Delta Capital Partners has appointed Mac Curtis, former chairman of the board, president and CEO of Perspecta and seven-time Wash100 Award recipient, as a venture fellow who will join some of the boards of the McLean, Virginia-based growth equity firm's portfolio companies and support their growth initiatives. "Mac will [also] help us see new […]
Army Unveils Digital Transformation Strategy; CIO Raj Iyer Quoted
The U.S. Army has issued a new strategy that seeks to advance the use of innovative technologies to help establish conditions for a digital Army to maintain overmatch across land, sea, space, air and cyberspace domains. The Army Digital Transformation Strategy sets the vision for how the service can achieve Waypoint 2028 with the aid […]
Deborah Lee James on Focus Areas of Defense Business Board’s Upcoming Studies
Deborah Lee James, chair of the Defense Business Board and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said the board will look into various matters and conduct studies that will fall into three basic categories and those are transformations, business processes and talent, Defense News reported Tuesday. James, former secretary of the U.S. Air Force, told the […]
Frank Kendall: Defense Logistics Enterprise Should Adapt, Apply Emerging Tech in Response to Challenges
Frank Kendall, secretary of the Air Force and a three-time Wash100 Award winner, said he believes the U.S. defense and military logistics enterprise should adapt to meet the challenges posed by strategic competitors and recognize the need for a multidomain and multipronged approach that involves all service branches, partners and allies, the Air Force reported […]
Teresa Carlson: Splunk’s New Government Logging Modernization Program to Optimize Federal Cyber Compliance
Splunk, a San Francisco, California-based data platform company, has launched its Government Logging Modernization Program designed to help federal agencies comply with cyber incident response requirements. Developed in response to the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity and the Office of Management and Budget’s M-21-31 memorandum, Splunk’s new program will help agencies capture and […]
Anne Neuberger: International Counter-Ransomware Initiative Focused on Building Resilience, Diplomatic Partnership
The White House National Security Council facilitated a two-day virtual event for the International Counter-Ransomware Initiative that kicked off Oct. 13 and Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, said the event addressed four elements of the fight against ransomware. “It focused on uniting law […]
Microsoft Federal President Rick Wagner Presented Fourth Consecutive Wash100 Award By Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson
Rick Wagner, president of Microsoft Federal, has received his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) recognizing the contributions of the top executive in the sector, for his leadership and efforts to drive digital transformation as federal agencies continue to push their adoption of the latest emerging technologies. Executive […]
SAIC CEO Nazzic Keene to Receive 2021 Good Scout Technology Award From Boy Scouts of America on Nov. 3rd
Nazzic Keene, CEO of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and four-time Wash100 Award winner, will receive the 2021 Technology Good Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America during the National Capital Area Council’s (NCAC) 24th Annual Good Scout Technology Award Luncheon on Nov. 3rd. The annual luncheon recognizes the most significant leaders of consequence who exemplify the […]
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson Presents Maxar Technologies’ Tony Frazier His Fifth Wash100 Award
Tony Frazier, executive vice president of Global Field Operations for Maxar Technologies, was presented his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award on Wednesday. Executive Mosaic recognized Frazier with his fifth Wash100 Award, and third consecutive, […]
Gen. John Murray: Project Convergence Focuses on Army’s Future Changes
Gen. John Murray, commanding general of Army Futures Command (AFC) and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, said this year's Project Convergence exercise serves as a platform to determine how the service needs to fight in the future. Murray and other AFC officials spoke about Project Convergence at the Association of the U.S. Army's 2021 annual meeting […]
CACI Wins All 10 Pools on GSA ASTRO IDIQ; CEO John Mengucci Quoted
CACI International has been selected as a prime contractor for all 10 pools on the General Services Administration’s (GSA) ten-year, multibillion-dollar, multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity ASTRO contract. Under the contract, CACI’s work will span ASTRO pools including data operations, aviation, space, maritime, mission operations, ground, research and development, training services, support services and systems integration and development, the […]
Raj Iyer: Army Seeks Unified Cloud for Digital Transformation Push
Raj Iyer, chief information officer of the U.S. Army and 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, wants the military service to invest in cloud-based infrastructure as part of its new strategy to modernize information technology assets, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. He told reporters at an Association of the United States Army event that the branch's Digital Transformation […]
Lt. Gen. Michael Groen: AI-Backed Cyber Defense Begins With Network Security
Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, director of the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said that artificial intelligence’s first cyber defense aspect begins with network security, DOD News reported Friday. The Department of Defense is shifting its mindset on networks and architecture because these play a significant role in warfighting and must be […]