Palo Alto Networks Released Growing Ransomware Threat Report; GovCon Expert Dana Barnes Quoted
Palo Alto Networks announced the release of Unit 42’s, an elite team of security consultants within the company that creates an intelligence-driven, response-ready organization, recent ‘The Growing Ransomware Threat: 4 Trends and Insights’ report. "As a result, ransomware has become one of the top threats in cybersecurity and a focus area for Palo Alto Networks," […]
Vice Adm. Robert Sharp: NGA to Call on Industry for ‘GEOINT AI’ Program Support
Vice Adm. Robert Sharp, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and a two-time Wash100 Award winner, said in his keynote speech at the GEOINT 2022 Symposium the agency plans to collaborate with industry to advance artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. Sharp told the event audience that NGA will take over operations of GEOINT AI […]
GSA Introduces Online Platform to Help Federal Agencies Plan Acquisition Journey
The General Services Administration has unveiled a website designed to simplify the federal acquisition planning process for agencies and enable industry to facilitate the delivery of services and supplies to the federal marketplace. The buy.gsa.gov website was developed using human-centered design and through usability testing and user research efforts involving GSA’s acquisition professionals, vendors and […]
Tonya Wilkerson: NGA Works With Non-Federal Entities to Nurture STEM, GEOINT Talent Pipelines
Tonya Wilkerson, deputy director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said at a recent symposium that NGA partnered with non-federal entities to develop future science, technology, engineering and math and professionals who can support the agency's GEOINT mission. "Specifically, NGA has worked to become more involved at the university level […]
Pentagon Launches Innovation Pathways Website; Kathleen Hicks Quoted
The Department of Defense has unveiled a new website that would enable DOD to bring in new technologies and other novel concepts from industry and universities. “The Innovation Pathways website is one part of our on-going efforts to make it easier for those across the innovation ecosystem, including small businesses, new entrants to the defense […]
VA to Modernize Sign-In Experience for Veterans Via TMF Investment; Clare Martorana Quoted
The Department of Veterans Affairs will receive an investment through the Technology Modernization Fund to implement a single sign-in service to help streamline access of veterans to benefits and services. VA will use the investment to develop an in-person identity verification feature for veterans, launch a pilot to adopt physical security keys for multifactor authentication […]
Kathleen Hicks Mulls Over Potential Options to Help Startups Navigate DOD Acquisition Process
Kathleen Hicks, deputy secretary at the Department of Defense and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said she was beginning to think about some potential approaches DOD could carry out to help technology startups navigate the “valley of death” and other challenges after hearing some of the issues raised by executives during a roundtable discussion, Breaking […]
Aaron Weis: Navy Enterprise Network Modernization Calls for IT Architecture Changes
Aaron Weis, chief information officer at the Department of the Navy and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said a fundamental change in information technology architecture could help DON increase the agility and security of its enterprise network, FCW reported Tuesday. He pointed to the Navy's move to implement Office 365 productivity and collaboration tools as […]
Red Hat Notches Common Criteria Certification for Linux 8.2; VP, GM Clara Conti Quoted
Red Hat has earned a distinction for its Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 platform that confirms the product as secure and safe for various computing environments. The Common Criteria certification was provided by the National Information Assurance Partnership and the program was tested and validated by the federally-approved laboratory Acumen Security, Red Hat said Monday. Clara […]
Sharothi Pikar Named JAIC Deputy Chief Digital and AI Officer, Acquisitions; DoD CIO John Sherman Quoted
Sharothi Pikar, command acquisition executive at U.S. Cyber Command, has been appointed deputy chief digital and AI officer, acquisitions, at the Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center. In her new role, she will oversee the development, acquisition and procurement of capabilities with DOD’s industry and academic partners, JAIC said in a LinkedIn post. “Sharothi […]
Army Leaders, Intell Exec Stacey Dixon Talk IP Theft Prevention
U.S. Army Futures Command officials recently discussed with Stacey Dixon, principal deputy director of national intelligence and three-time Wash100 Award recipient, collaborative efforts to protect intellectual property from being stolen by adversaries. Dixon's visit to AFC headquarters in Austin, Texas, came as the Army works with the intelligence community through technology protection and information review […]
CISA Director Jen Easterly Named to 2022 Wash100 for Leading Cyber Threat Awareness; Protecting US National Security
Jen Easterly, director for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, the highest honor and most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for her leadership with CISA as the agency works to address the most critical cyber and ransomware threats and attacks against U.S. national security […]
Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner on DISA’s Thunderdome, Defense Enclave Services Contract
Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said the Thunderdome zero trust program and the Defense Enclave Services initiative are key to DISA’s future work as the agency tries to transition from being a hardware agency into a software organization, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. “Thunderdome […]
DIU Director Michael Brown Named to 2022 Wash100 for Leading Federal Tech Innovation; Driving DOD & Industry Collaboration Efforts
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that Michael Brown, director of the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) with the Department of Defense (DoD), has been recognized as a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient for the first time in his illustrious career. Brown has received the most prestigious award in all of government contracting (GovCon) for his leadership […]
GovCon Expert Jerry McGinn Named to 2022 Wash100 for Leading GMU’s Center for Government Contracting Expansion; Driving GovCon Advocacy
Jerry McGinn, executive director of GMU’s Center for Government Contracting and a key member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program, has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient for his vision and leadership in the expansion of the George Mason University (GMU) School of Business’ Center for Government Contracting as well as driving advocacy for […]