Gen. Paul Nakasone: Navy-Marine Corps Integration Needed to Counter Cyberattacks
Gen. Paul Nakasone, head of U.S. Cyber Command and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, said cybersecurity is national security and the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps must be ready to address cyberattacks, USNI News reported Tuesday. “Continuing Navy-Marine Corps integration must account for the information environment, especially adversary intrusions, information operations and next-gen […]
Anne Neuberger: Microsoft Exchange Hack Attribution, Follow-Up Action Coming Soon
Anne Neuberger, deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, hinted that the White House will release a formal attribution for the hack of Microsoft's Exchange email service in the coming weeks and what steps the government will take in response to the cyberattack, Nextgov reported Tuesday. She […]
Leidos Chairman, CEO Roger Krone Presented Eighth Consecutive Wash100 Award By Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson presented the eighth consecutive Wash100 Award to Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, during a recent visit on Monday to Leidos’ office in Reston, VA. In the highly prestigious eight-year history of the Wash100 Award, Krone is the only executive to receive the highest honor in government contracting (GovCon) […]
KBR Wins $194M Air Force Task Order to Test Microelectronic Tech Integrity; Byron Bright Quoted
KBR (NYSE: KBR) has received a five-year, $194.3 million task order to help U.S. Air Force researchers analyze and verify the integrity of very small electronic devices. The company said Thursday it will best practices for designing digital and analog systems and develop methods to detect counterfeit microelectronic products as part of the Security and […]
Iridium Awarded $30 Million Research & Development Contract From U.S. Army; CEO Matt Desch Quoted
Iridium Communications announced on Thursday that the company has secured a research and development (R&D) contract from the U.S. Army worth up to $30 million to develop a payload to be hosted on small satellites that supports navigation systems, guidance and control for the global positioning system (GPS) and GPS-denied precision systems. The Army intends […]
Leidos Secures Over $5B in Contract Award Wins in June
Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, received his 2021 Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), from Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson on Monday. With this year’s honor, Krone has received his eighth consecutive Wash100 Award, the most in the award’s highly prestigious history. As the only GovCon executive […]
TransUnion Public Sector VP Jeffrey Huth To Moderate Expert Panel at Potomac Officers Club’s Trusted Workforce Forum on June 30th
The federal government has struggled to complete the required security clearance processes for its massive workforce. The security clearance backlog has recently been reduced due to the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA) efforts to streamline and digitize the clearance process. During Potomac Officers Club’s Trusted Workforce Forum, the federal government and private sector leaders […]
Verizon Public Sector SVP Jennifer Chronis Presented First Wash100 Award By Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson
Recently named senior vice president of Verizon’s public sector business Jennifer Chronis, was presented her first Wash100 Award, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), by Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson for driving technology offerings, expanding revenue and partnering with industry leaders to drive digital transformation for Verizon. Following a significant four-year […]
Former CISA Director Christopher Krebs Joins SentinelOne Advisory Board; COO Nicholas Warner Quoted
Christopher Krebs, the former director of Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, has been named the first advisory board member for SentinelOne, an autonomous cybersecurity platform company, the company announced Wednesday. SentinelOne is bringing a proactive and innovative approach to cybersecurity that organizations in the public […]
ViON Awarded Quantum Alliance Strategic Partner for Enterprise Solutions Business; Chairman, CEO Tom Frana Quoted
ViON Corporation announced on Wednesday that the company has been recognized as one of two partners awarded the 2020-2021 Quantum Alliance Strategic Partner Award at Quantum’s Virtual Q Elevate partner event. “ViON has over 40 years of experience helping our customers modernize technology and drive successful outcomes. ViON's experience processing, storing, managing and protecting data […]
ICF CEO John Wasson Receives Second Consecutive Wash100 Award From Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson
Executive Mosaic CEO Jim Garrettson recently made a visit ICF headquarters in Fairfax, VA to present the second consecutive Wash100 Award, the most prestigious award in government contracting (GovCon), to ICF CEO John Wasson for his leadership and significant contributions to the federal landscape and the GovCon community. Previously, Wasson secured his first Wash100 Award […]
Executive Spotlight With AFS Chief Executive John Goodman, Novetta CEO Tiffanny Gates
Last week, ExecutiveBiz released its latest Executive Spotlight interview featuring both John Goodman, chief executive for Accenture Federal Services (AFS), and Novetta CEO Tiffanny Gates, who are both recent 2021 Wash100 Award recipients, following the news that AFS will be acquiring Novetta. Gates and Goodman discussed the background behind the acquisition coming to pass, the […]
Kathleen Hicks: DOD Requests Budget Centered on Tech Innovation
Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense and a 2021 Wash100 Award winner, said the Pentagon's defense budget request features many experimentation projects across the service branches, DOD News reported Monday. Hicks said virtually at the recent Defense One Tech Summit that the Department of Defense (DOD) wants to realize concepts in various areas such […]
ODNI Absorbs National Intelligence University; Avril Haines Quoted
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has taken over the stewardship of Bethesda, Maryland-based National Intelligence University (NIU), the only accredited federal degree-granting institution of the intelligence community. NIU's organizational transition from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) to ODNI represents a milestone in its 59-year history of educating future IC leaders, the […]
DOD Reviews Definition of ‘Prohibited Extremist Activities’ Among Troops; Gen. Lloyd Austin Quoted
The White House National Security Council released the National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism and the Department of Defense (DOD) is now assessing and updating its definition of “prohibited extremist activities” among uniformed service members in line with the strategy, Defense One reported Thursday. DOD will also look at policy recommendations to address such activities […]