Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, said in a letter sent Friday to Reps. Adam Schiff and Carolyn Maloney that intelligence agencies are investigating the national security implications of former President Donald Trump improperly storing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Haines, a 2022 Wash100 awardee and upcoming Potomac Officers Club speaker, assured Maloney […]
U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency officials overseeing the joint Election Security Group have spoken on the importance of the partnership and measures being taken to safeguard the 2022 midterm polls. Army Gen. Paul Nakasone, who serves as both commander of Cybercom and director of NSA, said the ESG’s security efforts constitute a “no-fail […]
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory plans to send samples of four strains of fungi into space as part of the Aug. 29 launch of the Artemis I moon orbit mission, aiming to study how space radiation affects living things outside the Earth’s magnetosphere. Researchers also aim to test how the microorganisms naturally protect against radiation and adapt […]
George Korch, director of the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center, has announced that he will retire at the end of September 2022. Korch is also the president of the Battelle National Biodefense Institute, which operates NBACC. The senior official, who holds a doctorate from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, will be succeeded in […]
Science Applications International Corp. has won a $163 million U.S. Navy contract to develop upgrades as well as provide logistics and lifecycle support to the networks and related components of the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific branch in San Diego, California, maintaining naval enterprise networks for all shore-based commands and personnel critical to daily operations and supporting […]
NTT Data and Cardinality .ai have formed a strategic partnership to pursue opportunities related to aiding government services in adopting secure cloud infrastructure. Christopher Merdon, group president for NTT Data Services Public Sector, said the partnership will assist in simplifying citizen interaction with government, while Cardinality CEO Thiag Loganathan said both companies could accelerate the pace at […]
Kim Cheatle has been selected by President Joe Biden to serve as director of the U.S. Secret Service. Cheatle was part of Biden’s security detail when he was still vice president. Biden emphasized her leadership acumen and said she is “the best choice” for the role. According to Alejandro Mayorkas, Department of Homeland Security secretary and 2021 […]
Rocky Thurston serves as chief operating officer at Digital Management Inc., an information technology management firm located in Bethesda, Maryland. DMI offers services related to digital transformation and consulting to commercial and federal customers. Before joining DMI, Thurston served as president of Peraton’s citizen security and public services segment, according to his LinkedIn and company profiles. He served […]
SMX’s Cloud Assured Managed Services platform has attained authorization from the State Risk and Authorization Management Program, a nonprofit advocating cybersecurity best practices to improve the cyber posture of state and local administrations. StateRAMP provides state and local governments with uniform cloud security verification, mitigating cyber risks. According to John Sankovich, SMX’s president of cloud solutions, the authorization […]
BAE Systems has won a $42.7 million contract from the U.S. Navy to produce seven Network Tactical Common Data Link systems, modular and scalable platforms meant to facilitate the exchange of real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data as well as command and control information on aircraft carriers and Constellation-class frigates to boost situational awareness. The platforms […]
