The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has granted authorization to critical event management provider OnSolve, indicating that the company passed an assessment of cloud security requirements for government use. With the new designation, federal agencies would be able to deploy OnSolve’s solution to improve their security posture. OnSolve offers a cloud-based platform intended to […]
Enterprise security company Proofpoint has joined the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, a consortium of public and private sector organizations led by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. JCDC’s purpose is to coordinate cyber defense operations, promote information sharing and collaboration between the government and industry and craft best practices for stakeholders. The company is expected […]
Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of the U.S. Cyber Command, has issued a three-pronged plan to “own the domain” of cyberspace. He identified three priorities to enable his organization to achieve that goal amid rival competition and the threat of misinformation and artificial intelligence development. According to Nakasone, a 2023 Wash100 winner, CYBERCOM’s first challenge […]
Douglas Thurston has been appointed CEO of digital transformation services firm DMI, succeeding Sunny Bajaj, who will stay on the board of directors. Thurston previously served as chief operating officer, having joined the company in 2022 to work with Bajaj on strategic growth efforts. According to Bajaj, Thurston is a proven leader with the ability […]
Reps. Rob Wittman and Dutch Ruppersberger have proposed the creation of a Department of Defense office that would facilitate the military’s deployment of autonomous technologies amid a growing focus on artificial intelligence across the service branches. If the Autonomous Systems Adoption and Policy Act is passed, a Joint Autonomy Office would be established under the […]
John Raymond, a retired general and former head of the U.S. Space Force, has assumed the role of senior managing director of supply chain and strategic opportunities at Cerberus Capital Management, an alternative investment firm. He is expected to handle the company’s aerospace and defense modernization portfolio and guide space investments. Cerberus’ supply chain and […]
Digital transformation services provider DLH Holdings has received a potential five-year, $18.6 million contract extending and expanding information technology services for the National Institute on Aging, a National Institutes of Health component that studies processes and conditions related to growing older. DLH is expected to modernize the NIA Intramural Research Program by instituting DevSecOps and […]
New Jersey-based joint venture Softek FEDITC has finished recruitment for a 30-month, $40 million contract to provide network architecture and engineering support to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Chief Information Officer. SOFITC won an 8(a) competition to receive the Homeland Security Enterprise Network Tier III Architecture/Engineering and Security Architecture/Engineering Support deal, which […]
NASA will host a live event on May 19 to reveal the second company tasked with building a sustainable human landing system for the Artemis V mission, an upcoming crewed flight to the moon likely to occur no earlier than 2027. The HLS will be used to ferry astronauts between the moon’s surface and the […]
Software and analytics industry veteran Jacqueline Yeaney has become part of Iridium Communications’ board of directors, where she is expected to support business strategy efforts. She also serves on the board of Talkspace, an online therapy company based in New York. According to her Linkedin profile, Yeaney is also a strategic adviser for VorteXplore, a […]
