Austin, Texas-based Aurigo Software’s Masterworks Cloud platform has attained In Process status from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, a security standard for cloud applications to be used by the government. In Process indicates that a vendor has cleared certain criteria and is working with a federal agency throughout the process. Aurigo attained FedRAMP […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded Peraton a potential eight-year, $399.3 million contract to operate and maintain a ground network that coordinates polar-orbiting environmental satellites owned by the agency and its partners. Known as the Joint Polar Satellite System, NOAA’s low-Earth orbit constellation is used to collect data for predicting weather and studying […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded a potential five-year, $55 million contract to Tomahawk Robotics for full-rate production of the Flexible Cyber Secure Radio, an encrypted solution compliant with the Department of Defense’s Joint Communications Architecture for Unmanned Systems standard. FlexCSR is built on an embedded radio component designed by Persistent Systems and interchangeable modules that […]
The Federal Communications Commission’s Space Bureau has instituted new regulations to prevent the signals of various satellites in non-geostationary orbit from interfering with each other. Authorized fixed-satellite service providers are now required to ensure that their systems do not impact those that had secured FCC licenses in earlier application processing rounds. Such first-mover protections are […]
The 2023 iteration of the RSA Conference will cover the recently released national cyber strategy, collaborative efforts, artificial intelligence and other topics. Officials from the intelligence community and private sector are expected to participate in various discussions throughout the San Francisco-based event, which will run from April 24 to 27. Bryan Vorndran, assistant director of […]
Carahsoft Technology has started selling software from identity management firms Okta and Socure to the public sector. Craig Abod, Carahsoft president and 2023 Wash100 awardee, highlighted his company’s existing relationships with both Okta and Socure and noted that putting such products together could offset costs incurred from modern cyberattacks. One of the solutions on offer […]
The Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative‘s industrial control systems wing has added Palo Alto, California-based Xage Security to its ranks. JCDC is a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency-managed group of public and private sector organizations tasked with coordinating digital operations and planning responses to incidents. Its ICS wing was established in 2022 to consolidate efforts to […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is spearheading the government’s implementation of secure-by-design, an approach to software development aimed at incorporating safety measures in the early stages. CISA had been involved with the recent publication of secure-by-design and secure-by-default guidance for software makers and vendors. Formed in collaboration with other agencies and organizations from allied […]
The National Institutes of Health has awarded digital services company DMI a three-year, $24 million recompete contract to support the Cybersecurity Modernization II program. The company will continue efforts to strengthen NIH’s cyber posture such as industrial control system upgrades, cloud assessments and management of enterprise assets and third-party vendors. According to DMI, the deal […]
The U.S. Space Command wants to field on-orbit sustainment and refueling technologies by 2026 and outfit future satellites with the necessary systems to receive those services by 2030. Lt. Gen. John Shaw, the deputy commander of SPACECOM, told reporters on Tuesday that such capabilities are meant to set up dynamic space operations, the ability to […]
