Katie Arrington, chief information security officer for assistant secretary for defense acquisition, has clarified that contractors will face different levels of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements depending on the information they need to secure. Speaking at a Washington Technology event, the 2020 Wash100 winner said the Department of Defense will release requests for information notices […]
Liz Van Dyke is the managing director for public institutions and digital solutions at JLL, a Washington-based professional services firm specializing in real estate and investment management. Since her appointment in September 2019, Van Dyke has been leading JLL’s efforts in helping public institutions adopt transformative digital tools for real estate management. Specifically, she develops […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded Virginia-based Fluor Marine Propulsion a $1.77B contract modification for naval nuclear propulsion work at the Naval Nuclear Laboratory. The bulk of the work will be performed in Schenectady, New York, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. About $291M in fiscal 2019 and 2020 Navy funding will be obligated at time of award, the […]
Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Rick Scott, R-Fla., have introduced a bill aimed at banning the use of the TikTok app on federal devices due to cybersecurity concerns. The senators argued that TikTok service provider ByteDance could be compelled by the Chinese government, which it shares close ties with, to send user data to Beijing. […]
Jamil Hermes is the chief growth officer of Cognosante, a Virginia-based company specializing in information technology and services. Since his appointment in October 2019, Hermes has been collaborating with the company president and the executive team to promote Cognosante’s technology solutions to federal and state clients. He has more than three decades of experience in […]
The Cyberspace Solarium Commission has emphasized the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s critical role in boosting cybersecurity efforts across the federal government and the private sector. In a report, commissioners wrote that Congress should increase funding for CISA’s private-sector initiatives, as the agency currently spends only 15 percent of its budget towards this effort. The […]
George Kailiwai III, director of requirements and resources J8 at the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, said the combatant command is prioritizing its acquisition of hypersonic weapons among other capabilities to counter peer competitors. Speaking at the Pacific Operational Science and Technology conference in Hawaii, Kailiwai argued that the U.S. and Australia are keen on purchasing hypersonic […]
Perspecta Enterprise Solutions has filed a pre-award bid protest over the Department of Defense’s $7.6B Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract. The move marks the second time Perspecta raised concerns over the DEOS contract as it filed a post-award protest in 2019 against the awarding of the contract to General Dynamics Information Technology. The General Services […]
Al Di Leonardo is the co-chief executive officer of Black Cape, a Virginia-based computer software company that he co-founded in 2019. Di Leonardo is an experienced intelligence and special operations officer who founded and sold two companies in the private and public marketplaces. He has gained expertise at the intersection of big data, analytics and geography […]
Ron Ross, a National Institute of Standards and Technology fellow and leader of a new DevSecOps project, has stressed the importance for industry to validate the presence and effectiveness of security features in their software. During an Advanced Technology Academic Research Center event on DevOps, Ross said the adoption of DevOps and DevSecOps in software […]
