The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has appointed Mara Winn as co-chair of the agency’s Information and Communications Technology Supply Chain Risk Management Task Force, succeeding Bob Kolasky, who is leaving government. The ICT SCRM is led by a government official and two industry representatives. Winn will be joined by a member of USTelecom and […]
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, New York, has secured over $293 million in federal funding to support its efforts in quantum technology development. The funds include $25 million for the development of an advanced quantum photonic system and chips for quantum supercomputers and $10 million for the Quantum Computing Testbed that will […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has awarded Skillsoft Corp. authorization for its Percipio learning platform. The offering is now available on the FedRAMP marketplace as an authorized product. Apratim Purakayastha, chief technology officer at Skillsoft, said the authorization allows federal agencies to use the platform to address workforce gaps and ensure that organizations […]
J. Brian Hall is the managing director of The Mitre Corporation‘s homeland security enterprise. He has been with the company since August 2018. Hall leads Mitre’s $55 million cybersecurity portfolio, which includes research and development projects with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the departments of State and Energy and private and public sector organizations. […]
The U.S. Navy has awarded engineering firm Solute a Digital Integration Support Cell task order to migrate the Naval Air Systems Command’s Minotaur Family of Services onto a cloud platform that will facilitate the use of development security operations. To support MFoS, Solute will use existing work done as part of the Black Pearl platform. […]
Gregg Hawrylko is the general manager of homeland security at technology company Peraton. He has been holding his leadership role since January 2011. Hawrylko leads the company’s $100 million information technology services portfolio for the Department of Homeland Security. He provides delivery oversight, growth targets achievement, strategic planning and customer service and satisfaction. He also […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is pushing Congress to require critical infrastructure organizations to report cyber incidents to the bureau in a more timely fashion and create stronger liability protections for businesses. Commenting on the potential impact of the Cyber Incident Reporting Act, which was recently passed by the Senate, FBI Director Christopher Wray told […]
NASA will send two pieces of technology to the International Space Station to test the ability of quantum computers to communicate with each other regardless of their location. The Space Entanglement and Annealing QUantum Experiment will involve small quantum communication technologies that will be subject to harsh space conditions. Officials want to prove the concept […]
Brandon Wales, executive director at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said small- and medium-sized organizations must prepare for ransomware attacks as cyber actors continue their operations. Speaking at an event hosted by the Aspen Institute, Wales said there is a potential for Russia to escalate its destabilizing actions in Ukraine and impact organization outside […]
The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command has awarded digital transformation and communications company MetTel its potential $58 million Nationwide Internet Protocol Network Service contract. The contract requires MetTel to upgrade the command’s existing internet bandwidth and has options to provide IP voice services and Wi-Fi to almost 1,500 MCRC locations. The command will also have […]
