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John Ekis, General Manager at Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions

John Ekis serves as the general manager at Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, a manufacturer of radio-frequency components and integrated microwave assemblies for wireless communication and defense communities. A three-decade industry veteran, Ekis boasts extensive experience in marketing, product management and international sales management in electronic materials, solid-state lighting and microwave component and integrated microwave assemblies. […]
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Terry Crimmins, BAE’s President of Electronic Systems

Terry Crimmins serves as the president of BAE's Systems' electronic systems unit, a division based in Nashua, New Hampshire, that employs about 15K employees across 26 major sites. As president, Crimmins is responsible for his sector's operations across its portfolio of vehicle and mission-critical electronic systems, including flight, engine controls, electronic warfare, night vision systems, […]
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Carahsoft to Serve as Master Government Aggregator for FTP Today

Carahsoft has announced that it will serve as FTP Today's master government aggregator through the Carahsoft Cloud Purchasing Program, making its products available on Carahsoft's contract schedules.  John Lee, Carahsoft's vice president of cloud solutions and a Potomac Officers Club member, said his company is eager to make the GOVFTP secure file transfer software-as-a-service platform […]
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Katie Arrington: CMMC Reciprocity Guidelines Are in the Works

Katie Arrington, the Department of Defense's chief information security officer for acquisition, said the department is figuring out how to implement “reciprocity” in the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Program. "Reciprocity means something, but we need to have reciprocity from companies or certification programs that actually have a basis," said Arrington, a past Potomac Officers Club […]
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Air Force Deputy CIO to Focus on Cybersecurity, Emerging Technologies

Lauren Knausenberger, the Air Force's new deputy chief information officer, has pledged to focus on modernizing cybersecurity practices and employing new technologies across the service.  Promoted in August from her previous role as chief transformation officer, Knausenberger sees her new responsibilities only as an extension of her previous ones. As deputy CIO, she is responsible […]
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Maria Roat: Government Should Consider Emerging Tech in Modernization Efforts

Deputy Federal Chief Information Officer Maria Roat, a 2020 Wash100 winner, has urged federal agencies to be mindful of emerging technologies in their pursuit of long-term information technology modernization.  Roat cited the possible disruption of quantum computing, an emerging technology that is widely believed to be capable of invalidating existing encryption methodologies.  The government should […]
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Cybersecurity Experts Highlight Challenges of Information Warfare

Information warfare serves as the current biggest challenge for cybersecurity professionals amid the ubiquity of actors launching deepfake and disinformation efforts, according to cybersecurity leaders.  Chris Johnson, director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's Cybersecurity Operations Center, said information warfare disrupts the baseline level of trust that organizations need to put on their modern information technology […]
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