The General Services Administration plans to publish a collection of zero trust implementation playbooks in the coming months, a technology official said. Kiran Balsa, the deputy director of the information technology modernization division in GSA’s Office of Government-wide Policy, said the documents are aimed at addressing the lack of specific steps in existing zero trust […]
The Department of Homeland Security has concluded its first “Hack DHS” three-phase bug bounty program, which involved more than 450 cybersecurity researchers and ethical hackers. DHS said the first phase of the program led to the discovery of 122 vulnerabilities, including 27 deemed critical. A total of $125,600 was awarded to the researchers who identified […]
Palo Alto Networks, a cybersecurity company, announced that its internet of things security offering has attained Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization at the Moderate level. FedRAMP is a governmentwide program that provides cybersecurity ratings for cloud-based products and services offered to federal agencies. The IoT Security solution is designed to help agencies protect […]
Steampunk, an information technology company, has secured a spot on a potential $2 billion U.S. Patent and Trademark Office contract for a broad range of modernization services. USPTO’s indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity Business Oriented Software Solutions contract has a performance period of 10 years, Steampunk said Thursday. The BOSS contract is aimed at giving USPTO tools for delivering […]
Global Telehealth Services, a health care technology company, announced that its remote patient monitoring solution has received Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authorization at the Moderate impact level. FedRAMP is a government-wide program that attests to the cybersecurity of cloud-based products and services offered to the government. According to the FedRAMP website, Moderate impact-level […]
The Department of Energy has appointed Emery Csulak to the role of chief data officer. Prior to taking on the role on April 11, Csulak served as DOE’s principal deputy chief information officer. He was previously the department’s deputy CIO for cybersecurity and chief information security officer, FedScoop reported Wednesday. As CDO, Csulak is now […]
The Air Force Research Laboratory has named Darrell Phillipson as the new director of its Materials and Manufacturing Directorate and announced his promotion to the Senior Executive Service rank. As director, Phillipson now leads an organization made up of more than 900 service personnel, civilians and contractors and has an annual budget of over $400 […]
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency announced that it has added industrial control system specialists to the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative public-private partnership. Created in August 2021, JCDC serves as a platform for the federal government, local governments and the private sector to jointly develop whole-of-nation cybersecurity plans. JCDC’s mission is to facilitate the dissemination […]
NASA has announced Joseph Pelfrey as the new deputy director of the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The center specializes in developing propulsion technologies, science instruments and engineering solutions for the agency’s spaceflight missions. As deputy director, Pelfrey will help lead an organization made up of nearly 7,000 on-site or near-site personnel and […]
Retired Maj. Gen. George Franz is a managing director at Accenture Federal Services, where he serves as cybersecurity and defense lead for the national security business. AFS is an information technology services and consultancy provider that works with customers in the defense, intelligence, public safety, civilian and military health markets. In his role, Franz helps […]
