The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate announced that it has made a Phase 1 Other Transaction Authority award under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program to Sentinel Occupational Safety, a company headquartered in Fairborn, Ohio. The almost $120,000 award calls for the adoption of the company’s Safeguard platform to monitor the safety and […]
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate has issued a Phase 1 Other Transaction Authority award to Kenzen, a wellness and fitness services company headquartered in Kansas City. The almost $162,000 award calls for the delivery of wearable technology that will help protect DHS personnel from heat-related injuries. The award was issued under the […]
Rhode Island Rep. Jim Langevin is proposing to amend the annual defense policy legislation to include more cyber protections for the country’s most critical infrastructure. The proposed amendment uses language to link critical infrastructure to “national critical functions,” and recognizes that any disruption of such would have a debilitating effect on national security, the economy […]
A challenge offering cash rewards to ethical hackers who can identify as many vulnerabilities in Department of Defense networks as possible has uncovered 90 “unique high and critical vulnerabilities,” the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office revealed. The Hack U.S. program, which began on July 4 and ends on July 11, also led to the […]
Minnesota-headquartered Taylor Healthcare announced that it has successfully migrated its proprietary iMedConsent platform to the secure enterprise cloud established by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The platform allows for an informed consent documentation system that digitizes the process of obtaining patient consent prior to surgical procedures, Taylor Healthcare said Wednesday. In a statement, the company […]
The leadership at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida said its personnel continue to leverage new technologies to meet the goal of turning the base into an “installation of the future” once it has been completely rebuilt. This goal has been integrated into the reconstruction of the base, which was devastated by Hurricane Michael in […]
Maryland-headquartered CyberRx, a cybersecurity risk and compliance company, announced that it has met all of the requirements for becoming a Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification third-party assessor organization. The accreditation by The Cyber AB opens the doors for conducting cybersecurity assessments and certifying companies that support the defense industrial base, CyberRx said Wednesday. In a statement, […]
A key Air Force Research Laboratory official said that the launch of the third Navigation Technology Satellite is on track for late 2023. The NTS-3, which is being built by L3Harris Technologies, is envisioned to feature advanced capabilities that could set the standard for the way Global Positioning System satellites operate in the future, C4ISRNET […]
Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, chief of the Space Operations Command, said that satellite operators are wrestling with fears that the ground systems and network equipment used to operate space systems are becoming increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks. He revealed that a key challenge for the Space Force today is how to assess contemporary cybersecurity risks amid […]
Tim Solms is the executive vice president and public sector general manager at information services firm Dun & Bradstreet, working out of Washington, D.C. He is a senior leader in the financial technology, data and analytics, artificial intelligence/machine learning, enterprise and cloud-based solutions, and cybersecurity sectors, according to his LinkedIn profile. Solms’ professional specialties include executive leadership and […]
