President Joe Biden signed a national security memorandum granting the National Security Agency the power to order concerned agencies to implement updates and other remedial measures to national security systems through binding operational directives patterned after those currently being employed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Through the memo, Biden called […]
Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman recently showed that a lone user can control over 100 unmanned systems as part of a swarm in an urban battlefield setting. The experiment was part of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that calls for up to 250 small aerial and ground unmanned systems deployed in urban areas, […]
Kristi Erickson is the chief people officer at satellite imagery provider Planet, working out of Dallas, Texas. She has over 25 years of experience as a business leader, partnering with C-level executives to link their business and human capital strategies, according to her LinkedIn profile. Erickson makes a point of stressing her belief that people […]
Jonathan Dunne is the chief people officer at management consulting firm Deloitte Global, working out of the New York City Metropolitan Area. His career over the past 20 years has focused predominantly on the fields of human resources, talent management and strategic change management, according to his LinkedIn profile. As an experienced human resources leader, […]
LMI has announced the promotion of Kristen Cheman as vice president of digital and analytical solutions. In her new role, she will lead an innovative practice of more than 500 data engineers, data analysts, data scientists, software developers and testers, cloud and infrastructure engineers, platform and enterprise resource planning experts, and cybersecurity subject matter experts, […]
Reston, Virginia-headquartered Agile Defense announced that its automation tool, DuroSuite, has been granted an authority-to-operate on Department of Defense networks. DuroSuite is a Security Technical Implementation Guides automation solution that provides the flexibility to audit and remediates vulnerabilities identified in guidance published by the Defense Information Systems Agency, Agile said Monday. Hector Collazo, Agile Defense’s […]
Advanced materials company Lyten announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Department of Defense’s National Security Innovation Capital program to aid in expanding the capacity of its domestic battery prototype manufacturing and production capabilities. The NSIC program aims to provide funding to startup companies and accelerate product development for innovations that can […]
The Government Accountability Office has released its report on the SolarWinds and Microsoft Exchange incidents, describing how federal agencies reacted to the two high-profile cybersecurity incidents that affected the U.S. government. The congressional watchdog found that federal agencies took several steps to coordinate and respond to the incidents, including forming two Cyber Unified Coordination Groups, […]
Open cloud company Mirantis has announced its designation as a Numbering Authority by the Countering Violent Extremism Program, an initiative sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security. The CVE Program is an international, community-based effort that relies on the community to discover vulnerabilities, Mirantis said Tuesday. In a statement, Adam Parco, Mirantis’ chief technology officer, […]
The Chief of Space Operations said Tuesday that the Space Force will focus much of its efforts in 2022 designing the military’s future space architecture. Speaking at a Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies event, Gen. John Raymond vowed that in 2022, America’s newest military service will be “more consequential” than during the first two years […]
