Verizon announced that it will be modernizing all of the Department of Labor‘s legacy telecommunications and IT services after having been awarded five Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions task orders with a combined worth of $887 million. Under the deal, the wireless network operator will develop a secure data and voice network at nearly 1,000 DOL offices. […]
Octo announced that it has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract to provide an Alliance software prototype for the Distributed Common Ground System–Navy program. The Reston, Virginia-headquartered technology firm said the DCGS-N is the naval component of a family of systems providing integration of intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities afloat and ashore in support […]
The National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber arm on Tuesday jointly published guidelines for securing virtual private network devices, along with a warning to users that foreign government-backed hackers are actively exploiting vulnerabilities in such networks. The advisory comes alongside the NSA’s repeated warnings about Chinese hackers who are out to […]
NASA announced that on Monday afternoon, it successfully launched the Landsat 9 satellite from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, in its latest mission to monitor the Earth’s surface. The space agency said Landsat 9 lifted off aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Vandenberg’s Space Launch Complex 3E, signaling an encouraging start […]
Patrick Foxhoven is the chief information officer and executive vice president at Zscaler, working out of Los Altos, California. He is described as a published author and speaker in the cloud, information security and IP networking domains, and a builder of industry-leading teams. Foxhoven has more than 25 years of experience in the cloud, service […]
Parsons Corporation announced the appointment of Jon Moretta as president of the company’s engineered systems business unit. Moretta, whose promotion takes effect immediately, joined Parsons in 2016 and served as the industrial market leader in the company’s critical infrastructure business segment prior to his latest career advancement. Under Moretta’s leadership, the company’s industrial business unit […]
The National Archives and Records Administration will meet with other federal agencies to discuss how to address difficulties in implementing their respective record-keeping modernization programs in view of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Efforts are underway to extend agencies’ modernization deadlines, though no final decisions have been made, an official close to the initiative […]
The U.S. Army is currently piloting the Armored Brigade Combat Team On-The-Move network program in preparation for near-peer confrontations in contested environments. The program’s launch signifies a pivot to a more agile, mobile fighting force, which contrasts sharply from the stationary forward-operating base paradigm which was the standard during previous wars, Signal Magazine reported Friday. […]
The U.S. Space Force announced Friday that it has selected Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, SpaceX and United Launch Alliance to participate in technology development projects to advance rocket engine testing and launch vehicle upper stages. The awards made by the Space Enterprise Consortium are for prototypes that will be jointly funded by the government and […]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology, through its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, has selected a group of technology firms as partners for a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement in line with its zero trust architecture vision. Amazon Web Services, Appgate, Cisco, F5 Networks, FireEye, Forescout, IBM, Ivanti, Lookout, McAfee, Microsoft, Okta, Palo Alto […]
