The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded software-as-a-service company Exiger and cybersecurity service provider InterSec a five-year, $7 million contract to provide labor and software for enterprise cyber supply chain risk management solutions. The competitive contract award is the first team-up between the Washington, D.C.-based Exiger and Leesburg, Virginia-based InterSec. According to Carrie Wibben, […]
Cybersecurity company BreakPoint Labs has announced that it will provide zero trust oversight support to the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General under a potential 5.5-year contract. DHS awarded the contract under the General Services Administration’s Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services vehicle, BreakPoint said Monday. The company is expected to conduct technical security […]
A United States intelligence community watchdog has identified policy guidance and technical concerns as factors plaguing federal agencies’ threat information-sharing strategies. Released on Friday, a report by the Office of the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community assessed how federal agencies share threat information and defensive measures according to a framework stemming from the Cybersecurity […]
Peraton has secured a contract for cyberspace operations support for the U.S. Army Cyber, the U.S. Cyber Command and mission partners. The contractor will provide program management, intelligence support, cyber operations support, security operations and training, among other tasks. Work under the contract would give ARCYBER an information advantage by enabling decision-making dominance in the […]
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Lorna Mahlock has taken command of the Cyber National Mission Force, replacing U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William J. Hartman. U.S. Army Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, U.S. Cyber Command head, acknowledged during the change of command ceremony Mahlock’s previous cybersecurity experience in the National Security Agency as a further boost to […]
The Department of Energy has unveiled a potential $70 million research and development program to build up the resilience of energy infrastructure and reduce risks from cyberthreats, physical threats and extreme weather. The All-Hazards Energy Resilience funding opportunity could provide up to 25 R&D projects worth from $500,000 to $5 million each, the Energy Department […]
SandboxAQ and Carahsoft Technology have entered into a partnership to make SandboxAQ’s cybersecurity solutions available across the government. Under the partnership, Carahsoft will offer SandboxAQ’s Security Suite cryptography management platform through its contracts and reseller networks. The Security Suite gives users full visibility, monitoring and control of cryptography solutions; automatic cryptography analysis and reporting; policy […]
More federal agencies could benefit from Synack’s premier security testing solution after it secured a significant milestone. Synack announced on Wednesday that the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has awarded its security testing platform a Moderate “Authorized” designation. The achievement came after the solution enforced 325 security controls and passed a third-party assessment of […]
InfoSec Global Federal announced that its AgileSec Analytics product has been added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program‘s Approved Product List. AgileSec Analytics is a toolkit that allows federal agencies to improve their cybersecurity and cryptographic capabilities. It gives users enhanced cryptographic visibility, cryptographic vulnerability identification and management, federal […]
The FBI is stationing more agents in U.S. embassies worldwide to fight international cybercrime. Six new cyber assistant legal attache posts will open in cities such as Brasilia and New Delhi, increasing the total number of embassy-deployed cyber agents to 22, CyberScoop reported Wednesday. The bureau has operated a legal attaché program since the early […]
