Virtru will offer its Google Apps-integrated encryption tool to government agencies covered under FBI‘s Criminal Justice Information Services via Carahsoft Technology‘s portfolio for the public sector. Carahsoft said Tuesday the cloud-based encryption tool is already integrated into Gmail and will soon be available on Google Drive. “We are excited to offer this joint solution as it is ideal for law […] More

Rocky Thurston joined the federal government business unit of AT&T in June as client executive vice president and focuses on activity in the segment’s Air Force market and others in the military. Thurston himself is a veteran of the Air Force as a retired flight engineer and held a managing director role at Accenture‘s federal services subsidiary […] More

Susan Aarons, formerly a senior leader in federal homeland security investigations and counterterrorism operations, has joined the private sector as director of federal operations at crime analytics firm Wynyard Group. The company said Friday Aarons will oversee its product strategy and vision for the federal government sector. “Susan brings an incredible investigative background in counterterrorism, national security […] More

Microsoft and NATO’s Communications and Information Agency have signed an agreement to promote partnerships and transparency among government agencies and help them protect their computer infrastructure from potential cyber threats. The Government Security Program agreement will provide the NCI Agency access to information on online training systems, threat intelligence and Internet safety and technical data […] More

Microsoft will provide the Microsoft Cloud Solution for WIC to host the management information system of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children program in Texas. Michael Donlan, vice president of Microsoft’s U.S. state and local government business, wrote in a piece published Wednesday that the program’s move to cloud aims to eliminate […] More

Rick Wagner joined ManTech International in June to lead the Fairfax, Va.-based company’s advanced technical solutions business unit as senior vice president and general manager. The more-than two-decade GovCon veteran oversees an organization that collaborates with U.S. intelligence agencies on enterprise information technology initiatives and emerging tools such as cloud computing, analytics and big data. ExecutiveBiz […] More

Leo Taddeo, formerly a special agent at the FBI’s New York Office in charge of special operations, has joined Cryptzone as chief security officer. He will oversee the company’s efforts to analyze the cybersecurity market, Cryptzone said Monday. “His extensive industry knowledge gives customers an advantage, as Cryptzone enables them to determine how to protect […] More

Telos‘ identity management solutions company has partnered with Carillon Federal Services for the use of  interoperable Personal Identity Verification credentials with Telos ID’s channeling programs with the FBI and Transportation Security Administration. Telos said Tuesday Carillon will issue PIV-I credentials, which Telos ID will use for authentication functions with TSA Designated Aviation Channeling and FBI’s IDVetting. Telos’ TSA and FBI programs […] More

Milan Patel, formerly chief technology officer of FBI‘s cyber division, has joined K2 Intelligence as managing director at the New York-based investigative consulting firm. The 12-year bureau veteran managed the bureau’s information and operational technologies for cyber investigation, incident response and threat intelligence sharing activities, K2 said Monday. He also helped establish a U.S. joint […] More

A new report from Forbes Insights and Microsoft predicts a surge in the adoption of cloud-based technologies among government agencies driven by scalability and potential cost savings. Forbes said Thursday the report titled From Promise to Reality: How Local, State and Federal Government Agencies Achieve Results in the Cloud shows familiarity with the technology, accreditation and the […] More

Informatica Corp. has integrated data for Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace, which the state established to fulfill Affordable Care Act requirements. Access Health CT began operations in September 2013 and has enrolled more than 282,000 Connecticut residents since, Informatica said Wednesday. Amit Walia, senior vice president and general manager of data integration and security at Informatica, […] More

Chad Andersen serves as cyber capability lead and program manager for the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program at Noblis. He oversees account management, capability enhancement, corporate development and other cybersecurity-related efforts at the nonprofit science and technology organization. In addition to managing the Noblis General Services Administration’s FedRAMP, Andersen also directs cyber data analytics […] More