ANDRAS SZAKAL VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER IBM U.S. FEDERAL Andras Szakal is vice president and chief technology officer IBM U.S. Federal. He is responsible for IBM’s industry solution technology strategy in support of the U.S. Federal customer. Mr. Szakal was appointed IBM Distinguished Engineer and Director of IBM’s Federal Software Architecture team in […] More

New York-based corporate investigations and risk consulting firm Kroll has named Devon Ackerman, Mari DeGrazia, Ron Dormido and Ray Manna as directors for its cybersecurity and investigations unit. Kroll said Monday the four were appointed as a part of the company’s push to meet demand in cyber investigations and advanced digital forensics services among clients. Tim Ryan, Kroll cybersecurity and […] More

IBM has named Bob Lord, former AOL president, as chief digital officer, Re/code reported Sunday. Arik Hesseldahl writes the appointment was announced internally on Monday in a company statement circulated to employees which said Lord will oversee IBM’s digital operations and ecosystem. Lord left AOL six months after Verizon bought the internet company, Re/code noted. Prior to joining […] More

Kroll has appointed Stephen Kopeck as associate managing director for its cybersecurity and investigations practice, where he will report to practice leader Tim Ryan. The risk mitigation services provider said Monday Kopeck, a former special agent with the U.S. Secret Service, holds experience in work with law enforcement and other private sector companies. “He brings extraordinary levels of technical expertise as […] More

Virginia-based software company Tangible Security has appointed Matt Rahman as the company’s commercial cyber solutions senior vice president and general manager. The former IOActive chief strategy officer and executive vice president joins Tangible Security to lead the commercial cyber business practice in an effort to drive focus on company growth, Tangible Security said Tuesday. “We are […] More

Lockheed Martin will work with LogRhythm on cybersecurity systems integration pilot programs after the latter signed up for the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance. LogRhythm also agreed to offer its security intelligence platform and share cybersecurity-focused best practices with Lockheed as a member of the alliance, Lockheed said Monday. The LogRhythm-built security intelligence tool works to […] More

Leidos sponsored the Washington Wizards’ Military Night game versus the Miami Heat at Verizon Center on Wednesday. The Reston, Va.-based company donated $100 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation for every blocked shot a piece during the season under the Defending the Rim program, Leidos said Tuesday. “We’re excited that, through our continued sponsorship of Military Appreciation Night, […] More

PV Puvvada, president of Unisys‘ federal systems business, has received FedScoop’s Industry Leadership award in recognition of his work in the field of federal information technology, FedScoop reported Friday. FedScoop founder and CEO Goldy Kamali presented the awards in nine categories to 50 industry and government leaders in the federal IT sector during an awards ceremony held Thursday at […] More

DigitalGlobe, Harris, PrecisionHawk and Verizon have combined their technologies to demonstrate airspace services the companies intend for use in unmanned aerial vehicle operations. PrecisionHawk said Monday the test incorporated Verizon’s LTE network, Harris’ Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast and aircraft surveillance network, DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform and PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform. “We are leveraging […] More

A new Research and Markets report predicts that the global managed security services market will climb in value from 2014 to 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.3 percent. The company said Monday the growth is due to increased demand for cloud services and adoption of bring-your-own-device practices, which have resulted in the need for security […] More

Microsoft has made its Azure ExpressRoute cloud integration service available to users of the software company’s Azure Government cloud platform. Yousef Khalidi, Azure networking engineer at Microsoft, wrote in a Microsoft blog post published Tuesday that Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoute service is designed to establish private connectivity between on-premises data centers and Azure cloud computing platform without the […] More

Established vendors continue to dominate the federal market for cloud platforms amid competition with commercial newcomers, Alex Rossino writes in a blog post for Deltek. Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, cited IBM as the leading federal cloud vendor based on the value of awarded contracts from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2015. IBM booked $603 […] More