Dan Geer, In-Q-Tel’s chief information security officer, has proposed a set of policies that he believes industry and the government could adopt in order to respond to cyber attacks, Defense One reported Thursday. Patrick Tucker writes Geer shared his recommendations for governing the software industry during the Black Hat cybersecurity conference Wednesday. Geer recommended the government mandate […] More

Austal USA has launched the USS Montgomery littoral combat ship the company built for the U.S. Navy’s near-shore and open-ocean operations under a $3.5 billion block purchase inked in 2010. General Dynamics‘ Advanced Information Systems served as integrator for the ship’s navigation, C4I and aviation systems, General Dynamics said Wednesday. Austal USA collaborated with Berard […] More

Government agencies may be able to improve mission delivery and reduce operational costs by adopting strategic sourcing initiatives, two Ambit Group executives wrote in a GovernmentCIO Magazine article published Friday. Rick Kerestesy and Ken Farber, respectively vice president and managing director at the Ambit Group, described strategic acquisition as a method for organizations to assess […] More

George Obertubbesing serves as vice president of business development for Harris IT Services where he focuses on Defense Department business. He most recently served as corporate director of business intelligence at TASC and has also worked in BD director roles for SRA International and CSC. Obertubbesing started his career at Harris in 1982 working on video teleconferencing […] More

New Market Research Reports analysis indicates that the global biometrics technology market is poised for significant growth through 2019 due to surging demand for national security and data protection tools. The research firm said Tuesday that governments have been investing in biometric systems to help counter terrorism, improve airport security and reduce crime. Market Research […] More

Technology companies Atmel, Broadcom, Dell, Intel, Samsung and Wind River have partnered to start a consortium that will work to bolster interoperability and define connectivity requirements for products that are a part of the Internet of Things. The Open Interconnect Consortium seeks to ensure the interoperability of billions of devices that could come online by 2020, the companies said Tuesday. “Having […] More

CH2M HILL has secured a rail modernization contract to help redesign a railway line that stretches between Wegliniec to Gorlitz in Poland, the construction and engineering firm said Wednesday. Polish rail infrastructure company PKP PLK awarded the estimated $538,000 contract to CH2M HILL for modernization work on the track, which runs from the edge of Poland to the […] More

Jonna Ward is the founder and CEO of Visionary Integration Professionals, a government contracting firm with more than 700 staff members. She most recently served as a partner at Accenture before starting VIP in 1996 and previously worked for Andersen Consulting. In her conversation with ExecutiveBiz, Ward discussed the beginnings of the firm, the importance of STEM education and […] More

IBM has partnered with the Southern Ontario Water Consortium to develop a data integration platform to manage Canada’s 80 sq km Grand River watershed, using sensor technology to collect data such as water turbidity and quality. IBM said Monday the platform uses at least 120 meteorological, surface, subsurface and groundwater sensors that integrate 600 data points an hour […] More

Intel Corp. and San Jose, California have partnered to kick off a clean technology pilot program in the city in an effort to further economic growth, environmental sustainability and job creation. San Jose has installed a network of sensors using an Intel-built gateway for the Internet of Things with a Quark processor as part of […] More

IBM has partnered with Beijing TransWiseway Information Technology to develop a cloud-based “Internet of Vehicles” platform to help Chinese motorists use Web and mobile applications through in-vehicle services. The IoV platform will be designed to apply analytics to data gathered by devices and sensors installed on vehicles and trucks to generate information on weather and traffic conditions, IBM […] More

Roger Mason serves as senior vice president for national security and intelligence at Noblis and also oversees Noblis ESI, a wholly owned subsidiary. He was most recently the first assistant director of national intelligence for systems and resource analyses at ODNI where he advised senior leaders on critical intelligence decisions. He left his VP role at Noblis […] More