A Unisys subsidiary in Belgium has received work worth $900 million from the European Commission under three lots of the External Service Provision for Development, Studies and Support for Information Systems III framework contract. The company said Thursday Unisys Belgium will work with partners as part of three separate consortia to provide analytics, project management and consultancy services, functional and […] More

SecureKey Technologies has received the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board provisional authority to operate for the company’s briidge.net exchange cloud-based identity and authentication platform after a review by third-party assessor Veris Group. The platform will work to help citizens use Connect.gov and access digital government services with government-approved, commercially issued online credentials, SecureKey said Tuesday. “Looking ahead to a digital future, identity services will be vital […] More

QTS has established Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program compliance for its QTS Federal Cloud offering following a third-party security assessment by Veris Group. The company said Wednesday it secured FedRAMP compliance through the CSP Supplied path, allowing federal agencies to assess the company’s security package for agency-specific security authorization. Chad Williams, chairman and CEO of QTS, said FedRAMP compliance enables […] More

Northrop Grumman has recognized its suppliers for their contributions to the company’s information systems sector. The company held its annual recognition ceremony on Thursday in McLean, Virginia to honor 26 companies with the 2014 Supplier Excellence Awards, Northrop said Monday. “This is a highly competitive award and we are pleased to honor each of the recipients for their exceptional contributions to our […] More

Autonomic Resources‘ cloud platform has passed the Defense Department‘s impact level five assessment for the agency’s cloud security model. Veris Group conducted the evaluation process on Autonomic Resources’ 68 new security controls against DoD’s requirements, Autonomic Resources said Wednesday. “The additional security controls applied to ARC-P to gain DoD approval are also applied to all civilian agencies’ infrastructures,” said John […] More

QTS Realty Trust is set to become the latest cloud service provider to reach FedRAMP Ready status with its QTS Federal Cloud infrastructure as a service solution. The company said Tuesday QTS Federal Cloud’s third-party assessment results and other documentation are now under readiness review from the FedRAMP Program Management Office. The FedRAMP Ready category […] More

Kara Yarnot is the founder of talent acquisition consulting and advisory services firm Meritage Talent Solutions, where she serves as president. Her company works with technology vendors and employers several industries and markets. Prior to Meritage, Yarnot spent more than 7 years at SAIC and most recently served as vice president and director of that company’s talent acquisition center of expertise. […] More

Norm Laudermilch, former chief information security officer of Verizon‘s Terremark division, has joined Invincea as its first chief operating officer and will report directly to Anup Ghosh, the company’s founder and CEO. “Norm’s proven track record in scaling both security start-ups and mature companies makes him an ideal partner in executing our market disruption strategy for fundamentally changing […] More

Information Builders has opened a new office in Sao Paulo, Brazil as part of the company’s move to expand in that country’s enterprise technology market. Miguel Reyes will lead the office as it works to offer business intelligence and analytics tools to customers and partners in Brazil, the company said Wednesday. “Information Builders is focused on […] More