A fresh Research and Markets report forecasts that demand for cloud-based security services will propel the global aviation cybersecurity market to a compound annual growth rate of 5.94 percent from 2014 through 2019. Research and Markets said Friday end-users are turning to cloud-based security services due to ease of management. “Cyber threats are a major concern […] More

Lou Von Thaer, president of the national security sector business at Leidos, will be a co-keynote speaker at a company-sponsored symposium on how parents can best engage kids in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Von Thaer, a Wash100 inductee, headlines the WashingtonExec 2015 K-12 STEM Symposium on March 7 with Evan Glazer, principal at Thomas […] More

A new TechNavio report has forecast a 13.14 percent year over year growth for the cybersecurity market in the banking, financial services and insurance sector through 2019. The report notes a rise in the BFSI sector’s adoption of cybersecurity services and presents global growth prospects for the 2014-2019 forecast period, ReportsnReports said Saturday. According to the analysis, an increase in […] More

Jordin Cohen joined Noblis in January 2014 and serves as director for the homeland security and defense division within the company’s national security and intelligence mission business. His background includes work in areas such as cybersecurity, intelligence, critical infrastructure protection, homeland defense, counterterrorism, business administration. Prior to Noblis, Cohen directed technology risk programs at Deloitte […] More

New Jersey-based information technology services firm Orion Systems Integrators has appointed Mark Gerencser and Geoff Nyheim to its board of directors as the company works to expand its customer base and market presence, the company said Jan. 20. Gerencser, a 32-year veteran of Booz Allen Hamilton who retired form the firm in 2013, held roles such as managing partner of the commercial […] More

Research and Markets has forecast the global market for cybersecurity offerings within the banking, financial services and insurance sector to yield a 13.14 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019. The increasing use of cloud security and mobile platforms is projected to drive the BFSI cybersecurity market’s growth over the next four years, the research […] More

Ernest Wohnig serves as senior vice president of critical infrastructure security at System 1 and is responsible for strategic direction, business development and client engagement functions in the infrastructure sector. Wohnig has held the role since March 2014 and oversees the company’s work with public and private infrastructure operators to help them manage risks and […] More

Tammy Breene, a two-decade government consulting veteran and former technical officer at BAE Systems, has been appointed chief learning officer of Cubic Corp.‘s mission support services business. She will report to Mission Support Services President Bill Toti and work with customers to help them develop and implement training platforms, Cubic said Wednesday. In her previous […] More

Research and Markets forecasts that the banking, financial services and institutions (BFSI) security market currently valued at $21.53 billion will reach a market value of $37.35 billion by 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 11.6 percent. The firm said Monday that the BFSI security market is segmented into two widely adopted submarkets, the physical security systems […] More

The global market for C4ISR – short for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance — is forecast to become a $133 billion industry by 2020, new research from ReportsnReports says. The market analysts said Monday that it expects the segment, currently valued at $102 billion, to have a compound annual growth rate of 4.52 percent […] More

Barbara Humpton serves as senior vice president and chief operating officer at Siemens Government Technologies, the U.S. federal business organization of the German industrial conglomerate. She elevated to the COO post in December 2014 after three years as the business’ SVP of business development. In that role, she led work to bring Siemens’ offerings in energy, infrastructure and […] More

Ray Harris is chief information officer at Iron Bow Technologies and brings more than 20 years of enterprise technology, management and cybersecurity experience to the role. He has led the company’s efforts to build an enterprise resource planning system and a central database for managing business functions and performance across the organization. Harris also implemented […] More