Casey Coleman, vice president of the federal civilian business group at Unisys, has said the White House’s implementation of a federal hiring freeze may provide government agencies an opportunity to reassess priorities and advance information technology modernization efforts. She wrote in a Federal Times article published Monday that agencies should work to “take legacy systems and hollow them out […] More

Unisys has launched a set of cyber resilience services intended to help government and commercial clients develop threat management policies and procedures through simulation. The company said Wednesday its new service offering incorporates the Defense Department‘s cyber wargaming methodology and standards established by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. John Bone, ‎global director of wargaming and exercises at Unisys, leads the […] More

PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said he predicts federal employees and contractors to “proactively” evaluate risks in information technology projects under President Donald Trump’s administration through implementation of DevOps and agile development processes. Puvvada wrote in an FCW article published Friday that such a move is part of the administration’s objective […] More

Unisys Corp. has launched a new micro-segmentation security automation offering under the company’s Unisys Stealth portfolio to help organizations combat cyber threats through enterprise-wide security deployment. The Stealth(aware) software features a graphical user interface and applications designed to create segments accessible only to authorized users within an organization, Unisys said Tuesday. Unisys designed the tool […] More

President Barack Obama is set to appoint Peter Altabef, president and CEO of Unisys, as a member of the White House’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. Unisys said Monday Altabef will join other senior industry executives who provide recommendations to the U.S. president on policy and technical issues related to national security, cybersecurity, global communications infrastructure, critical infrastructure and […] More

Bill Brown, formerly head of commercial business in Europe, Middle East and Africa region at Dell, has taken a lead role at the EMEA enterprise services organisation of Unisys Corp. Brown will be responsible for the commercial division in EMEA and the delivery of security, application services, cloud and infrastructure and end user services to […] More

Unisys has received a 12-year contract from the Philippines’ statistics authority to provide digital government services intended to help modernize the country’s civil registry system. The company said Wednesday it will manage a process to originate, authenticate, secure and issue civil registry documents to citizens as well as lead a public-private partnership to design, develop, operate and maintain the modernized […] More

Unisys has introduced an information management system the company designed to help law enforcement agencies exchange investigative intelligence across multiple applications. The company said Tuesday its Digital Investigator platform features a public portal that will connect users to public safety agencies to report missing persons, request appointments and receive request updates. Mark Forman, global public sector head at Unisys, said the company developed the […] More

Unisys has secured a potential five-year contract from the Customs and Border Protection to update systems that CBP uses to identify people and vehicles that enter and exit the U.S. The Integrated Traveler Initiatives contract was awarded as a task order under the Department of Homeland Security-run EAGLE II procurement vehicle and represents an iteration of CBP’s Land Border Integration project awarded to […] More

Patrick Doyle, Unisys global justice and law enforcement subject matter expert, has said  governments should integrate public safety functions into the interconnected systems of “smart city” programs. Doyle wrote in a GCN opinion piece published Tuesday that public safety agencies should be included in the information workflows of smart cities to boost situational awareness. Citizens that provide information through […] More

Unisys has appointed Alan Chan as business development director; Leon Mason as senior pre-sales architect; and Ashwin Pal as security delivery director to support the company’s operations in the Asia Pacific region, SecurityBrief NZ reported Tuesday. Sara Barker writes Chan will oversee Unisys’ Australia and New Zealand security business; Mason will aid customers across the Asia-Pacific region; and Pal will help the company […] More

Casey Coleman, group vice president for federal civilian agencies at Unisys, has said the adoption of internet of things could help federal agencies change the way they deliver government services. Coleman wrote in a Federal Times article published Friday that IoT offers opportunities for agencies to update aging infrastructure as well as implement data analytics and big […] More