Carahsoft Technology, under a partnership agreement, will distribute Ardalyst's defense industrial base-compliant cybersecurity service through its reseller partners to the public sector and government contractors. Tesseract can develop, implement and maintain cybersecurity programs tailored to fulfill Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification compliance requirements for small and mid-sized enterprises both on on-premises and cloud-based infrastructures, Carahsoft said Tuesday.

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Darron Makrokanis didn’t seek his career path out—duty came calling to his doorstep. Makrokanis began in law enforcement in the Washington, D.C. region, assigned to federal task forces as well as handling investigative operations. Makrokanis’ trajectory took a turn after the September 11th attacks, when he was recruited by a subcontractor for Booz Allen Hamilton, […] More

Microsoft’s federal business has completed a Defense Contract Management Agency test that examined the company’s cybersecurity capabilities. The company said Tuesday it received a perfect score of 110 from DCMA’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center and certified third-party assessment organization Redspin for the Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment Program. Per federal rulemaking, the DIBCAC High Certificate […] More

Cerberus Sentinel has updated its corporate logo and changed its name to CISO Global as part of a rebranding effort meant to reflect its growth and global mission to help customers advance a culture of cybersecurity. Scottsdale, Arizona-based CISO Global has offices in North America, South America and the U.K. and provides federal agencies and […] More

Emery Csulak, former chief data officer of the Department of Energy, has announced via LinkedIn his transition to Boston Government Services, where he will be focused on enterprise cybersecurity. As virtual chief information security officer and director of cybersecurity compliance at BGS, Csulak will be responsible for creating a cybersecurity maturity model certification team to […] More

Cybersecurity risks are growing in today’s business world. Your company must be ready for different cyber threats. Due to access to federal information, data, and software, federal contractors are more likely to receive attacks than executive agencies. Your firm must comprehend federal cybersecurity regulations to avoid assaults from nation-states, organized crime, and hacktivists. What is […] More

CrowdStrike and Mandiant have entered into a strategic partnership to help organizations investigate and respond to breaches and defend against cybersecurity threats. Mandiant will integrate its incident response services and consulting expertise with the CrowdStrike Falcon endpoint protection platform and subscription offerings, according to a joint release published Friday. As part of the partnership, Mandiant […] More

Two technical personnel from ArcLight have been named certified registered practitioners under the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The registered practitioners are certified to perform gap assessments in line with CMMC, which aims to implement modern standards for cybersecurity controls in the defense industrial base, the company said Friday. Brian Largent, CEO […] More

Alex Whitworth, director of sales at Carahsoft Technology, said companies should review their security practices to identify and address gaps as the Department of Defense is finalizing the second version of its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. Whitworth wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that DOD’s CMMC 2.0 model has three maturity levels that […] More

Redspin, a third party assessor organization under the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, has signed nearly $400,000 in new customer agreements ahead of the rollout of the Department of Defense’s security framework. Mac McMillan, CEO and president of Redspin’s parent company CynergisTek, said in a statement published Thursday the cyber organization is preparing to meet […] More

Matthew Travis, CEO of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body, said placing the first two third-party assessment organizations into the CMMC marketplace means the Defense Department-initiated program has begun moving through the gears after more than one year of planning and discussion among stakeholders. In a Government Matters interview posted Sunday, he noted that […] More

Brian O’Donnell, vice president of Cybersecurity Solutions at Carahsoft, recently took part in a Q&A session with ExecutiveBiz regarding the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), which is meant to improve the overall cybersecurity posture of the defense industrial base and supply chain.  In addition, he discussed the path to compliance for suppliers, particularly considering each […] More