Matt Kraning, chief technology officer and co-founder of Expanse, wrote in a guest piece published Thursday on Nextgov that the Department of Defense and federal civilian agencies looking to accelerate the acquisition process and deliver more innovative platforms should advance program protection. “In order to be effective and comprehensive, a program protection model should start where an attacker would first begin to surveil a vendor in cyberspace: in its exposed internet presence, such as websites, file transfer services and remote access protocols,” he said.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 24, 2020 — Matt Kraning, co-founder and chief technology officer of Expanse, said the ongoing pandemic highlights urgency of a rigorous asset inventory and management approach for government information technology organizations to understand attack surfaces, GovCon Wire reported Nov. 17.

Information technology firm Expanse has made it into the approved products list under the Department of Homeland Security’s primary cybersecurity effort.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 8, 2019 — Expanse has unveiled a product the company designed to help parent and supplier organizations uncover security vulnerabilities across the supply chain, GovCon Wire reported Oct 16.

Lockheed Martin has partnered with software-as-a-service company Expanse to deploy the latter’s asset management product across the former’s supplier network.

Expanse, a San Francisco-based internet operations management firm, has been classified as a “strong performer” in The Forrester Wave Vulnerability Risk Management report for the fourth quarter of 2019.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 1, 2019 — Matt Kraning, co-founder and chief technology officer at cybersecurity company Expanse, has said the government must aim for "continuous technical validation" to more efficiently protect its information assets, which could be housed in the databases of the numerous suppliers and contractors that it works with, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 17.