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SolarWinds’ Jeff Stewart: Playbook Development, 4 Other Best Practices Could Help Organizations Counter Cyberattacks

Jeff Stewart, field chief technology officer and vice president at SolarWinds, said there are five best practices organizations can implement to protect their infrastructure from cyberattacks and one of those practices is developing a playbook of response strategies and tactics. “Your playbook should include detailed instructions on how to handle a cybersecurity incident, from start to finish, and who's responsible for what,” Stewart wrote in a Jan. 31 blog post published on the Carahsoft website.

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February 8, 2024, 8:18 am
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Austal USA Eyes Shipyard Capability Expansion With New Manufacturing Facility, Shiplift System

Austal’s U.S. arm has begun designing a new production facility as part of efforts to expand its shipyard capability in Mobile, Alabama. Austal USA said Tuesday that the expansion project includes a new assembly building, a shiplift system and waterfront improvements. Construction is set to begin this summer.

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February 7, 2024, 11:23 am
in Government Technology, News

Paperless Innovations to Offer Actus Platform to Federal Agencies via MAS Contract Financial Management SIN

Federal agencies can now buy Actus, a cloud-based government purchase card management platform from Paperless Innovations, using a special item number under the General Services Administration’s Multiple Award Schedule contract. Paperless Innovations said Tuesday it has been awarded the Financial Management SIN under the MAS contract, allowing it to offer Actus to help federal government customers modernize and advance the digitization of their workflows, records management and internal controls.

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February 7, 2024, 10:42 am
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Kevin McGuire Promoted to SysNet Technologies COO

Kevin McGuire, an information technology professional, has assumed the role of chief operating officer at SysNet Technologies. In 2017, he joined the Oakton, Virginia-based Oakton, Virginia-based information system security services provider as vice president of operations.

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February 7, 2024, 8:36 am
in Cloud, News

Tyler to Advance Public Sector Cloud Migration Under Expanded Agreement With AWS; Lynn Moore Quoted

Tyler Technologies will work to help public sector customers accelerate their migration to the cloud under an expanded strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services. Under the eight-year SCA, Tyler said Monday it will collaborate with AWS to expand shared programs and help agency customers streamline their transition from on-premises platforms to next-generation cloud applications to further support public sector employees, deliver better experiences to citizens and provide operational transparency.

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February 6, 2024, 11:39 am
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Gaurav Menon Named Guidehouse Global Sustainability & Resilience Solutions Lead; Scott McIntyre Quoted

Gaurav Menon, a partner at Guidehouse, has been appointed leader of global sustainability and resilience solutions at the public sector consulting services provider. He succeeds the retiring Jan Vrins and brings to the role over two decades of experience helping public sector and commercial customers drive transformational resilience and recovery programs, Guidehouse said Monday.

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February 6, 2024, 11:06 am
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Jill Singer, Federal Solutions VP at AT&T, Inducted Into 2024 Wash100 for Advancing 5G Technology, Network Modernization

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Jill Singer, vice president of federal solutions at AT&T, as a 2024 Wash100 Award winner for advancing the adoption of 5G capabilities and promoting network modernization efforts in support of government missions. This year marks Singer’s seventh Wash100 win.

Vote for Singer as your favorite GovCon leader as part of the 2024 Wash100 popular vote competition! Voting closes on April 30, so visit Wash100.com to cast your ten votes today.

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February 5, 2024, 11:02 am
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Idemia Seeks to Drive Growth With Formation of 3 Divisions

Idemia Group has formed three divisions focused on secure transactions, public security and smart identity as part of a reorganization effort that seeks to accelerate growth, streamline operations and provide innovative platforms meant to address the needs of customers. The company said Friday it named industry executives Philippe Oliva, Matthew Cole and Antoine Grenier as CEOs of each division and that Pierre Barrial will continue to serve as president and chief executive of Idemia Group.

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February 5, 2024, 9:04 am
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Army Concludes Squad-Level Evaluation of Microsoft-Built IVAS 1.2 Phase 2 Prototype

The U.S. Army concluded a squad-level assessment of the latest prototype of Microsoft’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System. Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division tested the phase 2 IVAS 1.2 prototype for five days starting Jan. 22 at Picatinny Arsenal’s Tactical Behavioral Research Lab in New Jersey.

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February 5, 2024, 8:26 am
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Westat Secures $809M PATH Study Data Collection Support Contract

The National Institute on Drug Abuse within the National Institutes of Health has awarded Westat a potential $809.1 million contract to continue providing data collection and analysis support for the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health Study. NIDA issued a solicitation in June and secured two proposals for the research and development contract in support of the PATH Study, according to an award notice published Thursday.

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February 5, 2024, 8:16 am
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TSA Unveils Plan for Follow-On Network Equipment, Maintenance Support Contract

The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration plans to launch a competition for a follow-on contract to continue to provide network and telecommunications equipment, licensing and maintenance services in support of existing and emerging requirements. TSA expects to issue a solicitation by June 14 and award the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity recompete contract by the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024, according to a notice published Thursday on the Acquisition Planning Forecast System.

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February 2, 2024, 11:12 am
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Kongsberg NanoAvionics to Build 2nd Satellite for LANL Experiment for Space Radiation Analysis Mission

A unit of Kongsberg’s defense and aerospace business has received a contract from Los Alamos National Laboratory to build another satellite for LANL’s Experiment for Space Radiation Analysis mission. Kongsberg NanoAvionics said Wednesday it will make some mechanical arrangements to configure one of its 12U satellite buses to enable the spacecraft to host payloads for the ESRA mission.

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February 2, 2024, 11:00 am