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Axellio’s Scott Aken: TLS 1.3 Highlights Need for Organizations to Address Data Encryption, Network Visibility
Scott Aken, CEO of Axellio, said the new version of the Transport Layer Security protocol, called TLS 1.3, could provide organizations with end-to-end data encryption but comes with network visibility challenges, particularly in zero trust architectures. “The advent of TLS 1.3 brings to the forefront a need to balance between robust data encryption and the […] More
August 28, 2023, 8:30 am
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VA Seeks Comment on Draft Unrestricted Pool Criteria for Integrated Healthcare Transformation 2.0 Contract
The Department of Veterans Affairs is soliciting industry feedback on draft criteria for the conceptual unrestricted pool of the follow-on Integrated Healthcare Transformation contract. In April 2020, the VA’s Veterans Health Administration awarded six small businesses positions on the potential 10-year, $1 billion IHT multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for professional consulting and health care services. VHA […] More
August 28, 2023, 8:20 am
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Caveonix’s Kaus Phaltankar on 5 Best Practices to Implement Risk-First Mindset to Cybersecurity
Kaus Phaltankar, co-founder and CEO of Caveonix, said adopting a risk-first approach to cyberthreats could enable organizations to strengthen security and protect valuable assets and that there are five best practices to implement that risk-first mindset to cybersecurity. One of the best practices is conducting a quantitative risk assessment to score, identify trends and understand […] More
August 25, 2023, 10:27 am
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IBM to Help Hugging Face Advance Open-Source AI Innovation Through Funding Round Participation
IBM has participated in a Series D round launched by open-source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face to raise $235 million in funding as the latter works to advance technology innovation and further expand its presence in the open science AI market. The move builds on IBM’s collaboration with Hugging Face on watsonx. IBM said Thursday […] More
August 25, 2023, 10:15 am
in Healthcare IT, News
Leidos’ Srini Iyer: Robust Security Needed to Protect Federal Health Care Data in the Cloud
Srini Iyer, senior vice president and chief technology officer for the health group at Leidos, said government health providers looking to adopt cloud technologies to improve patient outcomes should strengthen security to protect health care data. “Security in the cloud environment is a shared responsibility,” Iyer told Federal News Network’s Jory Heckman in a video […] More
August 24, 2023, 8:43 am
in Executive Moves, News
Scott Goldstein Named Parsons SVP
Scott Goldstein, a retired U.S. Air Force major general, has joined Parsons as a senior vice president, G2Xchange Defense reported Thursday. He brings to the Centreville, Virginia-based technology company his leadership and research and development experience in engineering, space, cybersecurity, electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance areas. Goldstein most recently served as chief scientist […] More
August 24, 2023, 5:10 am
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DOD Eyes On-Ramping Process for 2 Pools of Information Analysis Center Multiple-Award Contract
The Department of Defense has disclosed its intent to conduct an on-ramping process for Pools 1 and 2 of a multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract used to provide mission-critical research and development support across DOD. DOD plans to launch a full-and-open competition and award about three IDIQ contracts under Pool 1 of the Information Analysis Center contract […] More
August 23, 2023, 9:55 am
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CACI, AWS to Support Government Cloud Migration Efforts Under Agreement; Dave Levy Quoted
CACI International will help U.S. government customers accelerate their transition to the cloud by leveraging Amazon Web Services’ cloud capabilities under a strategic collaboration agreement with AWS. CACI said Tuesday it will build on its delivery execution framework, dubbed Agile Solution Factory, and deliver enterprise information technology modernization support and edge capabilities through its partnership […] More
August 23, 2023, 9:28 am
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SAIC to Collaborate With AWS to Expand Cloud Offerings for Government Customers; Nazzic Keene, Dave Levy Quoted
Science Applications International Corp. will further design and develop secure cloud offerings for government agency customers in the AWS GovCloud platform under a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services. SAIC said Monday it will advance its Zero Trust Accelerator offerings and facilitate the adoption of its CloudScend tools to help government clients speed up […] More
August 22, 2023, 9:50 am
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Axiom Space Secures $350M in Series C Funding Round; Michael Suffredini Quoted
Axiom Space has raised $350 million in a round of Series C financing led by Aljazira Capital and Boryung and will use the funding to pursue growth initiatives as it builds a commercial space station in low-Earth orbit, dubbed Axiom Station. The latest round brings the Houston-based space company’s total funds secured from investors to […] More
August 22, 2023, 9:39 am
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Jacobs Works With NASA to Update Launch Systems for Crewed Artemis II Mission; Steve Arnette Quoted
Jacobs and NASA are working together to prepare the ground systems, launch equipment and facilities and operations at Kennedy Space Center in Florida to launch a team of four astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis II mission. Work includes updates to the launch pad 39B and mobile launcher at KSC to facilitate […] More
August 21, 2023, 9:17 am
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ATI Books $77M DOD Award for 5th Generation Aerial Target Prototype Project
Advanced Technology International has received a $77 million contract from the Department of Defense’s Test and Resources Management Center to work on the Fifth Generation Aerial Target prototype project, Aviation Week reported Wednesday. ATI will act as the manufacturing prime contractor to Sierra Technical Services, which built the 5GAT aerial target prototype that crashed in […] More
August 21, 2023, 6:58 am