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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
Mac Thornberry, former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and a senior adviser to the Silicon Valley Defense Group, said the Department of Defense should adopt a collaborative culture that allows it to leverage the technological innovation of the private sector. Thornberry, a member of the Defense Innovation Board and a CAE USA board […] More
Mitre has introduced a visualization tool that could enable organizations to structure their cyber resiliency techniques, goals and objectives in accordance with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s publication on building cyber-resilient platforms. The Cyber Resiliency Engineering Framework Navigator is a free tool available to the cyber community and follows four guiding pillars: anticipating […] More
BWX Technologies’ medical business and Laurentis Energy Partners have completed the installation and preliminary commissioning of a system in Ontario, Canada, designed to produce a medical isotope called Molybdenum-99. The installation of the Target Delivery System at Ontario Power Generation’s Darlington Nuclear Generating Station will facilitate the manufacturing of Mo-99, which is used to produce […] More
The Defense Innovation Board has issued a survey to solicit insights from investment firms and businesses on how to boost partnerships with private companies to drive growth in critical technology areas, Defense News reported Wednesday. The survey issued by DIB’s strategic investment capital task force on Wednesday seeks to generate feedback from companies about the […] More
Iridium Communications has launched a portable satellite communication device that can be paired with smartphones, laptops and tablets to make calls, use office or chat applications and transmit emails, photos and other data. Based on the Iridium Certus technology, the Iridium GO! exec can allow multiple users to wirelessly link their smart devices to the […] More
The Professional Services Council has called on the Department of Veterans Affairs to improve communication and provide industry at least four weeks to comment on the draft request for proposals for the potential $61 billion Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation 2 contract vehicle for information technology products and services. VA issued the draft RFP […] More
Alex Whitworth, cybersecurity solutions vertical executive at Carahsoft Technology, discussed the ransomware attacks on health care organizations and utilities that information technology administrators should understand as they assess the cybersecurity posture of their organizations and implement measures to protect their networks from such attacks. Whitworth wrote in a blog post published Monday that ransomware attacks […] More
James Yeager, vice president of public sector and health care at CrowdStrike, said there are three trends cyber defense teams in health care and public sectors should watch out for in 2023 and one of those is advancing the federal government’s zero trust strategy amid the increase in identity-based attacks. “The federal government’s zero-trust strategy […] More
Executive Mosaic is pleased to introduce Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as a 2023 Wash100 Award winner for promoting integrated deterrence and advancing the development of military technology capabilities. This marks the third consecutive year that he has been selected to Executive Mosaic’s annual list of the top 100 leaders from the government and GovCon business. […] More
Fraudsters are using card skimming devices to steal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from low-income Americans across the U.S., including Texas, and Haywood Talcove, CEO, Government, LexisNexis Risk Solutions and LexisNexis Special Services, said the Department of Agriculture should initiate steps to protect recipients from skimming theft. Talcove, a three-time Wash100 awardee, pointed out some […] More
Allen Badeau, chief technology officer at Empower AI, said the Department of Defense should consider security, education and standardized authority to operate as it works on its strategy for artificial intelligence adoption. Badeau wrote in an article published in the January edition of COTS Journal that DOD should implement AI that can organize and access […] More
Amazon Web Services has secured High authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based managed services offering. AWS Managed Services Accelerate is available to government clients in the GovCloud U.S. East and West regions and is designed to enable users to manage workloads at the FedRAMP High level, Amazon’s cloud computing […] More
