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Nucleus Security raised $43 million in its Series B funding round, which was led by Arthur Ventures and Lead Edge Capital, and saw participation from In-Q-Tel, a new investor. The cybersecurity technology firm said Wednesday that the fresh investment will be used for "a strategic acceleration in product innovation, research, and development."
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration has awarded $42.3 million in funding for the Acceleration of Compatibility and Commercialization for Open RAN Deployments project. Overseen by a consortium of industry and academic organizations under the leadership of AT&T and Verizon, the ACCoRD project seeks to establish a testing, evaluation and research and development center that will work to test network performance, interoperability and security, the NTIA said Monday.
A lack of awareness in education institutions about what constitutes as a cybersecurity issue is one of the most impactful vulnerabilities affecting the sector, according to Tim Boltz, education market program executive at Carahsoft. Another issue affecting the education sector is the plurality of technologies meant to address specific security problems, resulting in "a disconnected mixture of security infrastructure" that makes regulation and management difficult, Boltz said in a column about the topics tackled at Carahsoft's annual EdTech Talks Summit.
Tools that detect content generated by artificial intelligence should first be tested by faculty and students before being deployed, according to Tim Boltz, education and market program executive at Carahsoft. Such tools and the generative AI technologies they are meant to police are still undergoing maturation, and a testing phase may be needed to help end users learn how to use them or decide whether to use them at all, Boltz said in a column posted on the Carahsoft website on Wednesday, where he tackled the themes and issues discussed at the latest EdTech Talks Summit.
Ball Aerospace has delivered to Vandenberg Space Force Base the MethaneSAT satellite which, once in orbit, will work to identify global sources of methane — a major contributor to climate warming — with the help of its two advanced spectrometers. Ball Aerospace said Wednesday that MethaneSAT's instruments will make it possible to track methane emissions at a regional level as well as at the level of individual sources, complementing current capabilities that focus on either scale or precision.
Executive Mosaic is pleased to announce that NVIDIA Federal Vice President Anthony Robbins has once again been named a winner of the Wash100 Award, an honor conferred annually to the GovCon industry's 100 most influential and impactful leaders. 2024 marks Robbins' 7th win overall. This year, he is being recognized for his continuing work in promoting the adoption and use of artificial intelligence in the government sector.
The Popular Vote Competition of the 2024 Wash100 Award runs through April 30, 2024. Click here to vote for Anthony Robbins as one of your favorite GovCon industry leaders!
Caroline LeCount, a human resources executive with over two decades of professional experience, has taken on the role of vice president of HR at Science Applications International Corp., a provider of engineering, IT and mission solutions for the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets. LeCount announced this latest step in her career on her LinkedIn profile.
Caroline LeCount, a human resources executive with over two decades of professional experience, has taken on the role of vice president of HR at Science Applications International Corp., a provider of engineering, IT and mission solutions for the defense, space, civilian and intelligence markets. LeCount announced this latest step in her career on her LinkedIn profile.
Washington Headquarter Services has awarded American Systems a modification to a task order issued under a potential five-year, $496M contract meant to provide the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering with mission support. The modification, worth $31.8 million, exercises an option under the task whose maximum value, if all options are exercised, reaches $54 million, the Department of Defense said Monday.
Carahsoft will serve as a public sector distributor for software provider Fortra under a recently-announced partnership between the two companies. Carahsoft said Thursday that its GSA Schedule, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2 and OMNIA Partners contracts will be the avenues by which Fortra's products will be made available to public sector customers.
Register now to attend the Potomac Officers Club's 2024 Cyber Summit, which will tackle the dynamic and ever-evolving role of cyber in the public sector.
An Advanced Air-Launched Effects platform was released from an MQ-20 Avenger unmanned aircraft system while in flight during a demonstration conducted at Dugway Proving Ground in Utah in November last year. General Atomics' aeronautical systems business said Thursday that the launch capped a series of demo activities of the A2LE platform, which covered not only flight but also manufacturing and structural testing.
The Department of Defense has issued an Impact Level 5 provisional authorization for the cybersecurity testing offering from technology company Rebellion Defense. Rebellion Nova works to validate the security of a client's systems — including zero trust architectures and software development environments — and identify vulnerabilities by emulating the latest attacks used by adversaries, Rebellion Defense said Wednesday.
