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Science Applications International Corp. and Xage Security's federal arm have partnered to deliver zero trust and cybersecurity services to the Department of Defense and federal agencies. Under the partnership, SAIC and Xage Security Gov will facilitate DOD's acquisition of zero trust, privileged access management and edge authentication platforms, Xage said Thursday.
The artificial intelligence security platform offered by CalypsoAI will be made available to the public sector through Palantir Technologies' FedStart program under a partnership between the two companies. Palantir's FedStart program is a software-as-a-service offering that provides a government-accredited environment where partner companies can run their products, CalypsoAI said.
Leidos and the University of West Florida have established a cybersecurity training laboratory in UWF's Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering to help bridge the skills gap in the cybersecurity sector. The Leidos Cybersecurity Infrastructure Lab includes a cloud-based enterprise platform to train students on data processing techniques, digital modernization, modeling and simulation and capacity planning assessments, UWF said Wednesday.
ECS will add Microsoft Defender as an endpoint tool to the second version of its Army Endpoint Security Solution as part of capability improvements and upgrades, said Mark Maglin, ECS' vice president of Department of Defense cybersecurity. Maglin discussed in an interview his company's plan to accomplish the five-year, $430 million contract recompete it won from the U.S. Army Cyber Command in September 2022.
SNR Government IT Services, a business of SkyePoint Decisions, has secured a task order under the J6 Enterprise Technology Services vehicle to provide cybersecurity assessment and authorization analyst support services for the Defense Logistics Agency. The Dulles, Virginia-based company said Thursday it will collaborate with Tetra Tech subsidiary Amyx to assess and validate applicable security controls and guidance to rectify identified deficiencies as well as ensure compliance with information technology and security requirements, policies, procedures and standards.
Amazon Web Services has secured an authority to operate certification at the moderate level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for a platform designed to help government users exchange encrypted messages. The Wickr platform is now accessible under FedRAMP Moderate within the AWS U.S. East or Northern Virginia region, the company said Friday.
Fortress Information Security has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency's public-private partnership initiative aimed at strengthening U.S. defenses against cyberattacks. The company said Monday it will share information on cyber risks to support the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative's efforts to develop and implement joint cybersecurity planning and cyber defense initiatives.
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Software-as-a-service provider Hypori has released an update to Halo, which works to provide customers with a bring-your-own-device capability. The update to Halo improves its performance and makes it possible for users to receive notifications even when their virtual devices are offline, Hypori said Wednesday.
Drew Epperson, vice president for federal engineering at Palo Alto Networks, said the move to zero trust backed by the adoption of automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning tools could enable public sector organizations to provide a better user experience. In a video interview posted on the Carahsoft website, Epperson cited how the use of a cloud-based secure access service edge platform could benefit remote users when it comes to accessing applications.
Karen Dahut, CEO of Google Public Sector and a three-time Wash100 awardee, said public sector customers seeking to advance digital transformation efforts want three things: moving from legacy information technology systems to the cloud, having security built in and working with technology vendors that could support them. In an interview published Wednesday, Dahut told C4ISRNET about her insights on the adoption of cloud and artificial intelligence technologies by the Department of Defense and other federal agencies.
Full-spectrum joint domain command and control services provider MAG Aerospace has entered into a partnership with Idaho National Laboratory to secure cyber physical systems like critical infrastructure from cyber threats, with the ultimate aim of enhancing national security. MAG Aerospace said on Wednesday that, under the partnership, it will use INL's Consequence-driven Cyber-informed Engineering assessment methodology to identify hardened operational technology-dependent assets and detect vulnerabilities.
Alex Whitworth, sales director at Carahsoft Technology, said the White House and other federal agencies launched several efforts to improve cybersecurity in the electric and utilities sector. These include a national security memorandum for critical infrastructure introduced in 2021 and a national cybersecurity strategy unveiled in March, Whitworth wrote in a blog post published Tuesday.
