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Hitachi Vantara’s Hybrid Cloud System Passes Software Security Review

A third-party assessment on the hybrid cloud infrastructure that Hitachi Vantara offers has validated its conformity to the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Secure Software Development Framework, or SSDF. In a company statement Tuesday, Mark Serway, Hitachi Vantara Federal’s CEO and a Wash100 awardee, stressed the urgency for federal agencies to accelerate their cybersecurity […] More

by Arthur McMiler April 2, 2025, 11:09 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, News

Microsoft’s Candice Ling Discusses Need for Proactive Measures Against Cyber Threats

Microsoft Senior Vice President and 2025 Wash100 Award winner Candice Ling foresees cybersecurity and artificial intelligence going hand in hand in the coming years. Sophisticated Cyber Threats The head of Microsoft’s federal business said during a recent episode of the Virginia Economic Review Podcast that she expects cyber threats to become increasingly sophisticated and so […] More

by Jerry Petersen April 2, 2025, 10:59 am
in Big Data & Analytics, Cybersecurity

This DOD Unit Is Leveraging Data From Internet Devices to Combat Cybercrime

The number of internet-connected electronic devices, and the data they transmit, seems to grow by the day. A Department of Defense unit is exploring how it can leverage technologies such as AI and machine learning to take advantage of this data to fight cybercrime and process information faster and more effectively. Lam Nguyen, chief scientist […] More

by Pat Host April 1, 2025, 12:00 am
in Cybersecurity, News, Technology

NIST Selects SandboxAQ’s Algorithm to Protect Global Communications

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has added an algorithm co-invented by SandboxAQ to its suite of post-quantum cryptographic, or PQC, standards. Hamming Quasi-Cyclic, or HQC, ML-KEM will be used to safeguard the confidentiality of communications across the internet, cellular networks and payment systems, SandboxAQ said Thursday. HQC is SandboxAQ’s second contribution to NIST’s […] More

by Derrick Henry March 31, 2025, 10:26 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Viasat’s Data-at-Rest Encryption SSD Approved by NATO

Viasat has revealed that its U.K.-designed and manufactured data-at-rest, or DAR, encrypted solid state drive was approved by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for safeguarding classified data. The London-based satellite communications company said Tuesday its DARC-ssd 600 is the only SSD to be approved by the NATO military committee for securing NATO SECRET Data when at […] More

by Miles Jamison March 26, 2025, 10:44 am
in Cybersecurity, News

ECS-Yakshna JV Secures Spot on $20B Treasury Cybersecurity BPA

1CyberForce, a joint venture between ECS and Yakshna Solutions, has landed a position on the $20 billion Providing Treasury Enterprise Cybersecurity Technology and Services blanket purchase agreement from the Department of the Treasury. BPA Award The PROTECTS BPA gives the Treasury and its agencies access to 1CyberForce’s services to protect assets, secure data and foster innovation, ECS said […] More

by Kacey Roberts March 26, 2025, 10:08 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Manifest, Carahsoft Bring SBOM Management to Public Sector

Manifest, a cybersecurity company, has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to provide the public sector access to the former’s software bill of materials, or SBOM, management platform. The government IT services provider said Thursday it will serve as Manifest’s Master Government Aggregator and make the SBOM platform available to the public sector through its reseller partners and […] More

by Miles Jamison March 21, 2025, 11:22 am
in Cybersecurity, Government Technology, News

Darktrace Cybersecurity Platform Gains FedRAMP High ATO

Darktrace Federal has received high authority to operate under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its artificial intelligence-based cybersecurity tool for government customers’ information and operational technologies, including e-mail. Bolstering federal government cybersecurity has grown “more urgent,” with the increased use of AI in cyberattacks, said Marcus Fowler, Darktrace Federal CEO in the […] More

by Arthur McMiler March 21, 2025, 11:21 am
in Cybersecurity, Executive Moves, News

David Carroll Appointed to Vice President Role at GDIT

David Carroll has joined General Dynamics Information Technology as vice president of cyber capability, engineering and strategy, bringing over three decades of experience in government and the private sector. Announcing his new role in a LinkedIn post, Carroll vowed to “bring excellence to the mission.” The new VP is expected to leverage his expertise in […] More

by Derrick Henry March 19, 2025, 12:10 pm
in Artificial Intelligence, Cloud, Cybersecurity, News

New Pact Expands GDIT-AWS Partnership on Emerging Technologies

General Dynamics Information Technology and Amazon Web Services have entered into a new partnership on providing cloud, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity services to government customers. In a statement issued Friday, Ben Gianni, GDIT’s senior vice president and chief technology officer, called the agreement “a new, exciting phase” in the companies’ collaboration, with national security priorities […] More

by Arthur McMiler March 17, 2025, 9:11 am
in Cybersecurity, Executive Moves, News

Tanya Bassett Appointed to VP Role at Castellum

Cybersecurity provider Castellum has appointed Tanya Bassett as vice president of business development and capture management, bringing over two decades of knowledge and experience in supporting Department of Defense programs. In her new role, Bassett will target bigger contract wins in the quarters ahead, Castellum said Wednesday. She is expected to leverage her extensive industry […] More

by Derrick Henry March 17, 2025, 7:37 am
in Cybersecurity, DOD

Constellis Gains Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

Non-financial risk management firm Constellis announced that it has received Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, or CMMC, Level 2 from Cyber AB, the Department of Defense’s nongovernmental partner in the CMMC program. Terry Ryan, Constellis CEO and a Wash100 awardee, thanked the company’s team that hurdled the rigorous certification process and ensured compliance at the highest […] More

by Arthur McMiler March 14, 2025, 11:11 am