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Raytheon Technologies, Two Six Labs Help DARPA Develop Application Privacy Tool
Researchers with Raytheon Technologies’ BBN Technologies subsidiary and Two Six Labs have created a mobile app designed to help application developers identify and apply information privacy techniques.
Lockheed’s Skunk Works Arm, Air Force Demo AI-Based Autonomous ISR Tech in Contested Environment
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have demonstrated the capability of an artificial intelligence-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform to support the operations of warfighters in contested environments.
DHS Advances Migration of Biometric Database to AWS GovCloud
The Department of Homeland Security’s office of biometric identity management has started moving its biometric database to Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud environment with the release of a privacy impact assessment for the first of four phases of the migration process, Nextgov reported Wednesday.
ImmixGroup to Market Active Navigation’s Data Privacy Offerings to Public Sector
ImmixGroup has agreed to distribute Active Navigation’s data privacy products across the federal government through a contract with the General Services Administration and other procurement vehicles.
LexisNexis’ Kim Sutherland: Identity Proofing Measures Could Help Agencies Protect Relief Funds From Fraudsters
Kim Sutherland, vice president of fraud and identity strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, wrote in a GCN article published Monday that the federal government must implement an identity theft prevention strategy to combat scammers as they distribute stimulus funds to U.S. businesses and families as part of the $2T Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
Navy Deploys Johns Hopkins APL-Built Tool for Ship Performance Assessments
Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has developed a tool designed to make combat system assessments for U.S. Navy operators aboard the USS Bunker Hill guided-missile cruiser.
ManTech Unveils Threat Simulation Offering for Space Assets; Rick Wagner Quoted
ManTech International has launched a cyberattack simulation offering designed to help organizations identify vulnerabilities in their space-based technologies.
Bob Stevens: Lookout’s Mobile Security Platform Gets FedRAMP Board OK
Lookout has been authorized to offer government agencies a cloud-based technology platform designed to secure mobile devices following completion of Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program requirements. Bob Stevens, vice president of federal sales at Lookout, wrote in a blog post published Thursday the FedRAMP Joint Advisory Board granted provisional authority-to-operate certification for the company's Mobile Endpoint Security offering.