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  • DHS Awards Galois, Waverley Labs DDoS Defense Program Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Awards Galois, Waverley Labs DDoS Defense Program Contracts

    The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $2.33 million in contracts to Galois and Waverley Labs for support of the science and technology directorate’s cybersecurity research and development program on distributed denial of service attacks. DHS said Friday the $1.7 million “DDoS Defense for a Company of Peers” contract with Oregon-based Galois covers the development of a DDoS response tool […] More

  • DHS Selects 8 Firms, Universities for Mobile Security Tech R&D Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Selects 8 Firms, Universities for Mobile Security Tech R&D Program

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded six companies and two universities contracts worth $10.4 million combined to help DHS secure federally approved mobile devices. DHS said Thursday the eight awardees will explore tools and methods for mobile device instrumentation, transactional security, device layer protection and security management through the initiative. “While initially focused […] More

  • IBM Lands Mobile Tech Security R&D Contract From DHS S&T - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM Lands Mobile Tech Security R&D Contract From DHS S&T

    IBM‘s Thomas J. Watson Research Center has received a $1.3 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s Science and Technology Directorate for research and development work on mobile technology security. DHS said Tuesday the award aims to utilize mobile security management tools to secure mobile devices for federal government use. IBM will work to develop a […] More

  • Ernst & Young to Offer LANL's Behavioral Cyber Tools in Commercial Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ernst & Young to Offer LANL’s Behavioral Cyber Tools in Commercial Market

    Ernst & Young and the Los Alamos National Laboratory have entered into a strategic alliance to bring the lab’s behavioral cybersecurity tools to the commercial marketplace amid a growing sophistication of attacks. “Defensive cybersecurity is an area that requires strong public-private partnerships to shift the balance,” Duncan McBranch, chief technology officer at LANL, said Tuesday. EY will exclusively offer technologies […] More

  • Federal Times: DHS Plans New 5-Year Gov't Cybersecurity Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Federal Times: DHS Plans New 5-Year Gov’t Cybersecurity Support Contract

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security could award a classified five-year contract for the development, operations and maintenance of federal cybersecurity tools by the end of August or early next month, Federal Times reported Thursday. Aaron Boyd writes DHS will seek contractors to help manage DHS’ National Cybersecurity Protection System as well as update the […] More

  • TechNexus Names 13 Partners to Wearable Tech Accelerator Program With DHS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TechNexus Names 13 Partners to Wearable Tech Accelerator Program With DHS

    TechNexus has selected 13 companies as finalists in its EMERGE Accelerator Program for wearable technology with the Department of Homeland Security and the Center for Innovative Technology. The company said Aug. 10 the finalists will work with its corporate partners and DHS to explore mentorship opportunities, provide test beds for proof of concepts and build investor or channel partner relationships. […] More

  • BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment

    BlackBerry has joined the National Cyber Security Alliance, a nonprofit organization that collaborates with the Department of Homeland Security, corporate sponsors and nonprofit representatives to promote digital privacy and raise awareness on cybersecurity. Edward Hearst, vice president of U.S. government business development at BlackBerry, will represent the company on the NCSA board, the alliance said Wednesday. “Through […] More

  • Lockheed Receives DHS Cyber Services Accreditation; Rich Mahler Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Receives DHS Cyber Services Accreditation; Rich Mahler Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received an authorization from the Department of Homeland Security to provide cybersecurity services to federal government clients. The company will have access to DHS’ classified cybersecurity threat data under the Enhanced Cybersecurity Services information sharing program to help the department protect organizations from cyber attacks, Lockheed said Monday. “We’ll integrate the Department of Homeland […] More

  • Intelligent Automation Lands DHS Mobile Security R&D Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelligent Automation Lands DHS Mobile Security R&D Contract

    Intelligent Automation has been awarded a $1.2 million contract to carry out research and development work on mobile security for the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate. The award calls for Intelligent Automation to assess several methods in an effort to safeguard operating systems, identity, firmware and other mobile device layers from malicious […] More

  • Deltek's Alex Rossino: DHS Cloud Spending Figures Unclear - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: DHS Cloud Spending Figures Unclear

    Deltek‘s Alex Rossino reports that the state of cloud spending at the Department of Homeland Security is unclear amid inconsistencies between verifiable spending data and data reported to the Office of Management and Budget. Rossino wrote in an blog entry posted Tuesday that while he was able to verify $22.31 million spent on cloud computing for fiscal […] More

  • Eglobaltech Lands DHS Agile Development Program Contract; Rajiv Kadayam Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Eglobaltech Lands DHS Agile Development Program Contract; Rajiv Kadayam Comments

    Eglobaltech has been selected to work with the Department of Homeland Security‘s Citizenship and Immigration Services agency on agile development programs. The company will work to coach the client on team building, performance assessment and making recommendations, Eglobaltech said Friday. “eGT’s support will ultimately result in the culmination of useful and practical agile processes that will help deliver […] More

  • Shane Hammett Joins Dynetics as Senior Cybersecurity Threat Analyst; Jonathan Whitcomb Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Shane Hammett Joins Dynetics as Senior Cybersecurity Threat Analyst; Jonathan Whitcomb Comments

    Dynetics has recruited Department of Homeland Security veteran Shane Hammett to become the company’s senior cybersecurity threat analyst. Hammett will assist customers in evaluating the cyber threat landscape using the Dynetics’ Cyber RiskScope cyber risk management services, Dynetics said Monday. “Cybersecurity risk assessment and mitigation strategies are becoming increasingly critical for businesses in their efforts […] More