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  • CTU Named a Nat'l Center of Academic Excellence in Info Assurance, Cyber Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTU Named a Nat’l Center of Academic Excellence in Info Assurance, Cyber Defense

    Colorado Technical University has received designation as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense from the National Security Agency and Department of Homeland Security. The university said Monday that the designation is in recognition of its computer science and information technology program offerings based on the two agencies’ selection criteria issued in 2014. […] More

  • General Dynamics Distress System Figures in USCG Search, Rescue Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Distress System Figures in USCG Search, Rescue Missions

    The U.S. Coast Guard has declared General Dynamics‘ Rescue 21 command, control and direction-finding communications system as a public safety network that enables its missions with ease. The company said Tuesday the platform has helped USCG process 75,000 search and rescue cases since 2009, providing 90 percent VHF coverage to over 215,000 square nautical miles at sea. […] More

  • Knowledge Consulting Group Wins $29M Task Order Contract for DHS CDM Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Knowledge Consulting Group Wins $29M Task Order Contract for DHS CDM Program

    Knowledge Consulting Group has secured a $29 million contract for the second task order under phase 1 of the Department of Homeland Security program to implement continuous diagnostics and mitigation tools, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes that KCG will oversee the rollout of McAfee‘s Vulnerability Manager and ePolicy Orchestrator, ForeScout‘s CounterACT and Splunk‘s big data analytics offering to […] More

  • Jeh Johnson: DHS Shutdown Would Hurt Agency's Suppliers, Service Providers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeh Johnson: DHS Shutdown Would Hurt Agency’s Suppliers, Service Providers

    Contractors providing support to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security could face stop-work orders and late payments if Congress does not extend the agency’s budget, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. “Service providers and suppliers of this department do not get paid during the period of the shutdown, again, because there’s no money or because […] More

  • Booz Allen, HITRUST to Host Cyber Event in Washington; Jim Koenig Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen, HITRUST to Host Cyber Event in Washington; Jim Koenig Comments

    Booz Allen Hamilton and the Health Information Trust Alliance will jointly host a cyber event on March 25 meant to help participants assess their cyber response strategy. The cyber town hall session in Washington, D.C., is intended to provide industry with an understanding of cyber resources available from the Department of Health and Human Services, […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds RSA Offerings to GSA Schedule; Robert Moore Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds RSA Offerings to GSA Schedule; Robert Moore Comments

    Carahsoft Technology has added the security products and services of RSA, the security division of EMC, to its General Services Administration schedule. Carahsoft serves as the distributor of RSA’s software, hardware and services to the public sector market through the DHS-GSA Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program under the agreement, Carahsoft said Thursday. RSA’s anti-fraud, identity, governance, risk and […] More

  • Ambit Group to Support DHS IT Investment Mgmt for $28M - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ambit Group to Support DHS IT Investment Mgmt for $28M

    The Ambit Group has received three task orders worth an estimated $28 million to provide program and project management services to several agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Today reported Monday. DHS awarded the task orders via the Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading-Edge Solutions II contract vehicle to facilitate efficiencies in information technology investments, the report said. […] More

  • Kryptowire to Commercialize DHS-Funded Mobile Security Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kryptowire to Commercialize DHS-Funded Mobile Security Tech

    A mobile security archiving technology developed by George Mason University and funded by the Department of Homeland Security will reach the commercial market through an agreement with Kryptowire, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Michael Hardy writes that the product’s commercial release is an extension of a George Mason research project, which originally received a $250,000 federal grant to create the […] More

  • DHS Seeks Method to Automate Cyber Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Method to Automate Cyber Defense

    The Department of Homeland Security has reached out to industry for ideas on how to automatically defend cyber systems and networks against attacks. DHS issued a request for information on Dec. 3 that indicates the agency’s plan to create an automated environment for monitoring security risks to government infrastructure. The Enterprise Automated Security Environment program […] More

  • CenturyLink Lands DHS Task Order for Cyber Services to Civilian Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Lands DHS Task Order for Cyber Services to Civilian Agencies

    CenturyLink will continue to deliver cybersecurity services to U.S. federal civilian agencies under a one-year task order from the Department of Homeland Security‘s office of cybersecurity and communications. The company said Monday the task order is part of a four-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for cybersecurity services that CenturyLink won in March 2013. DHS awarded the order under its EINSTEIN program, which aims to help agencies […] More

  • Deltek: $2B in No-Bid Contracts Awarded by DHS in Fiscal 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek: $2B in No-Bid Contracts Awarded by DHS in Fiscal 2014

    Deltek estimates the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded more than $1.9 billion in noncompetitive contracts to industry over the past fiscal year, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Kathleen Sievers, a Deltek senior manager, writes more than 1,600 companies won contracts from the agency in FY 2014 without a competitive bidding process. DHS issued […] More

  • Executive Profile: Robert Zitz, Leidos SVP and Chief Systems Architect - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Robert Zitz, Leidos SVP and Chief Systems Architect

    Robert Zitz is a senior vice president and chief systems architect at Leidos, tasked to help oversee development efforts on the company’s business, technology and technical plans, concepts and strategies. He has more than three decades of experience in the intelligence community space, previously filling leadership roles at the Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service, […] More