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  • SAP NS2's Mark Testoni: Education, Tech, Cooperation Key in Ransomware Mitigation Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Education, Tech, Cooperation Key in Ransomware Mitigation Efforts

    Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said he believes public sector agencies can mitigate ransomware attacks through innovation, education and collaboration with companies. Testoni wrote in a guest post published Tuesday on GCN that data from human sources and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems must be incorporated in real time to help prevent ransomware […] More

  • Jason Smolanoff Named Kroll Senior Managing Director, Leader for Global Cyber Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jason Smolanoff Named Kroll Senior Managing Director, Leader for Global Cyber Practice

    Jason Smolanoff, a former CEO of CISO Advisory & Investigations and a 12-year FBI veteran, has been appointed senior managing director at Kroll and leader of the company’s  global cyber security practice. Kroll said Tuesday the more than 16-year federal law enforcement and information security veteran previously supervised investigations of various sophisticated computer and network intrusions by state-sponsored organized crime, hacktivists […] More

  • Law Enforcement Vet Michael McDonald to Lead Intellicheck Mobilisa's Push to Drive 'Law ID' Adoption - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Law Enforcement Vet Michael McDonald to Lead Intellicheck Mobilisa’s Push to Drive ‘Law ID’ Adoption

    Michael McDonald, formerly director of information technology for the Delaware state police, has joined Intellicheck Mobilisa to help drive the adoption of a threat identification, identification authentication and contact status system at federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies. The company said Tuesday McDonald will serve as business development manager for law enforcement solutions and lead Intellicheck […] More

  • Symantec Launches Research Campaign to Help FBI Track Down ‘Bayrob’ Cyber Crime Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec Launches Research Campaign to Help FBI Track Down ‘Bayrob’ Cyber Crime Group

    A security response team at Symantec collected intelligence data to help the FBI track and facilitate arrest of three cyber criminals in Romania that are part of a cyber crime group called “Bayrob.” Symantec said Friday the group conducted computer intrusion, credit card fraud and auto auction scams that resulted in the theft of up […] More

  • GSA Solicits Letters of Interest for Construction Mgmt Support for New FBI HQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Solicits Letters of Interest for Construction Mgmt Support for New FBI HQ

    The General Services Administration has asked potential vendors to submit letters of interest to provide construction management services for the new consolidated FBI headquarters in Washington. GSA said in a FedBizOpps presolicitation notice posted Thursday CM support for the bureau’s future 2.1 million-square-foot facility includes consulting and professional services, budget and finance, contracting documentation, design reviews, cost […] More

  • LightCyber Names 3 Members of New Advisory Board; Gonen Fink Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LightCyber Names 3 Members of New Advisory Board; Gonen Fink Comments

    Behavioral attack detection company LightCyber has formed an advisory board consisting of Timothy Murphy, president of Thomson Reuters’ special services unit; Dave Shackleford, an analyst at SANS Institute; and Amir Orad, CEO of Sisense. LightCyber intends for the advisory board to pursue new market opportunities and advise the company on the technical aspects of the business, LightCyber said Tuesday. […] More

  • FBI Eyes Dataminr Tool to Increase Bureau's Social Media Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FBI Eyes Dataminr Tool to Increase Bureau’s Social Media Awareness

    The FBI wants to license Dataminr‘s alerting tool that can provide the bureau access to the company’s indicators and warnings service as well as customizable filters to search the entire Twitter database. A notice posted Tuesday on the FedBizOpps website says the FBI plans to enter into a sole-source agreement to use the company’s technology and receive comprehensive technical support services. The […] More

  • Parsons Establishes San Antonio Tech Office to Support Govt Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Establishes San Antonio Tech Office to Support Govt Clients

    Parsons held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday to mark the opening of its new 14,000-square-foot technology office in San Antonio, Texas, that will support  cybersecurity and intelligence efforts of the company’s government customers. The company said Monday the office includes 2,600 square feet of project space designed to help address intelligence community security requirements. The facility also has visualization conference and huddle […] More

  • MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MapR Creates Federal Advisory Board to Aid Govt Clients in IT Modernization Efforts

    San Jose, California-based converged data platform developer MapR Technologies has established a federal advisory board that aims to help familiarize U.S. government customers with big data management technologies. MapR said Wednesday the advisory board comprises former government leaders who previously worked at the Defense Department, intelligence community and federal civilian agencies and have knowledge of various issues that affect the government’s information technology modernization efforts. “The board […] More

  • INSA Names Defense & Intell Analyst Larry Hanauer as Policy VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    INSA Names Defense & Intell Analyst Larry Hanauer as Policy VP

    Larry Hanauer, a former senior international policy analyst at RAND Corp., has joined the Intelligence and National Security Alliance as vice president for policy. He will oversee the nonprofit organization’s councils, task forces and other member-driven groups that aim to address national security issues through thought leadership and collaborative, public-private recommendations, INSA said Wednesday. At RAND, Hanaeur analyzed […] More

  • Salient CRGT Receives ISRI Contract to Update Theft Tracking Web App - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Salient CRGT Receives ISRI Contract to Update Theft Tracking Web App

    Salient CRGT has secured a contract of undisclosed value from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries to modernize the association’s web application that works to help track and recover stolen materials. The company said Tuesday the contract covers application development, data hosting and information technology modernization to support ISRI’s ScrapTheftAlert.com tracking application. Salient CRGT will form connections to […] More

  • Security Magazine Lists 19 Most Influential People in Security for 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Security Magazine Lists 19 Most Influential People in Security for 2016

    Security Magazine has unveiled its list of the 19 Most Influential People in Security for 2016 in an article published Sept. 1. Diane Ritchey writes colleagues and associates nominated the top security leaders based on leadership qualities and the impact of their security projects and programs on shareholders, their organizations, their peers, the public and the overall security landscape. The […] More