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  • A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Michael Hayden of The Chertoff Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    A ‘Good Scout’ Makes a Great Leader: Michael Hayden of The Chertoff Group

    Michael Hayden, a principal at global advisory services firm The Chertoff Group, was honored by the National Capital Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America with the Technology Good Scout Award in November 2016. At Chertoff, the retired four-star general is focused on technological intelligence and counterintelligence, global political and terrorist risk analysis as […] More

  • Forcepoint to Hold Cybersecurity Leadership Forum in April - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forcepoint to Hold Cybersecurity Leadership Forum in April

    Forcepoint is set to conduct the Cybersecurity Leadership Forum on April 11 at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia, to facilitate discussions on cyber threats and strategies with security professionals and leaders from industry, federal and state government agencies, defense and intelligence communities. Michael Hayden, a retired U.S. Air Force general; Theresa Payton, former chief information […] 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

  • New Coalition of Retired Service Officials to Advocate for Changes to Gun Ownership Background Check Laws - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New Coalition of Retired Service Officials to Advocate for Changes to Gun Ownership Background Check Laws

    Former Rep. Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Mark Kelly have formed a coalition of retired military officers that aims to urge political leaders to help prevent gun violence by addressing loopholes in laws and regulations on gun ownership-related background checks. Giffords and Kelly, also a retired NASA astronaut, named the members of the […] More

  • Chad Sweet: Chertoff Group Event to Highlight New Cyber Defense Approaches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chad Sweet: Chertoff Group Event to Highlight New Cyber Defense Approaches

    The Chertoff Group will host the “Beyond CDM – Transitioning to an Active Cyber Defense” conference on Nov. 4 to discuss cyber defense measures across industry and government as part of the Chertoff Group Security Series. The company said Wednesday it expects the event to bring together business and security leaders to share new approaches in threat analysis, intelligence and automated defense and mitigation as well […] More