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  • Verizon Study: Stolen Devices, Privilege Misuse, Unintentional Errors Trigger Gov't IT Security Incidents - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Study: Stolen Devices, Privilege Misuse, Unintentional Errors Trigger Gov’t IT Security Incidents

    A Verizon study has revealed that a majority of data breaches and security incidents in  the public sector during 2015 were caused by lost or stolen devices, misuse of privileged user accounts, unintentional employee actions and crimeware. Verizon analyzed more than 100,000 security incidents and 2,260 breaches across multiple industries in 82 countries for its annual Data Breach Investigations Report. The […] More

  • Re/code: Former AOL President Bob Lord to Join IBM as Chief Digital Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Re/code: Former AOL President Bob Lord to Join IBM as Chief Digital Officer

    IBM has named Bob Lord, former AOL president, as chief digital officer, Re/code reported Sunday. Arik Hesseldahl writes the appointment was announced internally on Monday in a company statement circulated to employees which said Lord will oversee IBM’s digital operations and ecosystem. Lord left AOL six months after Verizon bought the internet company, Re/code noted. Prior to joining […] More

  • Stephen Kopeck Joins Kroll as Cybersecurity & Investigations Associate Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Stephen Kopeck Joins Kroll as Cybersecurity & Investigations Associate Managing Director

    Kroll has appointed Stephen Kopeck as associate managing director for its cybersecurity and investigations practice, where he will report to practice leader Tim Ryan. The risk mitigation services provider said Monday Kopeck, a former special agent with the U.S. Secret Service, holds experience in work with law enforcement and other private sector companies. “He brings extraordinary levels of technical expertise as […] More

  • CenturyLink, Verizon Selected for Virginia Gov't IT Modernization Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink, Verizon Selected for Virginia Gov’t IT Modernization Services Contract

    The Virginia Information Technologies Agency has awarded CenturyLink and Verizon positions under a potential $150 million contract to help local agencies update information technology networks and communication systems, the Washington Business Journal reported Friday. James Bach writes the two companies will compete for task orders to replace legacy network and communications infrastructure for customer agencies under the VITAnet program. VITAnet […] More

  • Verizon Lands Spot on Virginia’s $150M Network, Comms Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Lands Spot on Virginia’s $150M Network, Comms Support Contract

    Verizon’s enterprise solutions business has won a spot on a potential 10-year, $150 million contract to provide network and communication platforms and related services to Virginia. The multiple-award contract awarded by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency has a five-year base period and five option years, Verizon said Wednesday. Maggie Hallbach, vice president of government and education […] More

  • Matt Rahman Joins Tangible Security as Commercial Cyber Solutions SVP, GM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Rahman Joins Tangible Security as Commercial Cyber Solutions SVP, GM

    Virginia-based software company Tangible Security has appointed Matt Rahman as the company’s commercial cyber solutions senior vice president and general manager. The former IOActive chief strategy officer and executive vice president joins Tangible Security to lead the commercial cyber business practice in an effort to drive focus on company growth, Tangible Security said Tuesday. “We are […] More

  • Verisign Lands GSA '.Gov' Domain Mgmt Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verisign Lands GSA ‘.Gov’ Domain Mgmt Contract

    Verisign has received a one-year, $2.1 million bridge contract from the U.S. General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service to continue the company’s management, operations and maintenance services for the generic “.gov” Top Level Domain. Contract services online domain name registration, billing, help desk functions, reporting and daily operations of the root domain name servers for .gov websites, according to a justification […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Adds LogRhythm to Cybersecurity Alliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Adds LogRhythm to Cybersecurity Alliance

    Lockheed Martin will work with LogRhythm on cybersecurity systems integration pilot programs after the latter signed up for the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance. LogRhythm also agreed to offer its security intelligence platform and share cybersecurity-focused best practices with Lockheed as a member of the alliance, Lockheed said Monday. The LogRhythm-built security intelligence tool works to […] More

  • Tech Firms Demo UAV Airspace Services; Shay Har-Noy Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Firms Demo UAV Airspace Services; Shay Har-Noy Comments

    DigitalGlobe, Harris, PrecisionHawk and Verizon have combined their technologies to demonstrate airspace services the companies intend for use in unmanned aerial vehicle operations. PrecisionHawk said Monday the test incorporated Verizon’s LTE network, Harris’ Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast and aircraft surveillance network, DigitalGlobe’s geospatial big data platform and PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform. “We are leveraging […] More

  • Microsoft Expands ExpressRoute Service to Azure Gov't Cloud Users - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Expands ExpressRoute Service to Azure Gov’t Cloud Users

    Microsoft has made its Azure ExpressRoute cloud integration service available to users of the software company’s Azure Government cloud platform. Yousef Khalidi, Azure networking engineer at Microsoft, wrote in a Microsoft blog post published Tuesday that Microsoft’s Azure ExpressRoute service is designed to establish private connectivity between on-premises data centers and Azure cloud computing platform without the […] More

  • Deltek’s Alex Rossino: IBM Led FY 2011-2015 Federal Cloud Contract Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: IBM Led FY 2011-2015 Federal Cloud Contract Awards

    Established vendors continue to dominate the federal market for cloud platforms amid competition with commercial newcomers, Alex Rossino writes in a blog post for Deltek. Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, cited IBM as the leading federal cloud vendor based on the value of awarded contracts from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2015. IBM booked $603 […] More

  • Report: Google Joins NASA-Industry Drone Air Traffic Mgmt System Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Google Joins NASA-Industry Drone Air Traffic Mgmt System Effort

    Google will collaborate with NASA and multiple technology companies to develop new tools to monitor commercial unmanned aerial system operations in U.S. airspace, Bloomberg reported Friday. Alan Levin writes Google, Amazon, Harris Corp. and Verizon are among the companies that have agreed to help the agency build a UAS traffic management infrastructure. More than 100 other private […] More