The U.S. Navy is working on establishing a framework to govern its network architecture development and cyberspace operations. Speaking at WEST 2020, Manuel Hermosilla, executive director of 10th Fleet/Fleet Cyber Command, said the framework will be critical in building out the architecture and design for the once envisioned Integrated Navy Operations Command and Control System. […]
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has reached an agreement with the U.K. Defense Secretary Ben Wallace to reduce the involvement of Huawei equipment and services in the U.K. 5G communications infrastructure. During a recent joint press conference, Esper warned that giving Chinese vendors access to critical allied networks, including the intelligence alliance Five Eyes, could allow […]
ECS, a Virginia-based information technology service management company, has delivered the first version of the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation dashboard to the CDM program’s systems integrators. Joanna Dempsey, director of cyber solutions at ECS, confirmed the delivery of the minimum viable product dashboard at a MeriTalk webinar, where she also announced […]
AttackIQ has announced the availability of its breach and attack simulation platform in RockITek’s General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedule. The AttackIQ platform enables government agencies to map cyber defense to real-world threats and allows for continuous testing of security controls. John Sobczak, chief executive officer of RockITek, believes that AttackIQ will offer the same […]
Air Force Chief Software Officer Nicolas Chaillan recently discussed with Nextgov his efforts to advance the Department of Defense’s Enterprise DevSecOps initiative, a responsibility which he has borne since August 2018 as part of the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment. According to Chaillan, the Air Force, with Defense Chief Information […]
The Joint Artificial Intelligence Center has resorted to adopting the Air Force’s Cloud One environment for its AI work, indefinitely, as legal proceedings relative to the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure continues to drag on. Talking about the agency’s decision to move forward with plan B, JAIC Director Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan explained that the U.S. […]
Sean Connelly, program manager of Trusted Internet Connections at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, noted that cybersecurity is now at the core of the General Services Administration’s requirements for the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle. Speaking at the Cybersmart 2020 event, Connelly said that with CISA’s help, GSA was able to design the EIS vehicle […]
Dr. Gil Alterovitz, director for artificial intelligence at the Department of Veteran Affairs, said the agency’s AI ‘to-go’ delivery model to help medical centers during the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to be used in other VA sites as pilot modules. He said the organization plans to test the initial module at its hundreds of centers […]
Adranos, a rocket fuel startup, has secured over $1.1M worth of Army contracts to conduct tests on the functionality of the company's solid rocket fuel ALTEC within a hypersonic propulsion system. The contracts were awarded by the Army's Aviation and Missile Center and Office of the Undersecretary for Research and Development's Rapid Reaction Technology Office, […]
The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has put Absolute Software on its priority list for a provisional authority to operate designation. Dianne Lapierre, chief information officer of Absolute Software, considers the prioritization the first step toward enabling the company to broaden its delivery of endpoint security solutions to U.S. federal government customers. The P-ATO […]
