Jonah Force Hill, formerly a cybersecurity strategist for the U.S. Secret Service, has been appointed to serve as the National Security Council’s director for cybersecurity and emerging technology policy. Hill began duties
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The State Department will stand up a bureau dedicated to cyber policy in response to ransomware attacks experienced by the U.S., Reuters reported Monday. The Senate will confirm an official to serve
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William Lietzau, director of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), said the Department of Defense (DOD) is witnessing the effectiveness of expanded insider threat programs, DVIDS Hub reported Thursday. Lietzau said
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Red Hat has released a public preview of its cloud-based Kubernetes platform, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, on Microsoft Azure for U.S. Government. Azure Red Hat OpenShift, launched in 2019 as the first co-developed,
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DMI, a Bethesda, Maryland-based digital transformation and managed mobility services company, has received an investment from an OceanSound Partners affiliate in a transaction whose financial terms have not been disclosed. As part of
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The Bellwether Group, a small business established by U.S. Navy war veteran , has launched a cybersecurity platform built to help customers visualize data on critical infrastructure assets. The Maryland-based company said
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), ThermAvant Technologies and Maxar Technologies deployed a satellite with oscillating heat pipes (OHP) into orbit during the second quarter of the year. AFRL said Monday that
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The National Counterintelligence and Security Center has issued a fact sheet listing artificial intelligence, bioeconomy, quantum information science and technology, semiconductors and autonomous systems as emerging technology sectors that should be protected
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The U.S. federal government has issued a 2021 action plan outlining specific measures agencies should take in support of the Federal Data Strategy. The current plan seeks to strengthen the foundational activities
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Heidi Shyu, undersecretary for research and engineering at the Department of Defense and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said her office plans to build a database that would provide R&E with a
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