Executive Mosaic, the leading provider in connecting, promoting and branding government and government contracting (GovCon) executives of consequence, has announced the recipients of the 2021 Wash100 Award. “We are thrilled to honor the winners of the 2021 Wash100 Award, said Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic. With the announcement, Executive Mosaic will begin to accept votes for this year’s Popular Vote Rankings.
Read More »Department of the Navy Announces Formation of DevSecOps Task Force
The Department of the Navy is establishing a DevSecOps task force to help speed up software development and delivery and improve data security, FCW reported Friday. The Jan. 15 memo states that the task force will provide the information superiority executive steering group with a set of recommendations within two months to facilitate the creation of a strategy for enterprisewide DevSecOps implementation.
Read More »Aaron Weis Discusses U.S. Navy IT Modernization Priorities for 2021
Throughout the year, the U.S. Navy has expedited IT projects, including expanding bandwidth, building new sites for its virtual private networks and shifting to telework. Aaron Weis, U.S. Navy chief information officer and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, recently stated that the service branch should not revert to IT practices that the Navy used before COVID-19.
Read More »Aaron Weis: US Navy Transitioning to Zero Trust
Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the U.S. Navy and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the service is transitioning to a zero trust framework to better protect and defend its networks from cyber threats. He said the service will need time to reorganize its networks as it adopts the zero trust model and that “defense in depth” model.
Read More »Aaron Weis Issues Memo on Navy Dept’s ‘Single Tenant’ Cloud Effort
The Department of the Navy (DON) has implemented a policy mandating single tenancy for each DON component in the Microsoft 365 cloud environment. The move comes as part of the department’s efforts to improve directory management and reduce complexities in migrating DON users across disparate networks.
Read More »Aaron Weis: Navy to Implement Microsoft-Built Enterprise Collaboration Platform in 2021
Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the U.S. Navy and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the service is transitioning away from a Microsoft-built collaboration tool temporarily deployed for telework operations, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday. Office 365, which includes document-sharing and telephony tools, is expected to replace the CVR platform currently supporting around 200,000 DoD users.
Read More »Aaron Weis Offers Update on Navy’s Cybersecurity, IT Modernization Effort
Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the U.S. Navy and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, told C4ISRNET in an interview published Monday that the service has made progress in two areas when it comes to strengthening its cybersecurity posture and one of those is from a “defend” perspective.
Read More »Aaron Weis Talks Plans to Continue Navy’s Modernization Initiatives
Aaron Weis, chief information officer of the U.S. Navy and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, said he does not expect to see directional changes following the resignation of Thomas Modly as acting secretary, FedScoop reported Wednesday.
Read More »Aaron Weis Talks Suggestions for Improving Navy Cybersecurity
Aaron Weis, the U.S. Navy’s chief information officer and 2020 Wash100 Award winner, said the service’s networks are “holding us back” and exacerbating information leaks through the defense industrial base and direct exfiltration, C4ISRnet reported Tuesday.
Read More »Richard Spencer on Navy’s Cybersecurity Plan
Navy Secretary and a 2019 Wash100 Award recipient Richard Spencer said the service branch has a plan in place to improve efforts to help combat cyber threats and those facing the supply chain, Fifth Domain reported Thursday.
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