DLT Solutions Honored for Thought Leadership

DLT Solutions, a value-added reseller in government IT products and services, has been named a finalist for the 2010 B2B Marketing Communications Campaign Awards, sponsored by the Corporate …

Harris RF Communications Promotes Brendan O’Connell to Head of DoD Business

Communications and IT company Harris Corporation has promoted Brendan O’Connell to president of the U.S. Department of Defense business unit at Harris RF Communications, succeeding Stephen Marschilok.

For the past five years, O’Connell served as vice president of U.S. DoD sales. Before that role, he held positions of increasing responsibility, including…

SAIC’s Larry Cox to Chair New Cybersecurity Commission

Howard County Executive Kenneth Ulman last week announced the creation of a cyber commission to advise him on how to maximize opportunities presented by the expanding cybersecurity business in the Baltimore-Washington area.

The commission will look into things companies considering moving to the area will want, including business-related needs, such as having hotel conference…

Booz Allen, UMUC Partner to Offer Cybersecurity Degrees

Booz Allen Hamilton today announced it has formed a strategic partnership with University of Maryland University College to offer students three online graduate certificates in cybersecurity.

Offered through UMUC’s web-based learning technology, course credits are applicable to the university’s full Master of Science in Cybersecurity or Master of Science in…

NetWitness CEO Amit Yoran Joins Ridge Global’s Board

Security and risk management services provider Ridge Global has appointed Amit Yoran, CEO of NetWitness Corporation, to its board of advisers.

“Amit Yoran brings exceptional skills, insights and experience to the areas of cybersecurity, risk management and national security,” said Tom Ridge, president and CEO of Ridge Global. “As cyber threats…

BAE Systems CEO Linda Hudson: ‘We are Actively in an Acquisition Mode’

BAE Systems is looking at acquisitions to grow in three core areas: intelligence and cybersecurity; readiness and sustainment of existing weapons systems; and electronic systems, Linda Hudson, president and CEO of the company’s U.S. unit, has told Reuters.

“The strategy is pretty straightforward,” she said last week in…

SINET Showcase Presents Cyber Leaders, Academia, Government Communities

The Security Innovation Network, an organization focused on advancing cybersecurity innovation through public-private collaboration, is hosting a summit of leaders who are at the forefront of identifying solutions to defeat global security threats.

The SINET Showcase, which will be held Oct. 26-27, 2010 at the National Press Club…

Deloitte Hosts Forum on Closing the Cyber Skills Gap

As cybersecurity inextricably links U.S. national security and economic security, government leaders are working to close the cyber skills gap through cross-industry partnerships and other innovative approaches. But is this enough? Will these programs reduce risks, drive meaningful results, and make Americans safer?

These are just some…

DISA Opens Door to New Information Operations Facility

Defense Information Systems Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett last week accepted a ceremonial key to the new DISA facility at the new headquarters command building at Fort Meade, Md.

The ceremony marks the first phase of DISA‘s occupation of its new headquarters facility at Fort Meade. After…

Paradigm Wins Subcontract for DOE NNSA IARC Security Operations Center

IT and cybersecurity provider Paradigm Holdings, Inc. has been awarded a 5-year, $14 million subcontract from OnPoint Consulting, Inc. to support the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration Information …