Karen Brazell has moved up as assistant secretary of the Office of Enterprise Integration within the Department of Veterans Affairs. Brazell will succeed Melissa Glynn, who has opted to pursue a career in the private sector. She will transition into her new role after serving as the agency’s chief acquisition officer and principal executive director […]
The Department of Defense has selected Intel and the Georgia Institute of Technology to lead a team that would bolster cybersecurity defenses against deception attacks on machine learning models. Under a four-year effort, the duo will lead a Guaranteeing Artificial Intelligence Robustness against Deception program team in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, […]
Defense Secretary Mark Esper has appointed Army Undersecretary James McPherson to serve as acting secretary of the U.S. Navy. McPherson will replace Thomas Modly, who resigned after receiving backlash for his response to the dismissal of the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier. Esper, a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, regarded McPherson as […]
Sysdig, a cloud-native visibility and security company, has expanded the availability of its monitoring tools across IBM's public cloud services. The company's platform, which IBM initially integrated in June 2018, now includes services such as IBM Watson, Event Streams, Cloud Databases, Cloud Object Storage and Cloud Foundry. Sysdig announced in March that its platform is compatible […]
Donovan Capital Group has entered into a strategic partnership with the Boone Group to advance the two organizations' goal of deploying technology to the defense and national security sectors. The companies are expected to deploy critical capital investment to national security-driven companies through DOG's use of Boone’s due diligence and federal growth strategy. According to […]
Cyber intelligence company Sentar has named Gary Mayes as its new senior director of research and development. In his new role, Mayes will be responsible for developing a systematic approach to R&D investments aligned with Sentar’s competencies of cybersecurity, analytics, intelligence and systems engineering. The role also requires Mayes to collaborate with Sentar’s R&D team […]
President Donald Trump has selected Pamela Powers to serve the Department of Veterans Affairs' acting deputy secretary, making her accountable for the agency's electronic health record modernization program. Powers will continue serving in her role as chief of staff, VA said in a press release. Trump would need the Senate's blessing if he wants to […]
GlobalSign, a provider of digital security, has announced a partnership with DocuSign to jointly increase their digital presence. In a press release, GlobalSign said they plan to expand their market reach, scalability, reduce risks and meet regulatory requirements. Ryan Cox, DocuSign's vice president for global partner solutions, said businesses require strong signer identity solutions to […]
CACI International has elected Susan "Sue" Gordon to its board of directors. Gordon, who was principal deputy director of national intelligence and a two-time Wash100 winner, will serve on the board effective immediately. Previously, Gordon served as a key advisor to the president and National Security Council, as well as deputy director of the National […]
FLIR Systems has appointed Paula Cooney as the company's new senior vice president and chief human resources officer. She will be responsible for managing FLIR's human resources duties and aligning its human capital agenda with the company's business objectives. Cooney will also be in charge of company structure, culture, employment brand, talent, succession planning, change […]
