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  • Knight Point Systems Included on Magazine’s Fast-Growth Company List
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    Knight Point Systems Included on Magazine’s Fast-Growth Company List

    Knight Point Systems has made Inc. magazine’s roster of 5,000 fastest-growing companies in the U.S. for the fourth consecutive year. The Reston, Virginia-based company said it ranked 1191st in the list and that the publication has pegged the firm’s three-year growth rate at 353 percent. Knight Point offers cybersecurity, data center, cloud computing and application […] More

  • Billy Maynard: Health Net Federal Services Gets BenchmarkPortal, HIPAA Certifications
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    Billy Maynard: Health Net Federal Services Gets BenchmarkPortal, HIPAA Certifications

    Health Net Federal Services has received a certification from BenchmarkPortal in recognition of the company’s work to improve its call center operations. “The BenchmarkPortal Center of Excellence certification demonstrates Health Net Federal Service’s commitment to complement the military’s health care system and help ensure we are performing at our highest capabilities and delivering exceptional service,” Billy Maynard, […] More

  • Paul Christman: 2-Factor Authentication One Piece of Federal Cyber Puzzle
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    Paul Christman: 2-Factor Authentication One Piece of Federal Cyber Puzzle

    The General Services Administration and the Office of Personnel Management have achieved the highest scores in terms of their implementation of the two-factor authentication as part of a cybersecurity sprint launched by Federal CIO Tony Scott in April, FCW reported Wednesday. Zach Noble writes GSA hit a 99 percent score in authentication implementation for privileged […] More

  • Anne Altman: FedRAMP Board Certifies IBM Mobile Device Mgmt Platform
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    Anne Altman: FedRAMP Board Certifies IBM Mobile Device Mgmt Platform

    IBM has been authorized to offer government agencies a cloud-based mobile device management platform through the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. This is the first instance of an enterprise mobility management offering to receive a provisional authority-to-operate designation from the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board, the company said Wednesday. IBM’s MaaS360 enterprise mobility system will be available for […] More

  • Luke Barrington: DigitalGlobe Unveils Mapping API for Software Developers
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    Luke Barrington: DigitalGlobe Unveils Mapping API for Software Developers

    DigitalGlobe has unveiled a new hosted service that works to help software developers build their own Web or mobile applications from the company’s satellite image basemaps. Luke Barrington, senior director of product development at DigitalGlobe, wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that DigitalGlobe Maps API also provides terrain and OpenStreetMap layers for image context. He said the API is built […] More

  • DISA Eyes Software-Defined Networking for Asset Security; Eric Sharret, Bob Fortna Comment
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    DISA Eyes Software-Defined Networking for Asset Security; Eric Sharret, Bob Fortna Comment

    The Defense Information Systems Agency looks to adopt software-defined networking in an effort to protect mission-critical networks, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. John Edwards and Eve Keiser write DISA will base the SDN deployment plan on use cases and proof-of-concept assessments. Eric Sharret, vice president of Telegrid, said the agency will use three use case studies focused on data center connectivity, […] More

  • Army Eyes Industry Partners With Gaming Tech for Soldier Training
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    Army Eyes Industry Partners With Gaming Tech for Soldier Training

    The U.S. Army is seeking industry partners with capabilities to provide Next Generation Game training technology as part of a market research conducted by the service’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation. In a special notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps, the Army said it is planning to utilize commercial gaming technologies to deliver game-based training for […] More

  • BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment
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    BlackBerry Joins National Cyber Security Alliance; Edward Hearst, Michael Kaiser Comment

    BlackBerry has joined the National Cyber Security Alliance, a nonprofit organization that collaborates with the Department of Homeland Security, corporate sponsors and nonprofit representatives to promote digital privacy and raise awareness on cybersecurity. Edward Hearst, vice president of U.S. government business development at BlackBerry, will represent the company on the NCSA board, the alliance said Wednesday. “Through […] More

  • Grand View Research: Law Enforcement, Agriculture Sectors to Help Drive Commercial UAV Demand
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    Grand View Research: Law Enforcement, Agriculture Sectors to Help Drive Commercial UAV Demand

    A Grand View Research report predicts the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for law enforcement and agricultural activities will put the commercial UAV industry on track to hit $2.07 billion in value by 2022. The research firm said Thursday it found that drone applications in the government sector accounted for more than 40 percent of […] More

  • Cubic to Maintain London Tunnel Systems; John Pickworth, Chris Bax Comment
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    Cubic to Maintain London Tunnel Systems; John Pickworth, Chris Bax Comment

    Cubic Tranportation Systems has been selected to maintain London’s tunnel infrastructure for Transport for London in collaboration with radio systems provider Simoco EMEA. The team will perform maintenance services on 12 road tunnels and 90 kilometers of road corridors, Cubic said Wednesday. CTS subsidiary Cubic ITMS is scheduled to kick off full service delivery by February 2016. “This […] More

  • Virginia Education Dept to Adopt IA’s Instructional Data Platform
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    Virginia Education Dept to Adopt IA’s Instructional Data Platform

    The Virginia Information Technologies Agency has contracted Interactive Achievement to supply an instructional data software platform to the Virginia Department of Education. IA said Monday its onTRAC Longitudinal Data System works to track and collect data points for school administrators to determine education trends. Teachers use the system to monitor students’ progress and craft instructional strategies tailored to the needs […] More

  • Report: Lockheed to Produce Laser Weapon for US Army
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    Report: Lockheed to Produce Laser Weapon for US Army

    Lockheed Martin has agreed to build a laser weapon system for the U.S. Army under a new research and development deal to help protect warfighters, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes Lockheed will demonstrate the laser system against drones and mortar in a live-fire test set to take place at White Sands Missile Range […] More