Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 10/01/2014

JR Reagan Promoted to Global Chief Info Security Officer Role at Deloitte

JR Reagan, formerly an enterprise risk services principal at Deloitte‘s auditing practice, has been named global chief information security officer for the professional services firm. He holds more than two decades of experience in work to manage innovation and cybersecurity programs across the government and commercial sectors, Deloitte said Wednesday…

GSA Taps Grunley Construction, Shalom Baranes for DHS HQ Project

Grunley Construction and Shalom Baranes Associates have been selected to refurbish the Center building at the Department of Homeland Security‘s St. Elizabeths campus in Southeast Washington. Once the renovation completes, the 270,000-square-foot center building will serve as DHS’ headquarters and house nearly 700 employees, the General Services Administration said Thursday…

BAE Wraps Up Signal Innovations Group Buy; DeEtte Gray Comments

BAE Systems has finalized its purchase of Signal Innovations Group, an analytics and imaging platform supplier to the intelligence and defense industries. The companies seek to unify their technology offerings to help customers gain strategic and tactical insights, DeEtte Gray, president of BAE’s intelligence and security business, said Tuesday…

Pentagon Orders Contractors to Disclose System Hacks Within 72 Hours; Robert Nichols Comments

The Pentagon has released a new directive that requires contractors to disclose corporate hacks to their agency clients within 72 hours after the incident is discovered, Nextgov reportedMonday. Aliya Sternstein writes failure to comply with the new regulation could result in a termination of the company’s contract with its customer…

Rudy deLeon Joins General Dynamics Board of Directors; Phebe Novakovic Comments

Rudy deLeon, a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress, has joined General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) board of directors. DeLeon is a former Pentagon chief operating officer and served on both the Deputies Committee of the National Security Council and the National Partnership Council before he left federal service in 2001, General Dynamics said Tuesday…

Mark Johnson: Oracle Expands Cloud SaaS Offerings for Federal Clients

Oracle has introduced three software-as-a-service platforms for U.S. federal agencies to manage human resources, sales, accounting and other enterprise functions in the cloud. The Oracle Government Cloud suite is designed to help agencies meet the U…