Posts from GovConDaily for 10/31/2014

Jonathan Moneymaker on Altamira’s Open Source Push and $1B Air Force Intell Contract Spot

Jonathan Moneymaker oversees areas such as corporate strategy, business development, capture and legislative affairs in his role as chief strategy officer at Altamira Corp., the company that formed out of the Invertix-Near Infinity merger last year…

Research and Markets: UAV Market Worth $10.6B in 2020

Research and Markets has released a new report that projects the unmanned aerial vehicle market to reach $10.57 billion in value by 2020. The growth represents a 7.73 percent from the $6.76 billion value recorded in 2014, Research and Markets said Friday…

KCG’s Matt Brown: Enterprises Should Keep ‘Foundational’ Cyber Tools Intact

Matt Brown, vice president of homeland security and cyber solutions at Knowledge Consulting Group, says organizations must ensure their information technology infrastructure has the basic tools to identify security vulnerabilities…

Robert Gates Asks Lawmakers to Work on Budget Compromise

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates has urged lawmakers balance the national budget and noted his belief that sequestration has negatively impacted national security and military readiness, Military Times reported Thursday…

Verizon’s Rafeeq Rehman: Active Monitoring, Response Plans Key in Data Breach Mitigation

Companies should actively monitor their networks, establish a crisis management plan and instill employee awareness to mitigate the impact of cyber attacks on both operations and business, Verizon‘s Rafeeq Rehman says…

Tom Sharpe: Category Mgmt Key to FAS Acquisition Gateway

Tom Sharpe, commissioner of the Federal Acquisition Service, says that the General Services Administration is looking at category management to drive the implementation of a common acquisition platform across government, Federal Times reportedThursday…