Posts from ExecutiveBiz for 12/07/2015

Dan Helfrich Named Deloitte US Federal Head; Janet Foutty Appointed Consulting CEO

Dan Helfrich, former head of the federal civilian sector at Deloitte, has been appointed leader of the global consulting and advisory services firm’s U.S. federal practice. Deloitte said Monday Helfrich will succeed Janet Foutty, who has been named CEO and chairman of Deloitte Consulting LLP, and be responsible for the federal practice’s consulting, risk advisory and financial advisory services to U…

CenturyLink Lands DHS Contract to Extend ‘Einstein 3’ Network Security Support; Tim Meehan Comments

The Department of Homeland Security has awarded CenturyLink a contract to extend Einstein 3 Accelerated intrusion detection system-related services to other federal agencies that lack access to such support through their current Internet service providers…

NASA Taps Steven Miley to Lead Marshall Center Procurement Office

Steven Miley, former associate director for operations at the engineering directorate of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, has been named director of the center’s office of procurement. NASA said Saturday Miley will oversee all procurement and contracting operations at Marshall and the space agency’s New Orleans-based Michoud Assembly Facility…

DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Flat-Based LIDAR Systems Development Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Dec. 17 to brief interested contractors on the Modular Optical Aperture Building Blocks program. DARPA’s MOABB program is a potential five-year, $58 million initiative that seeks to develop miniature, planar light detection and ranging systems that work to transmit, receive and amplify free-space optical radiation over a wide angle, the agency said Friday…

Carahsoft, New Relic Forge Public Sector Software Analytics Alliance; Cortney Steiner Comments

Government technology reseller Carahsoft will distribute software analytics company New Relic‘s products to public sector agencies under a partnership agreement between both companies. Carahsoft’s federal customers will have access to New Relic’s suite of software analytics products in order to track application performance and customer interaction, New Relic said Monday…

Mark Warner, Terry McAuliffe Discuss Virginia’s Cyber Leadership Efforts to Conference

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Gov. Terry McAuliffe have stated their goal to make the state the leader in cybersecurity through innovation, public-private cyber talent development, funding support and student scholarships…

AF Picks MCR Federal for Milsatcom Financial Mgmt, Acquisition Support; Neil Albert Comments

Program management services contractor MCR Federal has won two task orders worth $24.6 million combined to provide financial management and acquisition support for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s military satellite communications systems directorate…

Cobham Unveils New Cybersecurity Threat Analysis Tool; Robert Winters Comments

Cobham has introduced a new cybersecurity threat analysis product the company built to help clients protect their infrastructure from sophisticated security threats. TeraVM works to use threat intelligence collected from its cybersecurity database to mimic and analyze the cyber crime techniques used to attack communications infrastructures, Cobham said Thursday…