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oodaloop | January 14, 2020

Most weeks, it is far outside the normal job responsibilities for cybersecurity professionals to understand what the United States (or other governments) do to find or use computer vulnerabilities. Just stay patched and keep the board of directors happy. This is not one of those weeks. This week we learned that the National Security Agency disclosed to Microsoft that it had discovered a major vulnerability (dubbed CVE-2020-0601) in Windows 10. A Washington Post article, by veteran cyber journali...

Emerging Technology

Brillient | November 25, 2020

Brillient, a main US Federal Government Digital Transformation organization, declared they have been effectively evaluated at Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI®), Version 2.0, Maturity Level 3 for both Software Development and Services. CMMI is a coordinated arrangement of best practices that empowers Brillient to improve the exhibition of its key business measures. At its heart, CMMI gives a guide to building, improving, and sustaining capacity. It is a guide f...

Government Business

Knightscope | June 07, 2022

Knightscope, Inc., a provider of sophisticated physical security technology aimed at improving U.S. security operations, revealed today that the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program has reached the "In-Process" level (FedRAMP). FedRAMP is a federal-level program that encourages the use of safe cloud services by establishing a standardized approach to security evaluation, authorization, and continuous monitoring of cloud goods and services. Knightscope's ...

Emerging Technology, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity

Optiv | August 22, 2022

Optiv, the cyber advisory and solutions leader, today announced it has been awarded the first major enterprise contract under Shared Services Canada's (SSC) cybersecurity procurement vehicle (CSPV) for its network device authentication (NDA) solution, which aims to establish a collaborative environment to effectively manage device certificates across federal government IT infrastructure. Today's workforces and their devices are more distributed than ever, leading to a rapi...