EMERGING TECHNOLOGY, CYBERSECURITY
Acalvio Technologies | March 13, 2023
One of the leaders in cyber deception, Acalvio Technologies and The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, Carahsoft Technology Corp., recently announced a partnership. Carahsoft will serve as Acalvio's Master Government Aggregator®, as per the agreement, making the company's market-leading Active Defense Platform and ShadowPlex Advanced Threat Defense accessible to the Public Sector via Carahsoft reseller associates, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement (SEWP) V, National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint, Software 2 (ITES-SW2), Information Technology Enterprise Solutions, National Cooperative Purchasing Alliance and OMNIA Partners contracts.
Acalvio's ShadowPlex enables government agencies to efficiently execute the three most important aspects of adversarial engagement, including detection, which helps in rapid discovery of adversary presence both on-premises and in–cloud infrastructure, disruption to impede and slow down attacks and intelligence to easily collect granular forensics of attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures.
The Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation (CDM) Program Approved Products List (APL) has approved Acalvio Technologies, and their products are now accessible through various Carahsoft contracts, including SEWP V contracts NNG15SC03B and NNG15SC27B, NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement #AR2472, ITES-SW2 Contract W52P1J-20-D-0042, NCPA Contract NCPA01-86, and OMNIA Partners Contract #R191902.
About Acalvio Technologies
Based in Santa Clara, California, Acalvio is one of the leading cyber deception technologies providers. The company helps businesses actively defend against advanced security threats. Established in 2015, it was built on 25 issued patents in autonomous deception and advanced AI. It also offers robust solutions for Identity Threat Detection and Response (ITDR), Ransomware Protection and Advanced Threat Detection for IT and OT networks, and Zero Trust.
About Carahsoft
Carahsoft is a government IT solutions provider, combining technological expertise with a comprehensive understanding of the government procurement process to assist public sector organizations in selecting and implementing the most cost-effective solution. The company is based in Reston, Virginia. It is one of the largest government partner catering as the government's master aggregator for many of its best-in-class vendors. It also drives value for a vast ecosystem of IT manufacturers, system integrators, resellers, and consulting partners.
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EMERGING TECHNOLOGY,GOVERNMENT BUSINESS
TechFlow | January 09, 2023
Logistics and digital solutions provider, Techflow, recently announced that it has received the follow-on contract to offer improvement and maintenance support services for the cloud.gov platform, by General Services Administration's (GSA) Technology Transformation Service (TTS). The total estimated value of this specific order for Labor Hours is $8,023,014.80.
Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), cloud.gov, is built and operated by TTS to assist teams with delivering federal government applications, and TTS’s cloud.gov shared service handles security and maintenance of everything underneath. For federal agencies to host applications that meet FedRAMP requirements, cloud.gov holds a FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB) Moderate Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO).
Techflow will operate, monitor, maintain, and update a Cloud Foundry deployment and supporting services @underlyingcloud.gov, as mentioned in the terms. It will also provide consultation to the cloud.gov development team for Cloud Foundry’s best practices for existing and new capabilities, automate procedures, and increase the system's resilience.
cloud.gov's status as a premium platform allows government organizations to harness cloud capabilities, deploy and update websites faster. In addition, easy adoption and faster processing will enable employees to focus more on application building and server infrastructure administration.
"We are honored that the GSA continues to place their trust in us to maintain and expand this important platform to enable modernization initiatives throughout the government and support key missions," Mark Carter, TechFlow President and COO.
About TechFlow
TechFlow, with headquarters in San Diego, California and satellite offices in Washington, DC and around the United States, provides cutting-edge technology services to its clientele. TechFlow balances automation and human judgment to achieve their client's goals. TechFlow operates in mission-critical markets like digital, platform, base management/logistics, energy and mobility, for both the public and private sectors.
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CYBERSECURITY
Cyware | January 27, 2023
On January 26, 2023, a next-generation cybersecurity solutions provider Cyware, announced that its Cyber Security Centre (CFC) had achieved FedRAMP Ready designation from the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program's PMO (FedRAMP PMO). The adoption of secure cloud services throughout the federal government by offering a standardized approach to security for cloud technologies deployed in federal agencies is promoted by FedRAMP, a US govt-based program.
The designation FedRAMP Ready signifies that a Third-Party Assessment Organization attests to Cyware's security capabilities and that a RAR (Readiness Assessment Report) has been deemed acceptable and reviewed by the FedRAMP PMO. As a result, the Cyware platform enables contractors and government agencies to benefit from the solution's advanced threat intelligence automation and created threat response capabilities which can improve the adoption of secure cloud technologies.
Cyware's CFC offers federal security teams a solution to improve security effectiveness, speed up proactive response, and improve collaboration within the whole security ecosystem of a federal agency. The main goal is to make the country safer from cyberattacks by making better use of tools, resources, and assets that already exist.
Chief Executive Officer of Cyware, Anuj Goel, said, "We are proud that Cyware has achieved this important FedRAMP milestone. This demonstrates our commitment to enhancing threat intelligence sharing and security operations for the public sector." He also said, "Now federal customers can leverage our platform to enable security collaboration, extend threat visibility, correlate threat intelligence, and ensure the highest levels of cloud security through intelligent orchestration and response."
(Source: Business Wire)
About Cyware
Founded in 2016, a product-based cyber security provider,Cyware offers full-stack innovative cyber fusion solutions for all-source, technical, tactical, and operational threat response automation and threat intelligence sharing. The company empowers enterprises to adapt to the evolving threat landscape is utilizing the advances in ML, AI, Security Automation and Orchestration Technologies. The Cyber Fusion solution from Cyware combines SOAR and TIP technology, which makes it easier for security teams that work in separate groups to work together. Many government agencies, businesses, and MSSPs use the company. It also offers platforms for sharing threat intelligence for the majority of ISAC organizations around the world.
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