Arlington Capital Partners portfolio company BlueHalo today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Maryland businesses Base2 LLC and Fortego LLC. While both companies are leading providers of complex, mission-critical cyber and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) solutions, Base2 specializes in the design and development of cyber-solutions in the areas of Computer Network Operations (CNO), SIGINT, and Quick Reaction Capability (QRC). “We reached a point where it was time to consider being part of a larger organization that could help our company grow long term,”…

If you want to improve or expand your current skill set, there are a few options you can focus on. Tom Merritt lists five tech skills to master in the coming year. Looking for an IT job in 2021? Want to make sure you stay up to speed in the job you have? It’s good to know which skills will give you the best chance at landing or keeping that position you want. TechRepublic’s Veronica…

The 5 tech skills should you master in 2021 Length: 2:04 | Dec 21, 2020 If you want to improve or expand your current skill set, there are a few options you can focus on. Tom Merritt lists five tech skills to master in the coming year. Source link

Last week, the United States Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) advised on initial steps to take in response to the SolarWinds software that was compromised by advanced persistent threat actors. While federal agencies were under a deadline to complete certain actions, this issue will require continued clean-up and longer-term efforts to mitigate the threat. Staying the course, organizations will want to scan their environments for the presence of the compromised SolarWinds software. There may…

The Trump administration has come up with a proposal to split up the leadership of US Cyber Command and the National Security Agency (NSA). Under the existing “dual-hat” arrangement, the posts of CYBERCOM commander and NSA director are held by one individual. Right now, that person is General Paul Nakasone. The proposal, which could significantly reshape America’s defense policy, was received by the joint chiefs of staff and joint chiefs chairman General Mark Milley at the end of…

Last month, I discussed the FedRAMP program’s basics and why it’s such a big deal for the federal government. In short, the program protects the data of U.S. citizens in the cloud and promotes the adoption of secure cloud services across the government with a standardized approach. But within the FedRAMP program, there are different authorizations. We’re pleased that McAfee MVISION for Endpoint Access recently achieved FedRAMP Moderate Authorization, which allows users from federal agencies, state and local government,…