Anthropic held cyberthreat briefings with agency CIOs last month
Discussions included how to defend digital assets following the debut of advanced AI models, like Anthropic’s Mythos. Leading artificial intelligence developer Anthropic hosted briefing sessions for federal agency chief information officers in early May, several sources familiar with the sessions told Nextgov/FCW. Meetings occurred May 7 and May 8. While briefing topics varied, they focused on defending […]
CISA sketches out timeline for incident response, threat hunting contract
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency is seeking an industry partner to help deploy, develop and maintain technologies used by its threat hunting office. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency has given industry a rough timeline of its plan to award a contract for incident response and proactive threat hunting support. CISA is estimating the final solicitation release […]
Don’t let political rhetoric obscure what the 8(a) program actually does
From faster procurement cycles to 15,000 jobs in Alaska, the facts about this program are being ignored in Washington, writes Nicole Borromeo, president of the ANCSA Regional Association. Policy conversations in Washington often overlook practical realities and benefits in favor of sensationalized narratives. This dynamic is playing out in real time in the discussion about the […]
VA embarks on its search for enterprise cloud broker
This contract would designate a company as the Veterans Affairs Department’s primary assistant in acquiring cloud computing capabilities from the hyperscalers and software tool makers. The Veterans Affairs Department has kicked off market research efforts to inform how it could create a new enterprise cloud brokerage contract that would aid in VA’s overall modernization push. In […]
State Department seeks small businesses for LEO satellite terminals
The future contract would support off-grid operations for U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide through the Remote Expeditionary Area Communications Hub program. The State Department is looking for small businesses capable of providing low-earth orbit satellite terminals, airtime services and support equity for its global diplomatic communications network. State’s request for information posted Thursday is specifically asking for responses […]
