The PROTECTS contract will focus on supporting the department's security operations center (SOC) functions with core services like SOC architecture, engineering, deployment, and management, incident management, vulnerability…

The agency is also working on a SOC-as-a-Service offering and potentially blue teaming.

USDA, the FTC and DHS receive funding for projects that focus on adopting a zero-trust approach to cybersecurity.

The Department of Health and Human Services may soon be the latest QSMO, while the others have taken strides to build out their marketplaces.

CISO Venice Goodwine has placed an emphasis on standardizing position descriptions in an effort to develop a workforce that can support new cyber capabilities.

CISO Shane Barney is growing his team of 100 developers within the security operations center, which is even testing bots in machine learning.

Rather than have each SOC contract independently for staff services, a multiple-award contract vehicle would be used.

DHS officials confirmed that Barry West, deputy CIO and senior accountable official for risk management, will retire from the department on May 31.

CDM officials are looking at other possible cybersecurity offerings the program could develop as a shared service provider.

DHS officials are exploring how they can use CDM's new shared services platform, including possibly offering security operations to cabinet-level agencies.