This Open Source Developer and Offensive Security Lead, experienced in a variety of vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and red team assessments for Federal and commercial customers, takes on a new challenge. Christopher Truncer is now listed as Deputy Chief, Red Team at the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency. See the profile here.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is undergoing a large-scale modernization process with plans to migrate the majority of its legacy IT systems to a brand-new “greenfield solution” later this year, according to CISA Chief Information Officer (CIO) Robert (Bob) Costello. The CIO explained that CISA has been building its own environment to migrate…

This requirement, seeking expert level IT Security support to ensure Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s systems maintain their Authority to Operate (ATO), to include providing Subject Matter Expert (SME) IT security assessment and IT security audit functions to ensure Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA compliance), and SME support in developing and maintaining documentation in support of Certification & Accreditation (C&A) efforts, drew a heavy level of competition the last time it was competed.

Awardee Name: THUNDERCAT TECHNOLOGY, LLC Unique Entity ID: UER4AJLUB8D5 Total Contract Value: $2,130,605.56 Action Obligation: $1,489,725.56 Department Name: HOMELAND SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF Funding Agency: CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY AGENCY Funding Office: OFF OF THE DIR CISA Description: slack enterprise grid licenses Number of Bidders: 3 Award ID: 70RCSJ24FR0000012 Referenced IDV ID: HSHQDC13D00026 RFP ID: 70RCSJ24Q00000007…

The 8(a) small business community who supports CISA will want to take notice as the latest word out of DHS Office of the CIO is that the recompete of the Business Transformation Support Services (Process Automation) requirement, now renamed CFOM,  is expected to be competed as an 8(a) set-aside. The RFP is tentatively expected to be released in early May.