The Genesis Mission has a security problem
DOE’s federated AI compute initiative is advancing faster than the security architecture designed to protect it, writes Ian Lee, director of advanced computing solutions at ShorePoint. The Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission is one of the most ambitious federal artificial intelligence initiatives in decades. It’s designed to connect sovereign high performance computing infrastructure — the systems […]
DOD excels at prototyping. Getting to production is another story.
Acquisition reform may be the bridge, but the paths from prototype to funded program remains unclear. The Defense Department is skilled at developing prototypes to test innovations, but speakers at the Defense One Tech Summit told attendees on Tuesday that getting the tech into production remains a challenge. “We’ve gotten really good at prototyping innovation, however you […]
Twenty closes $100M Series B round for offensive cyber tech development
Several members of the two-year-old company’s founding team helm from Palo Alto Networks, including CEO Joe Lin. Twenty, a developer of offensive cyber software that leans on automation techniques, has collected $100 million in Series B capital from investors to aid further development work on those tools. Twenty opened for business in 2024 to build artificial […]
Concurrent Technologies hires Parsons vet Hamilton as CEO
CTC is embarking on its new 10-year strategic plan that retiring CEO Ed Sheehan Jr. oversaw the development of. Concurrent Technologies Corp. has hired its next chief executive in Christopher Hamilton, a three-decade defense industry veteran and formerly an executive at Parsons Corp. Hamilton will join CTC on June 29 and succeed Ed Sheehan Jr., who […]