As the government moves towards point-based acquisition, bidders and contract holders are being more commonly evaluated on major categories such as quality and security. Small and new businesses entering the public sector space will be required to put more attention and effort around their operational standards and security protocols.

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–SpyCloud, the leader in account takeover and fraud prevention, announced today the launch of their new product, SpyCloud Identity Risk Engine, a transformative API-delivered solution that provides actionable, predictive risk assessments for e-commerce and financial service customers. The assessments consist of a risk score supported by key risk indicators and reason codes, resulting from real-time analysis of SpyCloud’s unmatched collection of recaptured data from breaches, malware infections, and other underground sources.

Last Friday, Vertosoft employees took time out of their day to give back to the Loudoun community by volunteering with the Salvation Army. A group of employees packaged food and passed them out to members of the community. It was a great day of team bonding and supporting our community.

Lt Col Ben Koch has over fifteen years in the United States Air Force (USAF) Financial Management career field and over ten years in the defense contractor arena. He has deployed overseas three times, was a Comptroller Commander, has worked as a contractor supporting tier-1 prime contractors, and supported the government as a Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contractor.

Week 3 of Cybersecurity Awareness Month focuses on Cybersecurity Career Awareness to encourage individuals to explore a career in cybersecurity whether you are an experienced professional seeking a career change or a student looking to start your career.

When Jay Colavita founded Vertosoft back in 2016, he had a distinct vision in mind—accelerate the adoption of technology in the government market. Having worked with large government software distributors and solution providers for over 20 years, he realized that emerging technology companies are constantly battling against significant barriers to penetrate the government market.

Leesburg, VA – May 13, 2021 – Vertosoft, the company driving emerging technology growth for the government, announced a new partnership with SpyCloud, the leader in cyber fraud prevention, to protect customers of government digital services from identity theft and other cybercrimes.

Automating tasks has long been a goal of large workforces, and none is larger than the Department of Defense. With financial management systems that process a more than $700 billion budget annually, getting a helping (digital) hand can reduce wasted labor hours and costly mistakes.

LEESBURG, Va., April 22, 2021 (Newswire.com) – Vertosoft LLC has been recognized as an honoree of the 2021 Greater Washington Area Best Places To Work awards program presented by the Washington Business Journal.

To better protect mobile devices that warfighters use, the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) is readying a mobile threat application that analyzes for problems on Defense Department-issued devices and shares findings in the cloud.

On more than one occasion, my wife has indicated that she would love to have a ‘Rosey to help out around the house.’ The idea of Rosey comes from the animated cartoon called ‘The Jetsons’ which originally aired in 1962. Rosey is robot that does the housekeeping and other repetitive tasks around the Jetson’s Skypad Apartment, allowing the family to focus on more important and meaningful activities. 

Vertosoft and DataRobot have been awarded an Other Transaction Authority (OTA) by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to support the Army’s Office of Financial Operations and Information and the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s (OSD) Comptroller to resolve financial and accounting errors without human intervention.

As we come to the end of Cybersecurity Awareness month, I wanted to call attention to the impending Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) requirements and what the potential implications are for commercial off the shelf (COTS) software companies.

Why are government purchasing thresholds important? How can these purchasing thresholds as defined in the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) be leveraged to inform your sales strategy as we approach the end of the federal fiscal year? Let’s start by looking at the federal micro-purchase threshold (MPT).

The term ‘compliance’ as it relates to cloud computing can elicit a wide variety of reactions. Some Developers cringe when they hear the word as they anticipate limited technology choices. Program Managers have images of project delays and increased complexity. Security and Compliance Officers see a framework for protecting the agency, its mission, and  associated data (and maybe keeping their names off of the evening news).

When we look back on 2020 and early 2021, I believe we’ll see that COVID-19 had significant impact on the growth of cloud computing at government agencies as well. Whether it’s SaaS-based collaboration services or the use of cloud computing infrastructure as a service (IaaS), government agencies increasingly turn to the cloud as part of their IT modernization efforts toward being ‘Cloud Smart’.

The Federal government spends more money on Information Technology than any other Fortune 500 company in the U.S., with an estimated FY20 IT budget exceeding $85B.  Congress is responsible for passing an annual budget that allocates money to each Agency for the fiscal year that runs from October 1st to September 30th.