St. Pete cybersecurity startup launches, raises $5M Series A
A St. Petersburg-based cybersecurity company has spent the last three years testing its technology and is now ready to unveil its platform — along with a solid funding announcement...
Code-X Introduces First Commercially Available Lattice-Based Data Protection Platform Validated by the United States Department of Defense
Code-X today emerged from stealth to launch the first-ever commercially available lattice-based data protection platform validated by the United States Department of Defense (U.S. DOD) and intelligence community...
By Light Obtains CMMI Level 3 Appraisal for Development; Bob Donahue Quoted
By Light Professional IT Services has received a Capability Maturity Model Integration for Development appraisal at Level 3 for its efforts in support of customer satisfaction and services as well as continuous process and performance improvement...
CESI to Help Build Army’s Collective Training Platform Under Potential $193M Contract
A subsidiary of By Light Professional IT Services has won a potential $192.61 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop simulation and management software for an integrated military training environment. Cole Engineering Services Inc. (CESI) will help the service branch create the Synthetic Training Environment-Information System Training Simulation Software/Training Management Tool under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Monday...
Full Spectrum Operations (FSO) Awarded NOAA NMITS Blanket Purchase Agreement
FSO, an SBA-approved, Mentor-Protégé Joint Venture (JV) between ACS and By Light, has been awarded a BPA for NOAA NMITS, a small business set-aside agreement with a 10-year lifespan valued at $2.1 billion. The BPA utilizes GSA's IT Schedule 70 and is administered by a joint effort from the NOAALink Program Office and AGO's Corporate Services Acquisition Division.
DISA OTA for Cloud-Based Internet Isolation a Sign of More to Come
Just as the pandemic was creating massive strains on DoD networks, the DISA's first-ever use of an other transaction agreement (OTA) gave the agency a brand new way to move huge amounts of traffic off of them. In August, DISA awarded By Light Professional IT Services a nearly $200 million agreement to start deploying a technique called cloud-based internet isolation (CBII). As the name implies, the program moves Defense users’ web browsing off of their actual desktops and laptops; indeed, off of Defense networks entirely. The actual browsing activity happens in a commercial cloud environment...
US Space Force Awards $285M IDIQ Contract to ACS, By Light JV FSO
“As a Veteran Owned Small Business, FSO is honored to have the opportunity to provide communications systems maintenance, operations, and operational support services to the United States Space Force, enabling them to safely launch, track, and recover space lift systems and perform operational test missions in support of ballistic missile deployment and aircraft flight tests,” said John M. Schleifer, Managing Member of FSO and President and CEO of ACS.
By Light Professional IT Services Acquires Raydon Corporation
By Light Professional IT Services ("By Light"), a portfolio company of Sagewind Capital LLC ("Sagewind"), has acquired Raydon Corporation ("Raydon" or the "Company"), a leading provider of virtual, adaptable integrated military training technology primarily for the U.S. Department of Defense ("DOD").
DISA: Cloud-Based Browsing Will Save $300M
BreakingDefense.com November 6, 2020 Instead of users connecting directly to websites, the new Cloud-Based Internet Isolation (CBII) system acts as a middleman, reducing bandwidth and... Learn More
DISA to deliver web-browsing protection to 1.5M users
FCW Magazine September 4, 2020 The Defense Department’s IT agency is beginning production on its tool that allows internet users to browse without exposing DOD’s... Learn More