CHARLESTON, S.C. (Feb. 6, 2012) – Secure Mission Solutions continued its tradition of providing help to those in need this past holiday season. For the 2011 Holiday Season, the company’s Charleston team participated in the Charleston’s Youth Development Center’s (CYDC) Holiday Wish List Project and held a canned food drive for the Lowcounty Food Bank.

Almost tripling the support provided last year, Charleston personnel fulfilled the holiday wish lists of 17 children that participate in the CYDC program, an increase of 11 children that were sponsored last year. Since 2010, the Charleston team has been supporting the CYDC through the Holiday Wish List Project as well as the organization of an internal Wii Bowling Tournament in May 2011 that rose over $1000 for the Big Brother/Big Sister Program.

“We were excited to fulfill the holiday wishes of 17 children this year.  Without cooperation and participation across the Charleston office, this would not have been possible,” said Matt Roldan, Vice President Cyber Assurance.

The support of the CYDC was initiated by the Cyber Assurance business unit who sponsored six children during the 2010 holiday season. Realizing the positive impact the donations had on the morale of the CYDC participants and children, the business unit recruited the other organizations and support staff located at the Charleston facility to participate this past season.

“On behalf of the children we serve here at Carolina Youth Development Center, thank you sincerely for the generosity of [the Secure Mission Solutions team]!  Christmas morning was beyond exciting for our children, and we have you all to thank for it,” said Amy Ware, Associate Director of Development, CYDC.

The Lowcountry Food Bank also received 455 pounds of food providing 350 meals for families in the area due to contributions from the Charleston office.

“Secure Mission Solutions is proud of the support we provide the CYDC and the Lowcountry Food Bank.  The hard work and enthusiasm of our employees brightened the holidays for many children and families in the Charleston area,” said Charlie Templeton, Senior Vice President/General Manager Global Security Solutions.

Support of the CYDC and Lowcountry Food Bank is expected to continue in 2012.

Secure Mission Solutions is an integrated security services and solutions provider focused on enabling mission success. Headquarted in Reston, Va., Secure Mission Solutions has offices in Charleston, S.C.; Fairfax, Va.; Chesapeake, Va.; Huntsville, Ala.; Lorton, Va.; and Omaha, Neb.

FAIRFAX, Va. (Dec. 6, 2011) – After several years in the district, the Secure Mission Solutions facility moved to the Willow Oaks Corporate Center in Fairfax, Va., officially opening the doors for business on Dec. 5.

This new facility has many benefits including free covered parking, a well-equipped fitness center, a new Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF), additional square footage providing room for expected growth in years to come, shorter commutes for personnel, ease of access to major highways as well as a closer proximity to the corporate headquarters at the Reston Town Center. 

“My favorite feature of the new facility is that my commute is now shortened by about two hours a day,” said Phil Medell, Critical Asset Protection (CAP) Director, Eastern Region.

The Willow Oaks office is located at the intersection of Arlington Boulevard and Gallows Road, about a mile from Interstate 495, and two exits south of Tyson’s Corner, a central business and shopping area in Northern Virginia. The location’s proximity to Interstate 66, the Dulles Toll Road and Interstate 395 provides additional major thoroughfares to the surrounding areas and airport convenience.

The new facility will house members of the Critical Asset Protection and Cyber and Intelligence Support business units as well as the area’s support staff, compromised primarily of Secure Mission Solutions contracts and finance personnel. Prior to moving, personnel commuted to the district office, which was the headquarters of legacy Sim-G Technologies, acquired by Secure Mission Solutions in 2009.

“We are looking forward to a promising future at Willow Oaks. It presents Secure Mission Solutions with a modern, enhanced facility and ease of access , allowing us to provide better support to our customers and expand our portfolio of strategic partners,” said Jim Ochse, Secure Mission Solutions Director of Support Services, and chief architect of the move.

The address of the new office is 8260 Willow Oaks Corporate Drive, Suite 300, Fairfax, Va. 22031 and the central telephone number is 703-245-1300.

Secure Mission Solutions is an integrated security services and solutions provider focused on enabling mission success. Headquarted in Reston, Va., Secure Mission Solutions has offices in Charleston, S.C.; Fairfax, Va.; Chesapeake, Va.; Huntsville, Ala.; Lorton, Va.; and Omaha, Neb.

Contact
Kelly Russ, Business Development
843.308.4509

ORLANDO, Fla. (November 20, 2011) – Chief Technology Officer, John Hearton, and Chief Engineer, Tim Owen, represented Secure Mission Solutions as members of the Security as a Service (SECaaS) working group for the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) at the organization’s annual Cloud Security Congress held in Orlando, Fla. on Nov. 15 – 18.

This year marks the second year of the annual event which exists to disseminate new guidance, lessons learned, and expertise to the community on Cloud security.  It also serves to afford in-person breakout sessions for CSA working groups pursuing various agendas. 

“Secure Mission Solutions became involved in the CSA because there is a need for an effective migration for our customers into the Cloud.  We have positioned ourselves as industry leaders on Cloud security by assisting in standards development that are being adopted worldwide and providing guidance for the Cloud industry,” said Hearton.

Hearton and Owen met in their SECaaS breakout session on Nov. 14 to discuss the latest on standardization, business case development, and other areas.  The SECaaS working group’s accomplishments include the release of “Domain 14 guidance” and submission of this guidance to the World Standards Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. 

As Cloud Computing has evolved to becoming a household term, many concerns have arisen on the security of the Cloud especially by Government officials and their security providers.  Seeing the need for security and a relative set of industry standards, the CSA was organized to promote the best practices in Cloud Computing. 

Following the trend of Cloud Computing for the past several years, Hearton and Owen became involved with the CSA, providing their security expertise and knowledge. Hearton has since been appointed as a sub-committee chair for the organization.

Hearton and Owen’s efforts with CSA have helped shape adopted standards, define innovative efforts and distinguish Secure Mission Solutions as a leading technological differentiator for Government and industry alike. Prior to the involvement of Secure Mission Solutions, the CSA was focused on the three building blocks of the Cloud to include Infrastructure as a Service, Software as a Service and Platform as a Service. Hearton and Owen’s efforts, leadership and support have enabled SECaaS to be a dominant player within the Cloud construct.

The CSA is a not-for-profit organization with a mission to promote the use of best practices for providing security assurance within Cloud Computing as well as to provide education on the uses of Cloud Computing to help secure all other forms of computing.  It is led by a broad coalition of industry practitioners, corporations, associations and other key stakeholders.

Secure Mission Solutions is an integrated security services and solutions provider focused on enabling mission success.  Headquartered in Reston, Va., Secure Mission Solutions has offices in Charleston, S.C.; Chesapeake, Va.; Fairfax, Va.; Huntsville, Ala.; Lorton, Va.; and Omaha, Neb.

Contact
Kelly Russ, Business Development
843.308.4509

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Nov. 3, 2011)  - The Secure Mission Solutions’ Air Force Medical Systems (AFMS) Team hosted an Infrastructure Summit in support of the Space and Naval Warfare Command (SPAWAR) Medical Infrastructure Modernization Integrated Product Team (IPT) at their North Charleston, S.C. facility. 

Participants included representatives from Air Force Medical Support Agency (AFMSA), Air Force Medical Operations Agency (AFMOA), SPAWAR, and industry partners.  The summit was designed to provide an executive summary of core infrastructure services as well as an in-depth technical overview of both current and future AFMS architectures.

Mark Poe, the Summit sponsor and SPAWAR IPT lead provided a ringing endorsement of the service and commitment provided by Secure Mission Solutions, “Well, you guys did more than knock it out of the park - you hit a Grand Slam! This was an unprecedented display of dedication and support from an unprecedented team of professionals.” 

The Infrastructure Team reviewed the multi-year modernization strategy presented to the Office of the Surgeon General’s CIO’s Modernization Directorate in FY09, covering this strategy in detail, providing both a historical frame of reference as well as a current status of the modernization strategy implementation.

Further, the Infrastructure Team presented an assessment of future infrastructure challenges as well as an assessment of opportunities. The summit also served as the conduit for unveiling the Infrastructure Catalog of Services; a comprehensive framework of defined infrastructure services, target thresholds for the delivery of those services, and proposed metrics for the measurement of service performance. 

Secure Mission Solutions’ AFMS Program Manager John Carretta and Technical Lead, Tommy Melton presented briefings at the event. 

“This Summit provided an opportunity for SMS to shine for our SPAWAR and Air Force customers, further it reinforced SMS as a feature service provider for Air Force Medical systems.  The level and quality of support provided by both project staff and Charleston SMS personnel was exemplary,” said Carretta.

Secure Mission Solutions is the lead team providing full life cycle infrastructure development for AFMS and was responsible for the successful engineering of a solution to facilitate relocating outlying AFMS systems to a single secure site and domain, allowing for increased security posture, consolidation and asset reduction while maintaining functionality through remote access including full failover.  Utilizing a full life cycle approach, our team provided network design, implementation and management; system administration; virtual desktop infrastructure; system documentation; Infrastructure consolidation through virtualization resulting in significant footprint reduction and cost savings; full certification & accreditation; as well as network analysis, security and monitoring. Our network SMEs continue to support system migrations with the end goal of providing complete AFMS system security, portability and redundancy.

Secure Mission Solutions is an integrated security services and solutions provider focused on enabling mission success.  Headquartered in Reston, Va., Secure Mission Solutions has offices in Chesapeake, Va.; Lorton, Va.; Omaha, Neb.; Huntsville, Ala.; and Charleston, SC.

Contact
Kelly Russ, Business Development
843.308.4509