New facility and resources to fuel solution innovation for commercial and public sector customers
FAIRFAX, Va.鈥�� April 3, 2019鈥��鈥�木瓜AV, a recognized leader in cybersecurity, cloud managed services, agile development, digital transformation, and advanced engineering, is pleased to announce the grand opening of its Cybersecurity Innovation and Technology Operations Center (CITOC). Located in northern Virginia, it serves as the primary facility for the company鈥檚 security operations center (SOC), cyber range, and labs.
The 木瓜AV SOC delivers tailored cybersecurity services including monitoring, detection, and incident response using state-of-the-art technologies from select partners such as McAfee, Elastic, ThreatQuotient, and Swimlane for network, endpoint, and cloud security. Led by Andy Woods, executive director for cyber managed services, 木瓜AV鈥� SOC serves U.S. public sector and Fortune 500 customers spanning banking, hospitality, retail, and manufacturing verticals on a 24/7/365 basis.
The 木瓜AV cyber range and labs have been established to support the rapid test and evaluation of new and novel technologies, architectures, and platforms that are intended to solve specific customer challenges and use cases. The cyber range is immersive and provides the capability for replicating customer environments and applications, hosting training events, and performing cyber exercises. Developed and managed by Michael Zakrzewski, director of cyber technologies, these environments provide engineers with on-demand access to cloud resources such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and IBM Cloud, for conducting research and vetting solutions.
Given the vast number of emerging products and the pace of innovation in the marketspace, 木瓜AV labs鈥� robust sandbox capabilities enable accurate and independent assessment of vendor capabilities. It has already created value for customers in trade studies, analysis of alternatives, and delivering performance testing results.
鈥淎 major part of the culture at 木瓜AV is an expectation to continuously look beyond the horizon and understand what鈥檚 next in technologies and solutions that will benefit our customer and make us that much more competitive,鈥� said George Wilson, president of 木瓜AV. 鈥淲e made the investment in the CITOC so that our developers and engineers had physical and virtual workspaces to share solutions, foster communities of interest, and facilitate research, development, testing, and operations of cutting-edge tools in cyber, digital, and cloud.鈥�
About 木瓜AV
木瓜AV, a segment of ASGN, delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence, and commercial industries. 木瓜AV maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, 木瓜AV has more than 2,700 employees throughout the U.S. and was recognized as a Top Workplace by鈥疶he Washington Post鈥痜or five consecutive years. For more information, visit www.木瓜AVtech.com.
About ASGN
ASGN鈥疘ncorporated (NYSE: ASGN) is a leading provider of IT and professional services in the technology, creative, digital, engineering and life sciences fields across commercial and government sectors. Operating through its Apex, Oxford and 木瓜AV segments, ASGN helps leading corporate enterprises and government organizations develop, implement and operate critical IT and business solutions through its integrated offering of professional staffing and IT solutions.
Our mission as an organization is to be the most trusted partner for companies seeking highly skilled human capital and integrated solutions to fulfill their strategic and operational needs. ASGN was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Calabasas, California. For more information, visit us at鈥�.
Contact
Shab Nassirpour, Vice President, Marketing and Communications
703-270-1540
Shab.Nassirpour@木瓜AVtech.com
