Chiron Wins $3.5M Prime Contract To Provide Cybersecurity Training
Columbia, Md.-based Chiron Tech Services, a cybersecurity training firm that provides government and commercial clients with mentorship and educational classes, just scooped a $3.5M contract to work with a "government client in Ft. Gordon, GA." The company declined to mention the responsible party for the contract. "The threat to public and private sector networks and data has never been greater and many of our clients understand that using software alone to thwart cyber-attacks is not enough. They need to train their teams to proactively react and respond to threats," David Pappas, President and Founder of Chiron, said in a statement provided to DC Inno. -- Chris Bing
This DC startup wants you to stop saving paper receipts
Keeping track of paper receipts is somehow still a thing, even in 2015. But D.C.-based startup Piper is looking to change that thanks to a new investment and partnership with Expensify. Check out Piper's plans to let your shoebox full of receipts be repurposed, maybe for some kind of diorama, in our full story here.
Google's crazy week
Though it would be hard to top the Alphabet bombshell, Google is already having another noisy week. Among the latest from the tech giant: New details about its next Android operating system, a website for Hangouts and delays on its modular "Lego" phone. Oh, and there's a new video of a Google robot that can walk through the woods, and that's not at all worrisome. Check out what Google's up to in our full story here.
Will DC become the virtual reality champion?
The D.C. area is competing with other U.S. cities to become preeminent in virtual reality innovation and entrepreneurship. As each region works to position itself for the consumer VR revolution, it's going to take a lot of effort to and more than a little luck to to keep up the local momentum. Find out how D.C. fits into that picture in the second part of Chris Bing's report here.
How to measure the power of edtech
Edtech is hot and getting hotter. That's why the Jefferson Education Accelerator was born out of UVa earlier this year, to help evaluate how edtech is making a difference. Now, JEA has chosen Reston's Echo360 as its first partner and together they're looking to find the best research into just how technology is affecting student learning. Find out how in our report here.
