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Category: Press Releases
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Allentown, PA: Netizen Corporation, an ISO 27001:2013, ISO 9001:2015, and CMMI Level 3 certified provider of cybersecurity and related solutions for defense, government, and commercial markets, has once again for the fourth year in a row received a HIRE Vets Platinum Medallion award from the U.S. Department of Labor for the hiring, retention, support, and…
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Allentown, PA: Netizen Corporation, an ISO 27001:2013, ISO 9001:2015, and CMMI Level 3 certified Veteran Owned provider of cybersecurity and related solutions, has been awarded a contract for state-wide cybersecurity solutions for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts called ITS78 Data and Cybersecurity. Netizen was one of the only small businesses awarded this contract in all four…
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Allentown, PA: Netizen Corporation, an award-winning Veteran-Owned provider of cybersecurity solutions, has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) V2.0 Maturity Level 3 for government and commercial cybersecurity solutions. The Process Group led and conducted a comprehensive Benchmark CMMI appraisal (#54557) that included Netizen teams in Allentown, PA, Arlington, VA, and Charleston, SC. CMMI is…
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Allentown, PA: Netizen Corporation, an ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 9001:2015 certified Veteran Owned provider of cybersecurity products and solutions, has added Brian Keating to the executive team and named him Director of Finance for the company. Brian is an accomplished financial and operations executive with a diverse skillset and extensive experience in the founding, funding,…
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Netizen Corporation’s Founder and CEO, Michael Hawkins, has been named to the “Power 100” list of the Lehigh Valley region’s most influential people by Lehigh Valley Business.
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Allentown, PA: Netizen Corporation, an ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 9001:2015 certified Veteran Owned provider of cybersecurity and related solutions, is part of a team led by VetsEZ Inc. that has been awarded the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care Product Line (CCPL) support task valued at $75,000,000 over three years. The scope of the…
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Allentown, PA: Netizen Corporation, an ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 9001:2015 certified Veteran Owned provider of cybersecurity solutions, has added Akhil Handa to the executive team and named him Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company. Akhil is an experienced and highly respected senior executive in federal and defense markets. He has served in senior leadership…
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Allentown, PA: Netizen Corporation, an ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 9001:2015 certified provider of cybersecurity and related solutions for defense, government, and commercial markets, has once again been named one of the nation’s fastest-growing veteran-owned businesses by Inc. Magazine in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University on their annual Vet100 list of the most successful veteran-owned…
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Allentown, PA: Netizen Corporation, an ISO 27001:2013 and ISO 9001:2015 certified Veteran Owned provider of cyber security and related solutions, was named for the second year in a row to the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s most successful businesses. Founded in 2013 and led by CEO Michael Hawkins, Netizen is an award-winning company that…
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ALLENTOWN, PA: Netizen Corporation, an ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified provider of cybersecurity solutions for defense, government, and commercial markets, was awarded a multiple-year Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) contract by the US Army on April 28th with a total value of up to $9.2M for a variety of cybersecurity solutions in support of the Project Manager…