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Aquia Inc. Chosen as Exclusive Partner to Nava on $250 Million Security Exchange Commission (SEC) BPA

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

MILLSBORO, Del., Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --  Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced it has been awarded a subcontract as an exclusive partner to Nava on a $250 million Security Exchange Commission (SEC) Digital Services Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA).As a subcontractor, Aquia will work with Nava to provide cloud and cybersecurity expertise to support the SEC in the development and delivery of cutting-edge digital solutions in an agile development environment, leveraging Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS)."Our commitment to excellence aligns seamlessly with the SEC's vision for innovation, and together with Nava, we are looking forward to delivering flexible and secure digital services," said Kalid Tarapolsi, vice president of strategy at Aquia. "This partnership underscores the importance of cutting-edge technology in revolutionizing the financial sector and reinforcing the foundation of regulatory integrity, and we look forward to delivering."Aquia and Nava are both members of the Digital Services Coalition, a collection of agile technology and design firms committed to bringing the innovation and agility that's become the backbone of commercial digital services to the government.About Aquia Inc.Securing The Digital Transformation®Aquia Inc. is a developer-centric company passionate about the intersection of security and velocity. We maintain a strong bias towards transformational work that disrupts the status quo — delivering elegant, modern solutions to cutting-edge cybersecurity problems.Founded by military veterans in 2021, we are a Service-Disabled, Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB). Our team has decades of experience driving transformational change across the public sector, enterprise businesses, and top-tier technology companies.We value trust, accountability, transparency, diversity, and continuous learning; and we've built these tenants into the DNA of our company. For more information, visit www.aquia.us.Contact:Ashling Knight***@aquia.usPhoto(s):https://www.prlog.org/12991605Press release distributed by PRLog

Key Points: 
  • As a subcontractor, Aquia will work with Nava to provide cloud and cybersecurity expertise to support the SEC in the development and delivery of cutting-edge digital solutions in an agile development environment, leveraging Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS).
  • "Our commitment to excellence aligns seamlessly with the SEC's vision for innovation, and together with Nava, we are looking forward to delivering flexible and secure digital services," said Kalid Tarapolsi, vice president of strategy at Aquia.
  • "This partnership underscores the importance of cutting-edge technology in revolutionizing the financial sector and reinforcing the foundation of regulatory integrity, and we look forward to delivering."
  • Aquia and Nava are both members of the Digital Services Coalition , a collection of agile technology and design firms committed to bringing the innovation and agility that's become the backbone of commercial digital services to the government.

Aquia Inc. Joins the AWS Global Security and Compliance Acceleration Program

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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

MILLSBORO, Del., Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Security and Compliance Acceleration (GSCA) program, formerly known as ATO on AWS. The recognition reinforces Aquia's commitment to helping customers meet their authorization needs, whether that be architecting, configuring, deploying, or integrating tools and controls.

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  • MILLSBORO, Del., Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Global Security and Compliance Acceleration (GSCA) program, formerly known as ATO on AWS .
  • The recognition reinforces Aquia's commitment to helping customers meet their authorization needs, whether that be architecting, configuring, deploying, or integrating tools and controls.
  • AWS GSCA caters to the unique demands of government entities, helping accelerate public and private sector clients' security and compliance authorizations across a number of national and global security compliance frameworks, including:
    "This achievement demonstrates our ability to guide organizations through complex regulatory landscapes while ensuring security and compliance across their AWS workloads," said Lloyd Evans, director of governance, risk, and compliance, at Aquia.
  • The AWS GSCA program affords Aquia access to AWS security strategists and solution architects, reusable artifacts, tools, and pre-built templates to build and support compliant environments for customers in the public and private sector.

Aquia Inc. Adds Cloud Infrastructure Architect Track to Its Aquia Accelerator Apprenticeship Program

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

MILLSBORO, Del., Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced the launch of a pilot cloud infrastructure architect (CIA) track of its Aquia Accelerator apprenticeship program. The CIA curriculum is built around a hands-on, fully-immersive data-protection-centric course that lays the foundation for the skills needed to deliver modern, well-architected cloud solutions.

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  • The program prepares apprentices to deploy, manage, and operate workloads on AWS and implement security controls and compliance requirements
    MILLSBORO, Del., Aug. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced the launch of a pilot cloud infrastructure architect (CIA) track of its Aquia Accelerator apprenticeship program.
  • Throughout the 8-month-long paid apprenticeship, participants are provided with a dedicated mentor, training materials, real-world delivery examples, and curated courseware.
  • "Cloud has established itself as the de facto way of working and fundamentally changes the landscape of security and operations," said Jonathan (Jono) Sosulska, principal application security architect at Aquia and program lead for Aquia Accelerator.
  • The company will welcome its next cohort of Aquia Accelerator GRC apprentices in September 2023 and Accelerator CIA apprentices in Q2 2024.

Aquia Inc. to Support the Department of Defense's Platform One Party Bus Team as Subcontractor to Omni Federal

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Tuesday, August 1, 2023

MILLSBORO, Del., July 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Omni Federal to support its 3-year contract with the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to augment Platform One Party Bus, a fully managed platform as a service (PaaS). The work will enable the DoD and other industry partners to efficiently and effectively develop and deploy software into a secure production environment with a continuous authority to operate (cATO).

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  • As a subcontractor, Aquia will work with Omni Federal to provide mission applications' development teams an expedited path to a continuous authority to operate (cATO)-accredited PaaS.
  • "As a United States Air Force (USAF) Veteran, I am honored to be part of the team supporting the DoD's Platform One," said Mario Lunato, senior security engineer at Aquia.
  • Platform One is an enterprise service encompassing the entire DoD dedicated to expediting the deployment of DevSecOps applications through its Platform One pipeline security tools.
  • Platform One's Party Bus is a PaaS focused on helping users launch software faster in a DevSecOps environment using Platform One pipeline security tools.

Aquia Wins Subcontract From Omni Federal to Support the Department of Defense's Platform One Big Bang Development Team

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

MILLSBORO, Del., July 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced it has been awarded a subcontract from Omni Federal to support its 3-year contract with the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to provide Kubernetes and cloud-native security expertise to Platform One Big Bang's development team.

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  • As a subcontractor, Aquia will work with Omni Federal to enhance Platform One Big Bang's abilities to deliver hardened, secured, and customized Kubernetes clusters to global environments, catering to mission-critical applications in both cloud and field settings.
  • "We are honored to be selected by Omni Federal to support such a critical mission, enabling the DoD to develop and deploy mission applications faster," said Aquia's CISO and Co-Founder, Chris Hughes.
  • Platform One is an enterprise service encompassing the entire DoD dedicated to expediting the deployment of DevSecOps applications through its Platform One pipeline security tools.
  • Platform One's Big Bang is a DevSecOps platform built from DoD-hardened and approved packages deployed in a customer-owned Kubernetes cluster.

Aquia Launches Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Security Assessment Offering, Pairing Automation With Deep Cloud Security Expertise

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Thursday, June 1, 2023

MILLSBORO, Del., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced the availability of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Security Assessment. The offering will pair automation with deep cloud security expertise to provide customers with contextualized, relevant findings from their assessment.

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  • As an AWS Partner Network (APN) Select Tier Services Partner, Aquia brings extensive experience deploying customer solutions on AWS and assessing the holistic security posture of AWS accounts
    MILLSBORO, Del., June 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced the availability of its Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Security Assessment.
  • The offering will pair automation with deep cloud security expertise to provide customers with contextualized, relevant findings from their assessment.
  • By leveraging Aquia's AWS Cloud Security Assessment, organizations can proactively identify and address security gaps, reducing the risk of security incidents and enhancing the overall security of their AWS account.
  • Ensuring proper access controls, encryption mechanisms, backup strategies, and other security measures are in place to safeguard valuable information.

Ellie Ashton Graduates from Aquia Accelerator Apprenticeship Program; Joins Company as Associate GRC Specialist

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

MILLSBORO, Del., April 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced the graduation of Ellie Ashton from its Aquia Accelerator apprenticeship program. Ellie will join the company as an associate governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) specialist.

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  • Ellie will join the company as an associate governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) specialist.
  • Ellie joined Aquia Accelerator as an experienced project manager, published author, and intuitive life coach looking to gain experience in the cybersecurity field.
  • "My experience as an apprentice with Aquia has been phenomenal," said Ellie Ashton, associate GRC specialist, Aquia.
  • Throughout the six-month-long paid apprenticeship, Ellie received access to training materials and curated courseware, real-world delivery examples, and a dedicated mentor.

SDVOSB Aquia Inc. Announces SOC 2 Type II Acceleration Offering

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

MILLSBORO, Del., April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced the launch of Zero to SOC 2 (Z2S2), an innovative accelerator program designed to help organizations navigate the Service Organization Control 2 (SOC 2) Type II audit report with confidence, speed, and agility.

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  • Using Aquia Zero to SOC 2, organizations can streamline their SOC 2 Type II audit and demonstrate their commitment to maintaining best-in-class security standards
    MILLSBORO, Del., April 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced the launch of Zero to SOC 2 (Z2S2), an innovative accelerator program designed to help organizations navigate the Service Organization Control 2 (SOC 2) Type II audit report with confidence, speed, and agility.
  • The SOC 2 audit report evaluates how well a service organization's internal controls and processes ensure the security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy of its customers' data.
  • There are two types of SOC 2 reports: Type I and Type II.
  • Aquia works closely with Datalock , a trusted partner and third-party assessment organization (3PAO), to ensure its customers are prepared to take on their SOC 2 audit report with confidence.

Aquia Inc. Joins the AWS Partner Network and the AWS Public Sector Partner Program

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Friday, March 24, 2023

MILLSBORO, Del., March 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced it has joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN) and the AWS Public Sector Partner (PSP) Program.

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  • The APN is a global community of AWS Partners that leverage programs, expertise, and resources to build, market, and sell customer offerings.
  • The PSP Program helps AWS Partners grow their public sector business through alignment with AWS public sector sales, marketing, funding, capture, and proposal terms.
  • As an APN Select Tier Services Partner, Aquia has met rigorous technical and business requirements, demonstrated extensive experience deploying customer solutions on AWS, and exhibited a high level of proficiency with AWS.
  • As a PSP Program member, Aquia is recognized as an AWS Partner with cloud-based solutions who have experience supporting government, space, education, and non-profits around the world.

Aquia Inc. Awarded Subcontract from Noblis on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) SaaS Governance Initiative

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Wednesday, December 7, 2022

MILLSBORO, Del., Dec. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquia Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business specializing in cloud and cybersecurity professional services, today announced that it has been awarded a subcontract from Noblis to support its four-year contract with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the Office of Information Technology Program Project Management Support. Under the contract, Noblis will provide program and contract oversight as well as technical and programmatic support.

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  • Under the contract, Noblis will provide program and contract oversight as well as technical and programmatic support.
  • As a subcontractor, Aquia will work alongside Noblis to help create CMS's first-ever software-as-a-service (SaaS) governance program and assess third-party SaaS applications' security risks using a federated review process.
  • Aquia and Noblis will also help business owners within CMS and the OIT partner to evaluate the risks posed by new SaaS consumption.
  • This award builds on Aquia's cybersecurity and application security support for CMS through its Noblis subcontract announced in December 2021.