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WidePoint Corporation announced that its subsidiary Soft-ex Communications has been formally launched in the Ingram Micro Cloud Marketplace for its innovative Voice Analytics solution which helps drive Microsoft Teams usage and adoption.

WidePoint Corporation announced that the company's Intelligent Technology Management System has achieved "FedRAMP in Process" status. The FedRAMP Program Management Officer updated the status for WidePoint's proprietary Intelligent Technology Management System from "FedRAMP Ready" to "FedRAMP In Process" on the FedRAMP Marketplace with the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as the sponsoring agency. WidePoint is working with a contracted Third-Party Assessment Organization and ATF to review and test the 616 security controls and sub-controls necessary to achieve FedRAMP Authorization at the FISMA moderate level. WidePoint will have six months to complete the assessment to earn a FedRAMP Authorization status. Once the FedRAMP Authorization is issued, ITMS will enter a continuous monitoring phase. WidePoint will continue to work with a 3PAO to annually review a subset of security controls, submit assessment reports to ATF, conduct penetration testing, and assess any required security control changes.

WidePoint Corporation announced that the company's Public Key Infrastructure Identity & Access Management solution delivers on new guidance issued by CISA, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. CISA released two fact sheets to highlight threats against accounts and systems using certain forms of Multi-Factor Authentication. CISA urges all organizations to implement phishing-resistant MFA to protect against phishing and other known cyber threats. Public Key Infrastructure is at the top of the phishing-resistant MFA technologies.

WidePoint Corporation announced that WidePoint IAM Solutions is now being piloted within IT groups at several K-12 schools. The Phase 1 Pilot project includes the elimination of user name and password for Tier 1 IT staff for system and network access, for securing email communication with the schools, and for controlling physical access using existing door readers. Phase 2 will include all school staff members, and scheduling the other phases.

WidePoint Corporation announced that its subsidiary IT Authorities has been awarded two new professional services contracts for Turnkey IT Infrastructure and Modernization by a leading Sports Marketing, Media & Technology company. These two new contracts, valued at more than $140,000, are associated with the media company's nationwide expansion.

WidePoint announced the launch of the new ITMS, Intelligent Technology Management Solution. ITMS provides a customizable solution for managing, tracking, analyzing and securing technology assets. Users can login, see real time delivery status, complete secure device acceptance, digitally sign IT asset confirmation receipts, and then initiate secure device return and data sanitization at the end of use. Leadership can account for every device every step of the way, from deployment to retirement, cradle to grave.