Telos (company)

Telos Corporation is an information technology (IT) and cybersecurity company located in Ashburn, Virginia. The company’s name is derived from the Greek word for “purpose” or “goal". Telos primarily serves government and enterprise clients, receiving a large number of its contracts from the United States Department of Defense (DoD).

Telos Corporation
TypePublic
Nasdaq: TLS
IndustryInformation Technology
Cybersecurity
Founded1969 (1969)
Headquarters
Ashburn, Virginia
,
USA
Key people
John B. Wood, President and CEO
Revenue $219.2 Million(2019)[1]
Number of employees
508[2]
Websitewww.telos.com
Telos' Ashburn headquarters

History

Telos was founded in 1969 in Santa Monica, California and incorporated in Maryland in 1971.[3]

John B. Wood joined the company in 1992 and became president and chief executive in 1994.[4] Today, Telos is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia.[5][6]

On 16 June 2020, Telos Corporation reported its Automated Message Handling System (AMHS) service was granted an additional five years and $15.6 million contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).[7]

In November 2020, the company filed for an initial public offering.[8]

Security areas

Telos is an information technology company. Customers are primarily military, intelligence and civilian agencies of the US government and NATO allies.[2] The company provides security in four major areas:[9]

  • Secure wired and wireless networks for DoD and federal agencies.
  • Software products and consulting services to automate, streamline, and enforce IT security and risk management processes, including cybersecurity consulting services and Xacta brand cyber risk management.
  • Secure, automated, web-based software for distributing and managing organizational messaging traffic via the Automated Message Handling System.
  • Identity management, logical and physical network security, and identity vetting services.

Sales

Telos products are available through these contract vehicles:[10][11]

  • Telos GSA Schedule
  • Telos Identity Management Solutions GSA Schedule
  • ADMC-2 Army Desktop and Mobile Computing
  • Air Force Network Centric Solutions (NETCENTS-2)
  • Alliant 2
  • Army Cloud Computing Enterprise Transformation (ACCENT)
  • Army Desktop and Mobile Computing-2 (ADMC-2)
  • Army Information Management Communications Services III (IMCS III)
  • Army Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – 3 Hardware (ITES-3H)
  • Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC)
  • DHS EAGLE II
  • DoD ESI/GSA Smartbuy
  • NETCENTS-2 Air Force Network Operations and Infrastructure Solutions
  • Risk Management Framework (RMF) Services
  • Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Advisory Board

On 20 May 2020, Telos named the four-star general army and USCYBERCOM's first commander, General (Ret) Keith Alexander, as its advisory board 's inaugural leader.[12]

References
  1. https://washingtontechnology.com/toplists/top-100-lists/2014/telos-corp.aspx
  2. Telos Corporation (April 2, 2018). "Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017". Form 10-K. SEC. Retrieved August 16, 2018.
  3. Telos Corporation (March 29, 1996). "Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995". Form 10-K. SEC. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  4. S&P Global Market Intelligence (September 5, 2018). "John B. Wood Executive Profile". Executive Profile. Bloomberg. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  5. "Telos Field Wins Contract with Air Force". 28 November 1990.
  6. "A New Location for Telos Field Engineering". 19 September 1988.
  7. "Telos Wins Additional $15.6M DISA Contract for Automated Message Handling System". Globe Newswire. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. Kilgore, Tomi (19 November 2020). "Telos' upsized IPO prices in the middle of the expected range, to value the company at just over $1 billion". MarketWatch. Retrieved 8 December 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. Telos Corporation (March 31, 2010). "Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009". Form 10-K. SEC. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  10. Telos Corporation (2018). "Federal Contracts". Telos Corporation. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  11. Telos Corporation (2018). "Telos ID Contracts". Telos Corporation. Retrieved August 22, 2018.
  12. "Telos Corporation Welcomes General Keith Alexander as Inaugural Member of Advisory Board". GlobeNewswire. 20 May 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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