Two information technology security executives believe that computer networks used to create and run smart cities are vulnerable to hacking, Cisco’s The Network reported Wednesday. Jason Deign writes that smart cities’ susceptibility to security threats can be associated with the lack of a single authority to monitor and implement cybersecurity standards and the use of […] More

Technavio projects that the global smart security market will climb in value at a compound annual growth rate of 18 percent through 2019 due to the increasing number of terrorist attacks around the world. “Terrorism has increased significantly in areas like the Philippines in the last few years, resulting in an increased number of deaths from […] More

Linda Boles is director of healthcare strategies and business development at ViON Corp. She brings more than two decades of experience in business development across health information technology, radiology, surgical systems and laboratory medicine areas to her role at ViON. Prior to joining the veteran-owned corporation, Boles served as president at LJB Healthcare Strategies. She […] More

Tom Joyce, formerly senior vice president of global corporate development at Hewlett-Packard, is set to join the software group at Dell, CRN reported Wednesday. Matt Brown writes Joyce oversaw the establishment of HP’s ventures group and the Palo Alto, California-based firm’s transactions to acquire Voltage Security, ConteXtream and Aruba Networks. Before he joined HP, Joyce led […] More

Some information technology industry leaders believe more government agencies are poised to adopt connected systems that have the potential to remake their operations, FCW reported Monday. Zach Noble writes Matthew Burrell, a spokesperson for the U.S. General Services Administration, said it is crucial for agencies to prepare workers for Internet of Things implementation initiatives. “This is […] More

BAE Systems‘ Applied Intelligence organization and iSIGHT Partners have inked an agreement to jointly provide cyber threat intelligence offerings to U.S. clients. Karl Hutter, vice president of global strategic partnerships and channels at iSIGHT Partners, said Friday that the combination of BAE’s CyberReveal platform and iSIGHT Partners’ ThreatScape intelligence is intended to help customers “mitigate, detect and […] More

Visiongain forecasts that the global cybersecurity market will reach a value of $75.4 billion by the end of 2015 due to continued cyber issues and legislation and investment activity focused on cyber capabilities. The company said Tuesday its latest report on the market covers an analysis of cybersecurity growth through 2025 across the network, data, endpoint, application, cloud security, identity management and […] More

A new TechNavio report forecasts that the global market for surveillance and security equipment will grow in revenue through 2019 at a compound annual growth rate of 13.58 percent. The market research firm said Wednesday the forecast is based on sales of electronic article surveillance systems, electronic access control systems, perimeter intrusion prevention systems and surveillance systems. These systems and […] More

World Wide Technology will offer Polatis’ optical switching systems to customers in the enterprise and government sectors under a reseller agreement between both companies. WWT will deploy Polatis’ optical switches with Cisco in a retailer’s multivendor optical network and protect the network in a 16-slot, layer 2/3 multiservice platform, Polatis said Tuesday. Polatis and WWT are also collaborating […] More

Tony Frazier became senior vice president of DigitalGlobe‘s government solutions business earlier this year and oversees the geospatial imagery provider’s work with U.S. government customers. Frazier, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list for 2015, joined DigitalGlobe through its 2013 combination with GeoEye, where he led communications and marketing initiatives in an SVP role. In this conversation with […] More

Worldwide revenue from information technology-as-a-service platforms is forecast to grow 31 percent annually from 2014 to 2019, according to a new Research and Markets report. The market analyst said Thursday a growing demand for ITaaS offerings across the government sector and for low-cost enterprise infrastructure will help spur market growth. Vendors use the ITaaS technology delivery […] More

The Northrop Grumman Foundation is sponsoring 25 high school and three middle school teams who will compete at the final round of the national CyberPatriot competition scheduled on March 13 in Washington. A team of professional aggressors will attack virtual networks and mobile devices and the CyberPatriot VII teams will develop defense methods to protect […] More