Richard Peal serves as vice president of business development and sales enablement at ViON Corp., where he leads the company’s federal business development, capture, proposals, sales operations and partner management. Peal is also an executive member of the Solution Strategy and Development Group virtual teams for cloud, big data and security services. He previously served […] More

Several government organizations look to increase their partnerships with security companies to guard agency data from cyber threats, Onvia market analyst Lyndon Dacuan wrote in a blog article published Wednesday. Dacuan cited a 2014 study by the National Association of State Chief Information Officers that indicated six in 10 chief information security officers at state and local agencies […] More

Raytheon-Websense has received a potential $8 million contract from the Justice Department to build a virtual network for FBI agents and analysts to access and view secret and unclassified systems on the same monitor, GCN reported Wednesday. Stephanie Kanowitz writes DOJ awarded the contract through the FBI’s Enclave Consolidation Initiative that seeks to reduce costs associated with […] More

ABI Research has predicted in a new report that the global threat and vulnerability management market will reach $8.6 billion by 2020 from $5.3 billion in 2015. Monolina Sen, senior analyst in digital security at ABI Research, stated cloud computing and big data are projected to give rise to new vulnerabilities, thus spurring the demand for […] More

Raytheon|Websense reports Internet of Things devices, mobile payment technology, generic top-level domains, data theft prevention, cybersecurity insurance and hacktivism are some of the trends information technology professionals should watch for in 2016. The company said Wednesday hacktivists could target political campaigns, platforms and candidates for next year’s U.S. presidential race with social engineering tactics. The adoption of […] More

Unisys released a new suite of products and services for enterprise security during its Americas Analyst and Advisor Summit in support of the company’s growth strategy. The company said Tuesday the offerings include a software-based version of Unisys Stealth that works to secure digital and physical assets in the cloud, mobile or enterprise network. “With enterprises becoming increasingly interconnected environments […] More

Wright State Applied Research Corp. has won a $42.5 million contract to help the U.S. Air Force explore tools to facilitate human-machine collaboration on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data analysis. The Defense Department said Friday that WSARC will perform ISR knowledge elicitation, concept design and development and performance assessment services for the Air Force Research […] More

Daniel Collins, formerly senior solutions executive at IBM, has joined Cubic Corp. as vice president and general manager of the company’s Urban Insights subsidiary. He will report to Matt Cole, executive vice president of strategy and business development for Cubic Transportation Systems, Cubic said Thursday. “Dan’s tremendous experience and knowledge in this field will be […] More

A new Technavio report says the global market for security services is poised to gain a 10.13 percent year-over-year growth from 2014 to 2019. Technavio analysts observed government and commercial organizations investing in security service offerings to prevent theft of enterprise information and unauthorized data access, ReportBuyer said Thursday. The research firm used revenue data […] More

Deltek‘s John Slye has urged the Office of Personnel Management to work on the consistency of its information technology budget reporting as it moves to modernize its cybersecurity measures in the aftermath of data breaches at the agency. Slye, an advisory research analyst at Deltek, wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that OPM seeks an additional […] More

Vencore has relaunched and rebranded the organization formerly known as Applied Communications Sciences as part of a push to offer new technologies for cybersecurity, data analytics and communications to government agencies and commercial customers. The new Vencore Labs organization is also one part of Vencore’s strategy to maintain its status as a “high-end” services company with intellectual […] More

A new Frost & Sullivan analysis says that worldwide connectivity, urbanization and digital convergence of information technology systems are likely to spur the demand for Internet of Things and cloud-based platforms in smart buildings. Anirudh Bhaskaran, energy and environmental research analyst at Frost & Sullivan, said Tuesday data generated by interconnected devices from different building […] More