Inmarsat and Securiport have partnered to introduce a service offering for government organizations to manage border security and disease control issues with the help of satellite communications technology. The alliance seeks to offer Securiport’s ground sensor-equipped Integrated Immigration Control System and Intelligent Information Management System in conjunction with Inmarsat-4 and GlobalXpress mobile satellite connectivity services […] More

RSA and Gigamon have partnered to offer the GigaSECURE security delivery platform and RSA Security Analytics product to customers that seek visibility into software-defined data centers and other virtual network environments. Gigamon said Monday visibility into network traffic helps generate actionable intelligence to support network protection measures. “Customers need pervasive visibility into virtual East-West traffic in order to […] More

Amit Yoran, president of RSA Security, has called on Southeast Asian companies and governments to reconsider their cybersecurity approach amid a growing mobile and cloud transition for data storage in the region. Yoran issued the statement before an audience consisting of private and public cybersecurity professionals in Singapore during the RSA Conference Asia Pacific and […] More

Leidos has been selected by RSA to provide managed security services for the latter’s platforms in an effort to protect government and commercial clients from potential cyber attacks. Leidos said Monday its MSS portfolio will work to support RSA’s Advanced Security Operations Center and Archer Governance, Risk and Compliance offerings. Cyber threats require “comprehensive technology and […] More

Forty-five percent of more than 400 security professional surveyed by RSA, the security division of EMC, across 61 countries have acknowledged their organizations’ inability to manage cyber risks. RSA said June 9 its global Cybersecurity Poverty Index survey offers insight into how companies rate their cybersecurity measures against a framework developed by the U.S. National […] More

Amit Yoran, president of the RSA security division at EMC, has urged the technology security sector to go beyond “legacy mindsets” to address what he views as emerging challenges in the current threat environment. Yoran, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2015, told attendees of this week’s RSA Conference that technology is not the problem for industry as it works to combat cyber […] More

RSA and A10 Networks have moved to further help their joint clients detect threats in encrypted traffic by adding A10’s SSL inspection feature to RSA’s security analytics platform. RSA has verified the interoperability of A10 Thunder Application Delivery Controller‘s SSL Insight feature with its security analytics offering through RSA’s Ready Technology Partner Program, A10 Networks said Monday. Chad Loeven, director of partnerships at […] More

Additional legislation on liability protections, national data breach reporting and legal sanctions are needed to supplement President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order to drive cyber information sharing, according to Mike Brown of RSA. Brown, general manager of RSA’s global public sector business, wrote in an opinion piece published Monday on CSO that legislation in support of information […] More

Angie Messer, a Booz Allen Hamilton executive vice president and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 list for 2015, will take part in a panel discussion on trends shaping the information security workforce at this year’s RSA Conference. Messer and other panelists are scheduled to discuss results from an (ISC)2 Foundation-commissioned global information security workforce […] More

RSA, the security division of EMC, has launched the RSA Advanced Security Operations Center Solution to combinee several technologies that are designed to help enterprises detect emerging threats and mitigate network breaches. EMC said Tuesday that the suite integrates RSA Security Analytics, RSA ECAT, RSA Archer Security Operations Management and RSA Advanced Cyber Defense Practice training and services. The platform works […] More

Verizon and RSA have reached an agreement for Verizon Enterprise Solutions to help EMC Corp. subsidiary run its managed security partner program. Verizon’s clients will have access to new cyber defense technologies such as big data security analytics, critical incident response and risk management under the partnership, Verizon said Monday. Eddie Schwartz, vice president of global […] More

Over the last three decades, Gary Hix has watched government contracting evolve dramatically, while still retaining its core principles. He’s no passive observer though: he’s played an active role at companies like Sallie Mae, Novus Consulting Group and IBM. He's currently chief technology officer at the federal arm of Hitachi Vantara.

ExecutiveBiz had the chance to talk to Hix and get his perspective on the current state of federal cloud migration, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and more.

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