Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said that SAP NS2 is exploring new cybersecurity and intelligence collection methods in an interview with IT Business Edge published Wednesday. IT Business Edge quoted him as saying he believes commercial technology can help government agencies to protect systems against cyber threats and fuse traditional and open-source intelligence sources. […] More

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, told IT Business Edge in an interview published Tuesday SAP NS2’s sales team is focused on software products and services intended to support national security and classified programs in the U.S. government sector. He told IT Business Edge’s Don Tennant the German software conglomerate left the unclassified accounts and other […] More

NS2 Serves has graduated the newest group of veterans who underwent training on SAP software at the Army Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. This fifth class of post-9/11 military veterans completed NS2 Serves’ three-month, in- residence technology training and employment program and received the Certified SAP Associate certification in information technology, NS2 Serves said Wednesday. Participants […] More

SAP NS2’s nonprofit organization has received recognition from the White House for the organization’s initiative meant to train and place veterans and military spouses in private sector jobs. NS2 Serves was recognized at a White House Joining Forces employment announcement event hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, NS2 Serves said Thursday. The […] More

Terrorists often leave behind digital evidence that could indicate their travel plans and financial activities prior to an attack and technology to find and monitor those footprints is starting to be applied in investigations by law enforcement agencies, the CEO of SAP National Security Services told CNBC Monday. Mark Testoni said some of those digital evidence identification tools already […] More

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said the adoption of in-memory computing platforms can help chief information officers detect and respond to cyber threats as they happen. Testoni, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2016,  wrote in an article published Monday on The Guardian that corporate CIOs should understand that data breaches and other forms of […] More

ThreatConnect, a threat intelligence platform provider, has obtained $16 million in a funding round led by the venture capital arm of SAP National Security Services, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Aaron Gregg writes ThreatConnect joins other Virginia-based cybersecurity startups that have recently attracted investments from venture capitalists. Gregg reports threat intelligence platforms work as repositories that allow […] More

SAP National Security Services has concluded its fourth annual national security summit with a focus on the role of humans in carrying out national security missions. The 2015 SAP NS2 Solutions Summit featured discussions on cloud, analytic modernization, code cracks and cybersecurity, among other topics, SAP said Thursday. “Technology in the cyber realm is rapidly […] More

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, told Federal Times in an interview published Friday the U.S. needs to defend critical network infrastructures from cyber attacks as cyber warfare becomes “another dimension of conflict.” “Our warfighting capabilities today generally are nation-state versus nation-state, generally in land, space or air,” Testoni told Aaron Boyd in the interview. “Now […] More

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said the use of behavioral biometrics can help detect potential cyber threats in an interview with Signal magazine published Sept. 1. Testoni told the publication credit card companies have begun to adopt behavioral biometrics to detect threat actors’ fraudulent practices, Sandra Jontz writes. “Now that it’s being brought into this world […] More

The SAP National Security Services training program for veterans is moving forward to its fourth session with an analytics-focused curriculum in response to feedback from prospective employers, FCW reported Thursday. Sean Lyngaas writes that the NS2 Serves-run program has shifted from enterprise resource planning courses to analytics in efforts to meet the growing demand for analytical skills. […] More

The Defense Department has started to implement multifactor authentication and biometrics as a new Pentagon-wide security approach in an effort to counter cyber attacks, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. Justin Lee writes DoD also intends to bolster its network access security through updates to its identity and access management approach. “The approach to cyber defense is expanding from its […] More