Rebellion Defense will assist the Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration in conducting continuous cybersecurity testing under a follow-on contract for the company’s automated adversary emulation technology. NNSA will use Rebellion Defense’s Rebellion Nova to bolster its cyber defense by mimicing adversarial attacks, Rebellion Defense said Tuesday.  The technology is developed to accurately pinpoint […] More

Intelligent Waves CEO Tony Crescenzo and Chief Technology Officer Marqus Hutchinson won the 2023 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards for their respective categories. Crescenzo secured the gold award in the CEO of the Year category for his efforts in ensuring the company’s maximum value, growth and impact, Intelligent Waves said Thursday. He oversaw the company’s transition to […] More

Riverside Research has partnered with two companies and one university to develop technology under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at disrupting cyber attackers’ exploitation mechanism in computing platforms. The nonprofit scientific research organization on Monday unveiled High Peaks Cyber, BedRock Systems and Boston University as teammates on the Hardening Development Toolchains Against […] More

Cybersecurity threats such as identity- and cloud-based attacks and foreign espionage activity have surged in the past year, according to the 2023 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report. The report released Tuesday showed a 95 percent increase in cloud exploitation and 50 percent rise in interactive intrusions in 2022, the company said Tuesday. For the 2022 report, […] More

David Appel’s over three decades of expertise in the defense industry, as well as the digital transformation for government and private clients, have made him a respected veteran in both fields. Learn more about David Appel’s journey to becoming the Amazon Web Services Vice President For National Security! Meet David Appel David Appel is a […] More

SOFWERX, an innovation platform co-founded by the U.S. Special Operations Command, granted Rebellion Defense a follow-on contract to gain extended access to an automated cybersecurity platform. The award follows a demonstration of Nova Software, a product designed to mimic cyber kill chains and other advanced persistent threats, Rebellion said Tuesday. Nova employs Mitre’s ATT&CK knowledge […] More

Executive Mosaic is proud to induct Bill Rowan, vice president of public sector at Splunk, into the 2023 edition of the Wash100 for his work strengthening Splunk’s cybersecurity and data offerings and his efforts to expand the company’s partnerships with the federal government. The Wash100 Award is an annual list of the most impactful and consequential executives whom […] More

The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Battelle a $49.1 million contract to study existing and future microelectronic systems that may be reverse-engineered by U.S. adversaries. Battelle will carry out applied research and development work as part of the Microelectronics Security and Embedded System Assurance program, the Department of Defense said Thursday. The Columbus, Ohio-based […] More

Charles River Analytics has received a two-phase contract from the Office of Naval Research for the development of a tool that can aid forensic analysis of cyberthreat actors’ tactics, techniques and procedures. The software company said Tuesday the $2.5 million award under ONR’s Small Business Technology Transfer program centers on the Cyber Adversary Discovery Engine, […] More

Mitre Engenuity has released the results of its assessment of 16 security service providers and their capabilities to analyze the behavior of a cyberthreat actor as part of the ATT&CK Evaluations program. The Evals program’s purple team assessed the companies using the Mitre ATT&CK knowledge base of cyber adversary behavior to emulate the techniques and […] More

Anna Levine, senior director of defense and national security hybrid cloud strategy and solutions with Red Hat, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding joining the company as well as the biggest improvements in emerging technology adoption for federal agencies and how industry can help drive innovative solutions faster during the latest Executive Spotlight interview. You can read […] More

The Federal Railroad Administration and Ensco held an event Tuesday to mark the 50th anniversary of the agency’s Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo, Colorado. Ensco assumed management responsibility for TTC earlier this month under a potential 20-year, $571 million contract from the FRA. The company said Tuesday some representatives from the government and the commercial […] More