FireEye has launched the Fuel Cyber Security Coalition as part of the expansion of its Fuel partner program to integrate efforts to protect joint customers from cyber attacks through workflow and threat intelligence sharing. The company said Monday the coalition will facilitate sharing of information on threat actors using FireEye Community Threat Intelligence to help security and infrastructure […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton has indicated that companies are looking into active cyber defense capabilities and intelligence-driven technologies to counter future threats in the Internet of Things. The company said Monday that emerging trends in incident response and cybersecurity point to changes in the threat environment due to the connectedness of the cyber network. “When it comes […] More

Paul Harrington serves as the Client Development Leader for the U.S. Public Sector Practice  at McKinsey & Co. In this role, Paul leads a team composed of client development advisors, proposal managers and market research/competitive intelligence resources that work with the PSP Leadership to expand the firm’s ability to serve clients at scale and thereby […] More

Northrop Grumman has agreed to invest $17.5 million into a three-year space solar power research program the company initiated with California Institute of Technology. The initiative is meant to produce technologies applicable to the ultralight photovoltaics, ultralight deployable space structures and phased array and power transmission areas, Northrop said Monday. “The potential breakthroughs from this research could […] More

MarketsandMarkets has forecast in a new report that the Internet of Things within the transportation market will reach $143.93 billion worth by 2020 as the sector’s research and development programs continue to expand. MarketsandMarkets said Monday that the IoT software plays a large role in the transportation sector due to the properties’ resistance to environmental conditions and […] More

Booz Allen Hamilton, ISC, Cyber 360 Solutions and NRI Secure Technologies have jointly unveiled the findings of a study that examined concerns about technology sprawl among security professionals as the threat landscape expands. Frost & Sullivan conducted the seventh global information security workforce study between October and December 2014 to gauge the views of nearly 14,000 […] More

Information Builders has entered into an alliance with MapR Technologies to provide enterprise customers with a combination of the former’s business intelligence and analytics software and MapR’s Apache Hadoop distribution platform. The companies said Wednesday the partnership works to manage data integrity to generate insights from “impactful” analytics. Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders, said the […] More

Lockheed Martin uses computer forensic tools to identify sophisticated threat actors that probe the firm’s cyber networks, FCW reported Tuesday. Sean Lyngaas writes that Lockheed shares threat profiles collected at the company’s security intelligence center in Gaithersburg, Maryland, to the FBI and the U.S. Defense Department. Charles Croom, a vice president at Lockheed’s information systems […] More

Exelis has introduced a suite of small form factor imaging systems designed to produce high-resolution satellite imagery. The release is part of the company’s push in the intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and analytics market, Exelis said Wednesday. Rob Mitrevski, vice president and general manager of Exelis’ environmental intelligence and integrated sensing solutions business, said the company aims […] More

General Dynamics plans to continue work its core cyber portfolio for government amid the pending sale of its Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions unit, a General Dynamics executive has told Reuters. “[We] are continuing to invest resources in technology development to ensure we deliver resilient, relevant and innovative solutions that support mission needs,” Nadia Short, vice president and general manager […] More

IBM has unveiled the Watson Health Cloud to serve as a platform for data and insights on health and wellness issues as part of the company’s efforts to expand computing functions in the health sector. The company said Monday it also pursued industry partnerships and acquisitions alongside the creation of the IBM Watson Health business unit amid an […] More

Lockheed Martin has developed a framework to embed customized applications into the company’s ground station system offerings for satellite missions. The company aims for its ground station app technology to integrate commercial tools, software and an open architecture, Lockheed said Tuesday. Vinny Sica, vice president of space ground solutions at Lockheed Martin, said he estimates […] More