Microsoft will collaborate with financial technology provider FIS, Europol and the Organization of American States to carry out cooperative efforts against potential cyber attacks. The allies seek to assist law enforcement and private industry in dismantling online hacker groups and investigating botnets and malware threats, Microsoft said Wednesday. Microsoft executives signed the three partnership agreements […] More

Mark Weatherford, a principal at The Chertoff Group, has been promoted to the senior member ranks at the Information Systems Security Association. Weatherford holds the distinction of serving as the Department of Homeland Security‘s first-ever deputy cybersecurity undersecretary and is also a former chief security officer at the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Chertoff Group announced Tuesday. The senior […] More

A bridge built by Louis Berger and Ammann & Whitney has been selected to receive an award for projects outside the state of New York from the American Council of Engineering Companies New York. The companies received a Diamond Award in the structural systems category of the ACEC, Louis Berger announced Thursday. Louis Berger and Ammann & […] More

Dr. Melvin Greer serves as senior fellow and chief strategist for service-oriented architecture and cloud computing at Lockheed Martin, where he brings more than 25 years of experience leading systems and software engineering efforts to the contractor’s advanced technology office. Greer is a principal investigator in advanced research studies, and has dedicated his efforts towards […] More

On the heels of the late 2013 release of his second book, Treasury’s War: The Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare, Juan Zarate caught up with ExecutiveBiz to discuss his and the Treasury Department’s work in the years after 9/11 to promote U.S. national security interests through sophisticated global financial campaigns. As the […] More

Lockheed Martin will manufacture cryogenic tanks in Louisiana by using technology originally intended to manufacture the Space Shuttle’s external tank in an effort to help meet liquefied natural gas demands. The company will leverage that technology and other program services for propellant handling, test and integration, composites manufacturing, production and tooling design to build the LNG […] More

Capstone Turbine has received four orders from the Marcellus and Utica Shale regions for microturbines designed for oil and gas operations. Capstone’s oil and gas distributor E-Finity Distributed Generation obtained orders from two new and two existing clients amounting to 6.4 megawatts of power, Capstone said Thursday. Darren Jamison, president and CEO of Capstone, said […] More

David Buemi serves as vice president of federal energy solutions at Gehrlicher Solar America Corp. where he leads the firm’s marketing and government markets group. Buemi has held executive management positions over 28 years in the clean energy, information technology and consumer products industries and has worked in the photovoltaics industry since 1999. At Gehrlicher, […] More

Three Wire Systems is among the latest federal partners to join RedSeal Networks‘ amplify channel partner program. Other new members in the program include immixGroup, MAD Security, SMS Data Products, TSPi and VAE IT, RedSeal said Dec. 10. Santa Clara, Calif.-based RedSeal aims to maximize its market reach with the expanded partner ecosystem to also include […] More