Vodafone Hutchison Australia, Dimension Data and FireEye have teamed up to establish a cyber defense and response center in Australia as part of a five-year, multimillion-dollar investment to combat cyber threats. Vodafone said Monday the company intends for the CDRC to monitor cyber events, gather threat intelligence and respond to incidents in order to help […] More

Kye Prigg, former Rogers Communications executive, joined Lumen Technologies on June 1 as executive vice president of enterprise operations. The EVP has oversight of a global team working on service delivery and assurance, network planning and access management, as well as field operations and network implementation in support of enterprise operations, the telecommunications company said. […] More

Thirty-one companies have founded an organization that aims to develop policies that will accelerate the adoption of interoperable radio access network offerings.

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Brian Mihelich, former executive at Swedish telecommunications firm Ericsson, has joined COMSovereign Holding to serve as chief financial officer.

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Peder Jungck, vice president of intelligence solutions at BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm, has been named to the steering committee of the U.K.-based defense contractor’s lobbying group that aims to facilitate collaboration among companies to address cyber threats, Sky News reported Wednesday. BAE launched the Intelligence Network in July in response to rising incidents of cyber […] More

James Willis, currently head of defense and security at Vodafone UK, and Steve Fitz-Gerald, formerly CEO of Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group, will join QinetiQ as managing directors for two different business areas. QinetiQ said Tuesday both appointees will also serve on the company’s executive committee and report directly to CEO Steve Wadey. “James and Steve have proven track records of growth in […] More

Steve Pusey, group chief technology officer at Vodafone Group PLC, has been elected to the board of directors at FireEye. David DeWalt, board chairman and CEO of FireEye, said Wednesday that Pusey will share his experience and perspective as the company works to deliver platforms designed to protect enterprises against cyber attacks. “Steve Pusey is that […] More

BAE Systems will rename its cybersecurity business unit Detica as the defense and aerospace company looks to expand its footing in markets beyond the public sector, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Robert Wall writes that Detica will become BAE Systems Applied Intelligence at the end of the month. BAE will offer network security management services to government […] More