Jane Edwards

Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published Sunday that sequestration and decreasing defense revenues were factors in the weapons maker’s move to expand into the commercial cybersecurity market. Kennedy told WSJ reporter Doug Cameron that Raytheon’s entry into the commercial cyber market started when it created Raytheon Cyber Products business, which also caters to federal […] More

BAE Systems has introduced an online tool designed to help business organizations assess their cybersecurity measures. BAE’s online platform works to help organizations evaluate the status of their cybersecurity programs for their information and communications technology systems through responses to 10 questions that are based on cyber guidance issued by CESG, the U.K. government’s national information security […] More

NTT Data will provide security and risk assessment services to agencies and higher education institutions across Texas under an agreement with the Texas Department of Information Resources. NTT Data said Monday it will work with its affiliate NTT Security (US) to analyze information technology security gaps, evaluate results and offer recommendations to address identified risks. Tim Morton, senior […] More

Approximately 40 private sector firms have started to receive data on cyber threat indicators from the Department of Homeland Security through the Automated Indicator Sharing network, Federal News Radio reported Tuesday. Nicole Ogrysko writes that one company has begun to secure and share information on cyber vulnerabilities with DHS through the AIS network. DHS introduced AIS […] More