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The U.S. Air Force has announced plans to award a potential $49.5 million contract to commercial companies to develop software programs that could help the service branch block potential cyber attacks and hack threat actors’ computer systems, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Aliya Sternstein writes the military branch published the draft contract for the “Offensive Cyberspace Operations […] More
Angela “Angie” Messer, an executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton, has told Bloomberg BNA that companies should have cyber response plans in place in the event of a cyber attack. Messer said in an interview published Monday that firms should exercise such plans on a regular basis through cyber wargames in order to practice […] More
Fortinet‘s security research division has released its annual list of cyber activity predictions to help other companies and government organizations prepare strategies against emerging malicious threats. The “New Rules: The Evolving Threat Landscape in 2016” report predicts hackers will use software tools to exploit vulnerabilities or target communication protocols of Internet-connected devices, Fortinet said Tuesday. […] More
The U.S. Army has introduced a competition that aims to encourage government, academic and commercial organizations to develop cyberspace situational awareness technology for tactical commanders. The military branch will use an “other transaction” procurement framework to choose prototype systems from participants in the Cyber Innovation Challenge, according to an article published Thursday on the Army […] More
Boston Fusion has awarded root9B a subcontract to provide consulting services for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s information innovation office in support of the $60 million Transparent Computing initiative. Root9B will work with Boston Fusion to conduct research and develop scenarios for advanced persistent threats and other cyber threat environments as part of the […] More
The Mach37 Cyber Accelerator has opened the application process for its 90-day mentorship program that seeks to help startups develop and market their information security platforms with a $50,000 investment. The business accelerator will select up to eight early-stage firms for the Spring 2016 Cohort program that is scheduled to launch on March 14, Mach37 […] More
The U.S. Army has announced that industry stakeholders should become a member of the Consortium for Command, Control, Communications and Computer Technologies in order to participate in the proposed Cyber Innovation Challenge. The announcement posted Nov. 10 on FedBizOpps is an update to an Oct. 27 notice about the planned contest, which seeks new software-based prototypes that […] More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has said enterprises should establish what he called an “operational security posture†in order to safeguard data networks, endpoints and cloud services from malware and other cyber threats amid the adoption of Internet-connected devices. Nadella made the remarks Monday at the Microsoft-hosted Government Cloud Forum held in Washington. He said this approach requires a comprehensive […] More
Digital security company Gemalto has provided its two-factor authentication and password encryption technologies to support Singapore’s government e-services system. The company said Thursday its Coesys eGov Authentication Server will work to facilitate secure access to e-services for users of the Singapore Personal Access system. Gemalto added the server uses a two-step login process that includes both a one-time password and the […] More
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded AT&T a contract to help defend federal civilian networks against cyber attacks through the DHS-run Einstein 3 Accelerated intrusion prevention system. Chris Smith , vice president of technology at AT&T’s government solutions business, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday the company will help implement intrusion countermeasures for the protection […] More
A new report from Intel predicts that cyber threat actors will likely cause attacks on firmware and hardware, wearable devices that store personal data, cloud services as well as automobile systems in 2016. The McAfee Labs Threat Predictions Report also forecasts the growth of ransomware driven by the adoption of ransomware-as-a-service offerings by cybercriminals and the launch of an […] More
ThreatConnect and nonprofit corporation Energy Sector Security Consortium have formed an alliance in an effort to protect critical energy facilities from potential cyber attacks. ThreatConnect will combine its threat intelligence platform with EnergySec’s information sharing programs and industry knowledge to improve the security of energy infrastructures against network vulnerabilities, ThreatConnect said Monday. “EnergySec understands the […] More
