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A new Grant Thornton report estimates the total cost of cyber attacks to businesses worldwide in the past 12 months has reached $315 billion. One in six businesses have experienced cyber attacks during that period with companies in Europe and North America as among the top targets, Grant Thornton said Sept. 22. Grant Thornton surveyed 2,500 business leaders […] More
Airbus‘ defense and space business has partnered with Atos to develop new cybersecurity platforms to help enterprise clients avoid data breaches and manage sophisticated attacks. The companies forged the alliance in an effort to meet demand for information technology security offerings in multiple sectors, including the defense and financial services industries, Atos said Monday. “Putting […] More
A new report by Booz Allen Hamilton and not-for-profit ISC says women make up only 10 percent of the information security workforce and have a lower average salary than that of men when it comes to governance, risk and compliance roles. Frost & Sullivan polled nearly 14,000 data security professionals for the Women in Security: Wisely […] More
TeleCommunication Systems’ Art of Exploitation training group has been authorized by ISACA to provide skills-based training and performance-based exams in cloud environments under the nonprofit association’s Cybersecurity Nexus certification program. ISACA’s CSX program seeks to hone incident response skills among professionals during cyber attacks and corresponds with the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Initiative for Cybersecurity […] More
ThreatConnect and Defense Group Inc. have released a joint report that attributes a cyber espionage campaign focused on disputes in the South China Sea to a unit of the People’s Liberation Army in China. The “Project CAMERASHY: Closing the Aperture on China’s Unit 78020” report covers the companies’ investigation into the activities of a group they […] More
Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon, urged fellow executives at a forum last week to review their companies’ cybersecurity strategy as threats become more sophisticated and cybersecurity becomes more than just an information technology concern. The company said Sept. 17 Kennedy told his audience at Northeastern University’s CEO Breakfast Forum that corporate leaders can focus on six areas […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has awarded $3.7 million in grants to support the pilot projects of MorphoTrust USA, HealthIDx and Galois under the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace program. NIST said Monday this fourth round of grants is part of the agency’s larger efforts to ensure the security of online transactions and data privacy. “We need more — and better — […] More
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has offered MorphoTrust, HealthIDx and Galois $3.7 million in total grants to build tools that can help organizations and consumers to secure their online transactions. MorphoTrust, HealthIDx and Galois represent the fourth set of grant recipients under NIST’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, the agency said Monday. […] More
KPMG has found that 81 percent of healthcare organizations that were part of its recent cybersecurity survey have been compromised by at least one cyber attack in the past two years. The company said Aug. 26 50 percent of the 223 respondents for its 2015 KPMG Healthcare Cybersecurity Survey also believe their organizations are adequately equipped to prevent attacks. “The […] More
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $2.33 million in contracts to Galois and Waverley Labs for support of the science and technology directorate’s cybersecurity research and development program on distributed denial of service attacks. DHS said Friday the $1.7 million “DDoS Defense for a Company of Peers” contract with Oregon-based Galois covers the development of a DDoS response tool […] More
Finmeccanica subsidiary Selex has been awarded a $21.48 million contract to continue its cyber threat detection support work for NATO for another two years. Selex will implement the NATO computer incident response capability in additional NATO sites, Finmeccanica said Tuesday. Finmeccanica-Selex has been operating NCIRC since May 2014 to help the alliance carry out its cyber strategy. The company […] More
Onapsis has raised $17 million in new investments from an Evolution Equity Partners-led funding round. Arsenal Venture Partners and .406 Ventures also participated in the Series B funding round that increased total investments in Onapsis since its inception to $30 million, Onapsis said Tuesday. Boston-based Onapsis will use the funds to support its research and […] More
