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Ernst & Young to Offer LANL’s Behavioral Cyber Tools in Commercial Market

Ernst & Young and theÂ Los Alamos National Laboratory have entered into a strategic alliance to bring the lab’s behavioral cybersecurity tools to the commercial marketplace amid aÂ growing sophistication of attacks. “Defensive cybersecurity is an area that requires strong public-private partnerships to shift the balance,”Â Duncan McBranch, chief technology officer at LANL, saidÂ Tuesday. EYÂ will exclusively offer technologies […] More

by Anna Forrester August 27, 2015, 10:34 am
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General Dynamics’ Tony Cothron, Lynn Schnurr Eye Continued IC-Industry Cyber Collaboration

Tony CothronÂ andÂ Lynn Schnurr ofÂ General DynamicsÂ believe that the growing number of cybersecurity threats has driven collaboration between industry and the intelligence community, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. Meredith Somers writes thatÂ Schnurr, vice president for defense intelligence at the company, told the station that the two sectors have collaboratedÂ together on areas such as biometrics and geospatial technology […] More

by Anna Forrester August 27, 2015, 9:41 am
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DARPA Solicits Proposals for DDoS Defense Research

The Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyÂ is seeking proposals for research on cyber defenses against distributed denial of service as part of theÂ Extreme DDoS Defense orÂ XD3 program. In a notice posted Aug. 14 on FedBizOpps, DARPA said the program aims to focus on technologies that physically or logically disperse cyber assets, disguise their characteristics or behaviors, […] More

by Anna Forrester August 27, 2015, 8:33 am
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Symantec Unveils 3 Internet of Things Cyber Defense Partnerships; Gil Reiter Comments

Symantec has teamed upÂ with several companies in an effort to boost the adoption of new platforms designed to protect Internet of Things-based devices from cyber threats. Automated teller machine manufacturer Wincor NixdorfÂ will implement Symantecâ€™s Embedded Critical Systems Protection tool that worksÂ to safeguard Internet-connected devices from zero-day attacks, Symantec said Tuesday. Symantec will combine its Certificate […] More

by Jane Edwards August 27, 2015, 7:33 am
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KPMG Poll: 81% of Healthcare Orgs Have Experienced Cyber Attacks

A KPMG survey has found that 81 percent of chief information officers, chief security officers and other executives at healthcare companies say their computer systems have been targets of cyber attacks over the past 24 months. The audit firm said Wednesday it interviewed 223 CIOs, CSOs and other senior executives and found that only 53 […] More

by Jane Edwards August 27, 2015, 7:19 am
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OSIsoft, root9B Form Industrial Control System Cyber Defense Partnership; Mike Morris Comments

OSIsoft and root9B have forged a partnership to combine their platforms and services designed to help government and commercial clients protect their supervisory controlÂ and data acquisition platforms and other industrial control systems from cyber threats. Root9B said MondayÂ OSIsoft will integrate its PI System open infrastructure with root9Bâ€™s technology offeringsÂ and services for malware analysis, vulnerability assessments, […] More

by Jane Edwards August 26, 2015, 6:05 am
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Federal Times: DHS Plans New 5-Year Gov’t Cybersecurity Support Contract

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security could award a classified five-year contract for the development, operations and maintenance of federal cybersecurity tools by the end of August or early next month, Federal Times reported Thursday. Aaron Boyd writes DHS will seek contractors to help manage DHS’ National Cybersecurity Protection System as well as update the […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman August 21, 2015, 8:07 am
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Raytheon|Websense Poll: 31% of Security Execs Confident in Their Firm’s Network Security

A Raytheon|Websense-commissioned survey has found that only 31 percent of enterprise security executives have confidence in the security of their company’s data network infrastructure. Research Now polled 100 U.S. security officers in March and found that only 28 percent think their security metrics communications are effective, Raytheon|Websense said Wednesday. Less than 35 percent of respondents […] More

by Jane Edwards August 19, 2015, 11:33 am
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Deltekâ€™s Angie Petty: House Panelâ€™s Suggestion to Reorganize CISO-CIO Reporting Structure Reflects Private Sector Trend

A House Energy and Commerce Committee reportâ€™s suggestion to require an agency’sÂ chief information security officer to directly report to the Office of the General or Chief Counsel rather than the chief information officer reflects a trend that is common in the private sector, Angie Petty writes in a blog post for Deltek. Petty, a senior […] More

by Jane Edwards August 19, 2015, 10:16 am
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Richard Spires: Agencies Need IT Mgmt Best Practices to Prevent Breaches

Richard Spires, CEO of Resilient Network Systems, has highlighted what he calls the root causes of insecure federal information technology infrastructure. Spires wrote in an opinion piece for FCW published Monday that the lack of IT management best practices is one of the factors that lead to data breaches and compromise in several agencies. He […] More

by Jay Clemens August 18, 2015, 8:00 am
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SRI International Wins DARPA Data Privacy Research Contract

SRI International has won an $8,520,257 contract to assist the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency inÂ research forÂ data privacy and privacy scienceÂ studies. SRI will submit research proposals on how to capture and testÂ technologies to DARPA, the Defense Department said Monday. The company will perform work in Menlo Park, California through Feb. 16, 2020. The Space and […] More

by Jay Clemens August 18, 2015, 7:37 am
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FireEye, Europol Sign Cyber Threat Detection Pact; Richard Turner, Wil van Gemert Comment

FireEye has agreed to exchange cybersecurity expertise with Europol in an effort to help the law enforcement agency detect and monitor threats in cyberspace. The company will offer the agency’s European Cybercrime Centre access to threat intelligence data under a memorandum of understanding, Richard Turner, FireEye vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman August 18, 2015, 7:07 am