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ExecutiveBiz provides the latest coverage about cybersecurity in government. Read about the latest cybersecurity regulations, developments, services from top providers and thought leaders.
A MarketsandMarkets study reports that the cybersecurity market will reach a value of $170.2 billion by 2020 due to the continued evolution of cyber threats and the corresponding increase in strictness of government cyber regulations. The company said Wednesday the market will grow from $106.3 billion in 2015 at a five-year compound annual growth rate of 9.8 percent, with […] More
Steve Martino, chief information security officer and a vice president at Cisco, wrote in an opinion piece for Nextgov that adopters of the Internet of Everything platform should embed big data collection and network visibility tools into their IoE security architecture. Martino said he believes an IoE security framework should also include strategies to tackle […] More
RSA‘s inaugural report on the “Cybersecurity Poverty Index” says a majority of large organizations see themselves as lacking in cyber maturity based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s cybersecurity framework. The company said Tuesday its survey of at least 400 security professionals around the world says 83 percent of large organizations and 75 percent of […] More
CyberPoint International has received a four-year, $6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop algorithms to test research tools of DARPA teams. CyberPoint’s research and development team will work to identify potential algorithmic space and time problems in DARPA applications, CyberPoint said Tuesday. “These algorithms will be automatically permuted using variant generators to […] More
QinetiQ business unit Cyveillance will integrate Cyren’s platform with a service that seeks to protect commercial networks from malware, pharming and other phishing attacks under a multi-year agreement. Cyren’s Phishing Intelligence Feed platform collects real-time data on phishing activities worldwide through its Cyber Intelligence system that works to screen at least 17 billion transactions on a […] More
The Internal Revenue Service plans to award three blanket purchase agreements worth $129 million combined in July for a new identity verification service separate from Connect.gov, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jared Serbu writes that the agency issued a request for quotations at the end of April as it transitions away from the governmentwide use of Connect.gov. […] More
TeleCommunication Systems and Symantec have partnered to develop a technology for commercial enterprises to identify and prevent financial fraud, unauthorized account access and other illicit activities online. TCS said Monday it will integrate its Trusted Location platform with Symantec’s Mobility Risk Detection system to create a combined tool designed to determine if a mobile device’s location has been compromised […] More
Kingfisher Systems has been selected to assist the Defense Information Systems Agency in efforts to secure the agency’s information infrastructure. Kingfisher said Friday it will collaborate with Cylab to perform on-site support for the DISA cyber compliance and assessment operation. The goal is to make data assets and information secured and available to authorized users, Kingfisher […] More
FireEye has partnered with Visa to jointly develop a Web-based service and associated tools that will work to secure payment data and infrastructure through the use of shared threat intelligence. The companies said Wednesday the Visa and FireEye Community Threat Intelligence service is part of their overall partnership, which includes the release of tools for threat monitoring. “The threat environment […] More
ThreatQuotient has entered into the cybersecurity market with the release of its ThreatQ threat intelligence platform to help companies make informed decisions on security based on shared cyber threat data. “Enterprises are currently lacking the ability to effectively correlate and operationalize the massive volume of threat intelligence data that is readily available,” Wayne Chiang, CEO and co-founder […] More
An International Data Corp. report projects the Internet of Things market to grow by the end of 2020 at a 16.9 percent compound annual growth rate and generate a total worldwide revenue of $1.7 trillion. IDC said Tuesday that devices, connectivity and information technology services are projected to account for more than two-thirds of the global market share […] More
A subsidiary of BAE Systems has launched a set of cloud-based offerings intended to help enterprises based in Europe protect networks from potential cyber attacks. The Zero Day Prevention platform from BAE Systems Applied Intelligence aims to provide cybersecurity protection from unknown attacks by screening cloud-based emails for malicious malware before they get into the recipient’s inbox, […] More
