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The FBI‘s National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force is seeking information on software technologies with knowledge management functions to handle cyber threats as a threat intelligence platform. In the notice posted May 7 on FedBizOpps, FBI said the technology should have functionality for data aggregation, extraction of observable data that will be used to establish signatures, as well as […] More
An Intel subsidiary and AlienVault have agreed to exchange cyber-related threat data in order to help enterprise customers avoid security breaches and hacks. Intel Security plans to leverage AlienVault’s crowd-sourced Open Threat Exchange network in conjunction with Intel’s cloud-based Global Threat Intelligence platform to secure client systems, AlienVault said Tuesday. “Our goal for OTX is […] More
ICF International has addressed what it sees common myths and misconceptions about the threat environment and examines the current state of U.S. cybersecurity and preparedness for possible attacks in an infographic published Monday. “Myths and misconceptions abound about the reality of these threats, the organizations that are affected, and the level of preparedness appropriate to these […] More
Stewart Room, head of cybersecurity and data protection for PwC‘s legal practice, has urged businesses in the Internet of Things market to build up their privacy and security measures, Computing reported Friday. “If any business gets this wrong, what they are running towards is a serious trust, confidence and legal crisis,” Room said at an event PwC co-hosted […] More
Technavio has forecast a 55 percent compound annual growth rate for the worldwide Internet of Things security market over the next four years. The research firm said Tuesday that security regulations and the development of smart cities will drive industry growth. “With so much information passing between people, governments are taking steps to secure networks […] More
Chris Smith, vice president of technology at AT&T‘s government solutions unit and a former chief information officer from the Agriculture Department, has described his outlook on current developments in cyber-related legislation in a Federal News Radio interview. In that conversation posted Monday on Federal News Radio that he sees progress in movement toward legislation of cyber information sharing and the overhaul of […] More
BAE Systems is now eligible to deploy threat intelligence and penetration testing services under the British central bank-led CBEST scheme. The company said Thursday it is the first organization to obtain clearance to offer vulnerability testing technology to the U.K. financial sector through the framework. According to the Bank of England website, the three-year-old CBEST program […] More
General Dynamics has developed a new National Security Agency-approved sensor software product for security operators to detect and prevent network intrusions with the company’s TACLANE-1G encryptor. The company said Thursday the TACLANE Trusted Sensor Software features deep packet inspection components for network filtering functions and to issue alerts for users to monitor any component of a system. TACLANE Trusted […] More
The Department of Homeland Security has granted a SAFETY Act of 2002 certification to FireEye for the company’s multi-vector virtual execution engine and dynamic threat intelligence cloud platform. SAFETY Act certifications give customers that use FireEye technologies a liability protection from lawsuits related to alleged failure to prevent cyber attacks, FireEye said Wednesday. “FireEye is proud to earn this […] More
RSA President Amit Yoran has indicated some wariness of the government’s role in the country’s cyber defense efforts and said industry should take the lead role in that initiative, he told IDG News Service in an interview published Wednesday. Yoran, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2015, instead called on government to share its own collected threat intelligence with industry in […] More
A report by Lookingglass Cyber Solutions‘ cyber threat intelligence group claims Russia is behind a cyber warfare and espionage campaign against government, law enforcement and military officials in Ukraine. The company said Tuesday the “Operation Armageddon: Cyber Espionage as a Strategic Component of Russian Modern Warfare” report discusses findings from its independent investigation of the “state-sponsored” attacks. “In […] More
Al Kinney, head of the U.S. public sector at Hewlett-Packard‘s enterprise security services business, has said he believes organizations must learn how to think like a cyber criminal in order to defeat one, Lisa Mooijman of ICT Magazine reported Monday. He told ICT Magazine that government agencies and companies should adopt a structural cybersecurity platform […] More
