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Tom Vecchiolla: Raytheon, Estonia’s Military Forge Cyber Partnership

RaytheonÂ and Estonia’sÂ militaryÂ have entered into a long-termÂ arrangement to partner on cybersecurity initiatives following talks on bilateral defense cooperation in a recent Washington visit by Estonian Defense SecretaryÂ Mikk Marran. “Combining Estonia’s world class information technology infrastructure with Raytheon’s cyber security expertise will result in new opportunities to address the most challenging cyber threats on a global scale,”Â Tom […] More

by Anna Forrester March 31, 2015, 9:30 am
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Microsoft Execs: Continuous Detection, Uniform Standards Key in Federal Cyber Defense Efforts

Many enterprise organizations will shift to a posture that sees them operate under the assumption that they have already suffered a computer security breach and cloud computing will be a factor in that approach, two cybersecurity executives from Microsoft have told ExecutiveBiz. Scott Price, general manager of the software giant’s national security group, identified that […] More

by Ross Wilkers March 17, 2015, 2:47 pm
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Chuck Harrington: Parsons’ New Virginia-Based Cyber Center to Offer IT Risk Mgmt Services

Parsons unveiled Friday a new cyber hub in Virginia that is intended to support commercial and government customers who aim to secure their operating environments. The Cyber Solutions Center is located at the firm’s Centreville office campus and houses a laboratory for Parsons technologists to emulate, test and demonstrate customer architectures, Parsons said Monday. Parsons […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 17, 2015, 5:37 am
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A Cyber Conversation With Microsoft’s Scott Price and Pat Arnold

With the Sony breach still inÂ the forefront of many minds, theÂ threat of cyber attacks and the methods agencies have to thwart them are high on the agendas of leaders in the GovCon arena. ExecutiveBiz spoke with Microsoft executivesÂ Scott Price,Â general manager of the national security group and PatÂ Arnold,Â managing architect for cyber, to discuss cybersecurity in federal […] More

by Ross Wilkers March 17, 2015, 2:06 am
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Lockheed Adds Radware to Cybersecurity Alliance; Jeff Laskowski Comments

Lockheed MartinÂ has partnered with RadwareÂ to share cybersecurity best practices andÂ collaborate on cyber-relatedÂ pilot programs and experiments as part ofÂ the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance. The companies said MondayÂ the alliance aims to facilitate the delivery of threat detectors and other cyber measures for customers through partnerships with technology providers. “The addition of Radware could not have come […] More

by Anna Forrester March 16, 2015, 12:08 pm
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BAE to Fund Post-Graduate Cybersecurity Program at Malaysian University; Lena Gillstrom Comments

BAE Systems has agreed to finance a new post-graduate cybersecurity program at the National Defense University of Malaysia. The company collaborated with Warwick Manufacturing Group at Englandâ€™s University of Warwick and the University of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to develop the program, BAE Systems said Thursday. Under the program, NDUMÂ will offer a master of science […] More

by Jay Clemens March 10, 2015, 10:25 am
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Cyveillance, Centripetal Networks Combine Tech for Cyber Threat Intell

QinetiQ‘s CyveillanceÂ subsidiary has partnered withÂ Centripetal Networks to combine the former’s threat intelligence streaming technology and the latter’sÂ RuleGate platform toÂ provide customers with actionable information on cyber threats. Cyveillance said MondayÂ theÂ partnershipÂ works toÂ enable RuleGate to operationalize Cyveillance’s feeds on phishing and malicious URLs and suspect domain names and quickly activate security policies toÂ catch network threats in real time. […] More

by Anna Forrester March 10, 2015, 9:30 am
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Booz Allen-Sponsored Roundtable Highlights IoT’s Role in National Security; Greg Wenzel Comments

Greg Wenzel, a Booz Allen Hamilton executive vice president, believes the challenge of adopting Internet of Things technology starts with device or organizational integration, The Daily Transcript reported Monday. â€œWe buy these things in stovepipes and then we know we need to connect to the left and right of us to get part of the […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 10, 2015, 9:18 am
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Exelis Memory Stick Gets NSA Certification; Mark Adams Comments

Exelis has obtained a National Security Agency certification for the companyâ€™s self-encrypting memory drive. The memory stick is built to give usersÂ data-at-rest, data-in-transit, communications, networking and storage services, Exelis said Thursday. Mark Adams, vice president and general manager of Exelisâ€™ specialty applications business, said the company has gone through “successive rounds” to get NSA certifications […] More

by Jay Clemens March 6, 2015, 11:57 am
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MACH37 Kicks Off Session for Cybersecurity Startups; Rick Gordon Comments

The MACH37 cybersecurity accelerator has begun a 90-day session to mentor cybersecurity startup businesses on developing cyber technologies with $50,000 in investment. MACH37 selected Anatrope, Atomicorp, JeKuDo, Nelson-Harris and Shevirah for the Spring 2015 session based on the companiesâ€™ technology and approach to solving security issues, MACH37 said Wednesday. Rick Gordon, managing partner at MACH37, […] More

by Jay Clemens March 5, 2015, 7:37 am
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Raytheon Opens Anti-Cyber Threat Center in England; Richard Daniel Comments

RaytheonÂ has opened a $4.6 million Gloucester, England-based cyber crime prevention center in an effort to help protect computer networks. The center will accommodate professionals across big data, analytics and network defense who will work to develop cybersecurity mitigation technologies focused on cyber and information assurance projects, Raytheon said Feb. 6. â€œThis is the first cyber […] More

by Jay Clemens March 3, 2015, 5:47 am
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Knowledge Consulting Group Wins $29M Task Order Contract for DHS CDM Program

Knowledge Consulting GroupÂ has secured a $29 million contract forÂ the second task order under phase 1 of the Department of Homeland SecurityÂ program to implement continuous diagnostics and mitigation tools, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes that KCG will oversee theÂ rollout of McAfee‘s Vulnerability Manager andÂ ePolicy Orchestrator, ForeScout‘s CounterACTÂ and Splunk‘s big data analytics offering to […] More

by Anna Forrester March 3, 2015, 5:06 am