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Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Expands Md. Cyber Center with New Training, Conference Facility

Parsons Corp. has launched a training and conference center in Columbia, Md. The 4,000-square-foot facility located in Parsonsâ€™ Columbia cybercenter houses operations areas, labs and innovation centers, the company said Tuesday. Mary Ann Hopkins, Parsons group president, said the company intends to meet customer requirements for network operations through collaborations at the expanded facility. â€œAdding […] More

by Jay Clemens April 10, 2014, 5:47 am
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Vormetric Enters Australia, New Zealand Cybersecurity Markets; Damian Harvey Comments

Vormetric has extended its data protection technology business into the Australian and New Zealand markets in an effort to help more government and enterprise clients avoid cybersecurity problems. Damian Harvey, a former Oracle sales leader, will lead Vormetric’s A/NZ operations as country manager, Vormetric announced Friday. Harvey holds two decades of experience in sales management […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 8, 2014, 7:28 am
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Michael Fey: McAfee-Siemens Team to Help Clients View Their Security Posture

McAfee and SiemensÂ will continue to provide security offerings to industrial customers in a move to view cyber threats. Both companies will further develop security products and services that will be based on industrial protocols for the process automation industry,Â SiemensÂ said Monday. Siemens’ service offerings will be combined with McAfeeâ€™s firewall, security information, event management, endpoint security […] More

by Jay Clemens April 8, 2014, 7:18 am
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Deltek: Federal, State, Local CIOs Prioritize Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity has taken a higher place on the agendas of federal chief information officers in 2014 against a backdrop of emerging technologies, threat landscapes and IT workforce rosters, the Washington Post reported Monday. Derek Johnson of Deltek writes that a push from state and local governments to update their security was observed in the aftermath […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh April 7, 2014, 2:35 pm
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FireEye’s Greg Day: Knowing the Source of an Attack is Key to Finding Cybersecurity Solution

Greg Day, FireEyeÂ vice president and chief technology officer,Â said knowing the source of a cyberattack, what type of data is being compromised and how the security threat landscape is evolving over time are keys to developing an effective solution against data theft. â€œWas it somebody who was state sponsored, was it somebody who is maybe a […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh April 7, 2014, 1:10 pm
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Neustar Helps dotStrategy Secure .BUZZ Web Domain; Jeffrey Neuman Comments

Neustar has been providing dotStrategy with security tools and services intended to keep malware, botnets and phishing scams from entering a dotStrategy-operated top level domain. TLD operator dotStrategy uses Neustar’s registry threat detection and mitigation platform to secure .BUZZ namespace customers and users, Neustar said Thursday. Jeffrey Neuman, Neustar vice president of registry services, said […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 7, 2014, 7:22 am
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Lockheed Alliance Taps CyberPoint to Help Address Enterprise Security Threats; Mark Raugas Comments

Lockheed Martin will collaborate with CyberPoint International to develop new products intended to protect government and business infrastructures from advanced persistent threats. CyberPoint International has signed up for the Lockheed-led Cyber Security Alliance with the aim of offering integrated enterprise security tools, Lockheed said Tuesday. The consortium was formed to utilize Lockheed’s cyber innovation and […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman April 1, 2014, 6:12 am
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Phil Cummings: Network Firewalls Built to Defend Perimeter

Enterprises have adopted network firewalls as part of their security stacks in order to build a first line of defense from the perimeter, Computer World reported Mar. 5. Jaikumar Vijayan writes that instead of succumbing to newer technologies, network firewalls have evolved to offer relevant capabilities against the rapidly changing threat landscape. Phil Cummings, security […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh March 31, 2014, 11:55 am
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Martin Sutherland: BAE, Malaysian Forge Sign Cyber Tech Development Alliance

BAE Systems‘ applied intelligence division and CyberSecurity Malaysia will collaborate to develop technologies in order to help Malaysia meet its data protection goals, Bernama reported Friday. The companies have signed a memorandum of undertanding to establish cooperative programs in the information security field, according to the website. Martin Sutherland, BAE managing director, said the alliance […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 31, 2014, 9:32 am
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Lynn DeCourcey: NJVC-InfoSec Partnership to Focus on Govt Cyber Training

NJVC has partnered with theÂ InfoSec Institute to offer information security courses that are designed to meet cyber workforce training requirements set by the Defense Department. The Infosec Institute develops hands-on lab and online curricula to help IT professionals manage cybersecurity threats and prepare them for certification exams, NJVC said Tuesday. “Having a well-trained cyber engineering […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 26, 2014, 7:17 am
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Capgemini, IBM, QinetiQ Join UK Cyber Training Alliance

Capgemini, IBM and QinetiQ have partnered with British information technology training group E-Skills to offer cybersecurity apprenticeships across the U.K., Computing.co.uk reported Thursday. Sooraj Shah writes the alliance seeks to hire and train more than 100 apprentices by this summer. Other program partners include Airbus, BT Group and Atos. “It is our goal to make […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 24, 2014, 6:39 am
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FireEye White Paper Aims to Help Enterprises Manage Security Breaches; Jason Steer Comments

FireEyeÂ has released a white paper that suggests cybersecurity measures for helping enterprise IT personnel identify and address zero-day threats. The report was a collaboration between executives from FireEye, Mandiant, LogRhythm and Imperva, FireEye said Wednesday. Authors recommend that businesses establish cybersecurity teams, use technology to protect data and make incident response part of the business […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 19, 2014, 10:10 am