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Tom Moore: McAfee-Schneider Electric Team to Help Energy Clients ‘Whitelist’ Applications

McAfee andÂ Schneider Electric have formed a partnership that will offer whitelisting, cybersecurity and change control services to the utility andÂ critical infrastructure industry for customers’ energy management tools. The companiesÂ said TuesdayÂ that McAfee will offer embedded, integrity and application control products with Schneider’sÂ water, oil and gas, electric networks and transportation services with the goal of preventing malware […] More

by Admin March 19, 2014, 9:34 am
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Sam Gordy: Leidos Backs Council on Cybersecurityâ€™s Security Controls Updates

The Council on Cybersecurity, which includes Leidos, has updated its security control framework intended to help security practitioners mitigate risks within their networks. The 20 critical security controls were made to serve as guidelines for organizations to build up their security posture, Leidos said Monday. Sam Gordy, Leidos ‘integrated systems group president, said the company […] More

by Jay Clemens March 17, 2014, 10:03 am
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Ken Silva: ManTech Unit HBGary Updates Cyber Analysis, Verification Tool

HBGary, a ManTech International company, has updated a cyber defense product that works to help enterprises identify and validate computer security incidents caused by custom-coded malware. Active Defense uses a HBGary malware detection system designed to perform host-based digital forensics and give incident responders visibility into all Windows endpoints, the subsidiary said Monday. Ken Silva, […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 11, 2014, 8:54 am
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Martin Sutherland of BAE: Cyber Espionage Malware ‘Organized, Well-Funded’

BAE Systems has published a threat analysis report that describes how the cyber espionage malware known as Snake attacks computer systems and how the virus works to avoid conventional security tools. The company’s applied intelligence division also created a list of technical indicators to help enterprises bolster threat detection and mitigation techniques, BAE said Friday. […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 7, 2014, 9:14 am
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Northrop’s Ron Foudray: New Cyber Strategies Needed in Federal IT

Northrop Grummanâ€™s Ron Foudray has suggested that federal IT experts re-examine their cybersecurity strategies and seek new methods beyond encryption to protect information, GSN reported Wednesday. Ashley Bennett writes that Foudray, vice president of business development at Northropâ€™s cyber solutions division, noted cybersecurity best practices include â€œmoving away from protecting assets at the perimeterâ€ and […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh March 6, 2014, 11:07 am
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McAfee, NEC Form Industrial Computer Security Team; Tom Moore Comments

NEC, an information technology products provider, has picked a McAfee embedded security platform to safeguard NEC’s industrial automation system products against cyber threats. McAfee’s Embedded Control technology works by running trusted applications on computing devices that are installed at a factory or a remotely located facility, McAfee said Wednesday. The McAfee software will be integrated […] More

by Mary-Louise Hoffman March 6, 2014, 10:19 am
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David DeWalt: FireEye Opens European R&D Center to Develop Cyber Threat Defense Tech

FireEyeÂ has opened a Dresden, Germany-based research and development center, where the company will work with European educational institutions on security research, FireEyeÂ said Tuesday. David DeWalt, FireEye chairman and CEO, saidÂ the European research center is part of a company effort to help customers combat threats. The FireEye European, Singapore and Bangalore R&D teams will collaborate with […] More

by Jay Clemens March 6, 2014, 9:19 am
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FireEyeâ€™s Kenneth Geers: IT Officers Seek Clues as Cyber Attacks Proliferate

Evolving tactics and the speed of how the number of cyber attacks has grown are leaving infrastructure vulnerable as technology officers increasingly scramble for new ways to predict a strike, FireEyeÂ Senior Global Threat AnalystÂ Kenneth GeersÂ has warned. â€œAcross the board, we are seeing a global expansion of APTs, malware, CnC infrastructure and the use of publicly […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh March 3, 2014, 12:10 pm
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Symantec to Analyze Security Data with Splunk Software Platform; Julie Talbot-Hubbard Comments

Symantec Corp. has partnered with Splunk Inc. to build up security intelligence initiatives with a Splunk-developed software platform. Symantec will work to examine events and detect threats by using the Splunk Enterprise 6, which works to consolidate and analyze security information, Splunk said Friday. The Splunk software platform is intended for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act […] More

by Jay Clemens March 3, 2014, 9:48 am
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Terremark’s Rafeeq Rehman on Potential Security Lessons from Data Breaches

Rafeeq Rehman,Â senior security solutions architect at Verizon Terremark, has urged enterprises to draw lessons from large data breaches that have occurred to retailers in the U.S. and around the world. “While IT and security professionals are trying to piece together information about how the recently reported Â U.S. data breaches happened and how many customers are […] More

by Elizabeth Leigh February 28, 2014, 9:13 am
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Jean-Paul Bergeaux: SwishData Cyber Practice Aims to Help Counter ‘Rising Tide’ of Threats

SwishDataÂ has formed a new cybersecurity practice that will work to help agencies combat cyber threats. The company intends to help agencies identify anomalies and attacks, as well as to gain access to forensic and behavioral analytics through the new practice, SwishData said Wednesday. Jean-Paul Bergeaux, chief technology officer at SwishData, said agencies are facing a […] More

by Jay Clemens February 27, 2014, 9:42 am
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CSC Extends Govt Market Cyber Service to Commercial Markets; Samuel Visner Comments

Computer Sciences Corp. will offer a commercially-available incident response service to companies that are seeking to acquire tools for combating persistent and evolving threats. The incident and breach management product has been available to government clients over 20 years and is now on offer to other markets worldwide, CSC said Tuesday. “While it is not […] More

by Ross Wilkers February 26, 2014, 11:01 am