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Latest Federal & Government Contracting Companies' News Coverage
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Raytheon and Virsec have partnered to offer commercial cybersecurity platforms to clients in government and critical infrastructure sectors. Raytheon said Monday it will combine its experience in cyber defense with Virsec’s Trusted Execution platform that works to detect irregularities in software applications associated with cyber breaches. “Critical infrastructure – from the electrical grid to transportation […] More
In-Q-Tel has established a strategic partnership with Red Balloon Security to help the New York City-based cybersecurity firm further develop a security platform for embedded devices. Red Balloon’s Symbiote Defense technology is compatible with firmware stacks, operating systems and hardware and works to provide embedded devices with endpoint security, IQT said Wednesday. Ang Cui, CEO and founder of […] More
Engility has secured three sole-source contracts worth up to $76 million combined to help the U.S. intelligence community engineer and protect systems against cyber threats. The company said Wednesday it will also help IC analyze classified intelligence data, design software and support modeling, simulation and mission operations. “Intelligence decision makers have a choice in who […] More
PwC has expanded its partnership with Microsoft in a push to help customers secure business systems and data with a suite of cybersecurity services and tools. The alliance’s new offerings will cover enterprise security architecture, identity and access management, threat and vulnerability management, information protection and cloud information security, PwC said Monday. Both companies also seek to […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded an $8.7 million contract to Systems Technology and Research and a $7.5 million contract to Arizona State University to support DARPA’s Harnessing Autonomy for Countering Cyberadversary Systems program. DARPA received 30 offers for the project via a competitive acquisition process under an open broad agency announcement, the Defense Department said […] More
Technical and Project Engineering has received a certification from the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission for cybersecurity practices. TAPE said Tuesday the ISO/IEC 27013:2015 certification seeks to demonstrate the company’s efforts to implement an integrated data security and information technology service management system in support of government clients. Michael Kelliher, vice president […] More
The Defense Department and HackerOne have opened registration for hackers who want to participate in the Pentagon’s fifth bug bounty challenge. Participants of the fifth Hack the Pentagon event will work to identify vulnerabilities in an enterprise system that supports DoD’s global operations, HackerOne said Monday. Reina Staley, chief of staff at DoD’s Defense Digital Service, […] More
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Galois a two-year, $800,000 contract to produce a suite of tools for organizations to exchange information that can aid cybersecurity technology development, test and evaluation efforts. Galois said Monday it aims to help DHS address privacy and confidentiality concerns from cyber data sources through the Framework for Information Disclosure with Ethical Security. “FIDES represents […] More
Mitre plans to evaluate commercial endpoint detection response products against its globally accessible cyberattack knowledge base and seeks the participation of interested cybersecurity vendors. The company said Thursday it will evaluate EDRs against its ATT&CK knowledge base in aims to enhance industry and customer cyberattack countermeasures. ATT&CK builds on attack detection analytics from academic and […] More
The Department of Homeland Security used a Lockheed Martin-built cybersecurity framework to evaluate cyber attacks that state-sponsored Russian hackers carried out against U.S. critical infrastructure sectors. Lockheed’s Cyber Kill Chain framework provided information on the attackers’ activities, including reconnaissance, weaponization, delivery, exploitation, installation, command and control and actions on objectives, DHS’ U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team said March 15 in […] More
Parsons has helped the National Security Agency facilitate a daylong event that aimed to prepare U.S. military students to guard information technology networks and data against cybersecurity threats. The company said Monday it produced cyber-attack and defend simulations, scoring software and 60 challenges for cadets and misdhipmen who took part in the NSA Cyber Exercise Live Fire event […] More
Lockheed Martin has agreed to collaborate with the Saudi Federation for Cyber Security and Programming in efforts to help train future information technology security professionals in Saudi Arabia. Both parties aim to help increase the country’s capacity to defend against computer intrusions and viruses through their partnership, the Saudi Press Agency said Friday. Federation Deputy Chairman […] More
