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CACI to Extend NAVFAC Cybersecurity Support; Ken Asbury Comments

CACI International has securedÂ a two-year, $21 million task order from theÂ Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic to performÂ cybersecurity systems supportÂ forÂ the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. The company said Wednesday it willÂ support NAVFAC’s effortsÂ to meet Defense Department information assurance standardsÂ for providing cybersecurity to the U.S. Navy‘s industrial control systems. CACI president and CEO Ken Asbury, an […] More

by Ramona Adams May 17, 2017, 1:30 pm
in Cybersecurity News

Homeland Security Tools Available to Private Sector

The Department of Homeland Securityâ€™s Transition to Practice office has helped make dozens of technologies developed by government labs or research partners commercially viable, including eight tools licensed by private companies, 15 tools piloted within government or the private sector, and five offered as open source code, said Program Manager Nadia Carlsten Tuesday. Akatosh is […] More

by Barbara Boland May 17, 2017, 1:29 pm
in Cybersecurity News, News

IAP to Help Indiana National Guard Build Cyber C2 Platform

IAP Worldwide Services has secured aÂ $45 million contract from the U.S. Army to develop a cyber command-and-control platformÂ for theÂ Indiana National Guard. The contract was awarded through the Army’sÂ Rapid Response Third GenerationÂ procurementÂ vehicle and covers the development and integration of C2 technology for the Atterbury-Muscatatuck Cyber Technology Environment, IAP said Tuesday. Indiana National Guard operates the […] More

by Ramona Adams May 17, 2017, 8:55 am
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Cyberbit to Implement Security Platforms at Govt Ministries Compound in Israel

Deloitte has selected Elbit Systems‘Â subsidiary to provideÂ a suite of cybersecurity platformsÂ for installation at a government ministriesÂ compound under construction in the Israeli capital. CyberbitÂ said WednesdayÂ it will implementÂ SCADAShield and Endpoint Detection and ResponseÂ technologiesÂ to help secure the Ram Compound’s future converged network. Arison Groupâ€“Solel Boneh Infrastructure, which manages the construction of the Ram Compound, tapped Deloitte to oversee […] More

by Scott Nicholas May 17, 2017, 6:08 am
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Symantec: Machine Learning Tools Helped Block 22M Ransomware Attempts

Symantec has said the use of machine learning platforms and efforts to share threat intelligence data in real time have helped the company to stop nearly 22 million ransomware attempts in approximately 300,000 endpoint devices worldwide. Symantec said Monday it has blocked Wannacry attacks through threat intelligence sharing between the Symantec Endpoint Protection platform and […] More

by Jane Edwards May 17, 2017, 5:10 am
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Thales e-Securityâ€™s Wayne Lewandowski: Study Finds Federal Data Breaches Up 34% in 2016

Wayne Lewandowski, vice president of federal business at Thales e-Security, has said the level of spending increase in cybersecurity is lower than any other industry due to rising incidents of data breaches and lack of federal budget, Defense Systems reported Friday. Lewandowski said an independent study on cyber attacks found that data breaches affecting U.S. […] More

by Jane Edwards May 15, 2017, 7:48 am
in Big Data & Analytics News, Cybersecurity News, News

Thales Opens Cybersecurity Operation Center in Hong Kong

Thales has established a Hong Kong-based cybersecurity hubÂ in a move to provide continuousÂ cyber surveillance services to customers throughoutÂ Asia. The facility is Thales’ fifth Cybersecurity Operation Center in the world and will support the company’s efforts to help mitigate cyber threats facing government agencies, financial institutions,Â critical infrastructure operators and enterprises in the region, Thales said Thursday. […] More

by Ramona Adams May 12, 2017, 6:51 am
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Carbon Black, Air Force Life Cycle Mgmt Center Sign CRADA to Boost Cyber Capacity at Hanscom AFB

Carbon Black and the electronics systems development division of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center have entered a cooperative research and development agreement to strengthenÂ cybersecurity at the Hanscom Air Force Base Collaboration and Innovation Center. The U.S. Air Force said Wednesday that the agreement provides an opportunity forÂ Carbon Black to deploy its endpoint security […] More

by Scott Nicholas May 11, 2017, 8:13 am
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UL Receives DARPA Grant to Test Internet-of-Things Gateway Security

Northbrook, Illinois-based securityÂ company UL has secured aÂ Defense Advanced Research Projects AgencyÂ grant to performÂ cybersecurity tests of internet-of-things gateways designed for industrial control system applications. ULÂ said Wednesday it aims toÂ identify the main areas of an industrial IoT gateway that can affect the cybersecurity of an ICS as well as data that traverses the gateway outside the ICS. […] More

by Ramona Adams May 11, 2017, 4:02 am
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ISC(2) Study: 87% of Federal Data Security Pros Cite Employee Retention as Key to Cybersecurity

A new study conducted by the Center for Cyber Safety and Education and nonprofit organization (ISC)2 says 87 percent of federal agency personnel believe that recruitment and retention of data security professionals should be prioritized in order to protect an organizationâ€™s information infrastructure from cyber threats. The Global Information Security Workforce Study cosponsored by (ISC)2Â with […] More

by Jane Edwards May 10, 2017, 5:37 am
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Dimension Data: Gov’t a Top Cyber Attack Target in 2016 Alongside Financial Sector

A new research report from Dimension Data has found that cyber attacks against the government sector doubled from seven percent in 2015 to 14 percent to join the financial sector as the top targets of attacks in 2016. The NTT Group operating firmÂ said MondayÂ data that its partner companies compiled across a client base that spans […] More

by Anna Forrester May 8, 2017, 11:58 am
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ThreatMetrix: 130M Fraud Attacks Detected in Q1 2017

A new ThreatMetrix report says the security company has uncovered 130 million fraudulent attacks from January to MarchÂ and found that the volume of digital wallet transactions increased 80 percentÂ on a year-over-year basis. ThreatMetrix said Thursday it evaluated cyber crimes that the ThreatMetrix Digital Identity Network detectedÂ during the first quarter of 2017 and foundÂ that the number […] More

by Jane Edwards May 8, 2017, 7:53 am