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A preview of a Chainalysis report notes that while money laundering with cryptocurrency is still concentrated to a set of centralized services, it was less intensive in 2021 than in 2020. According to a blog post on the cryptocurrency investigation website, 54 percent of funds from illicit sources were directed to 583 deposit addresses in 2021 […] More
The exponentially increasing use of digital currencies and cryptocurrencies worldwide has introduced a new kind of economic actor to the global stage. With hundreds of millions of users across the globe, this unregulated digital economy is rapidly expanding its footprint in the private sector, and the public sector is taking notice. Gurvais Grigg, chief technology […] More
Washington, D.C.-based data encryption company Virtru has secured $60 million in a financing round that it will use to ramp up new product delivery. With the new capital, Virtru will also add sales and marketing personnel, pursue a customer success program and embark on research and development projects, the company said Thursday. Iconiq Growth and […] More
SentinelOne has expanded its Singularity Marketplace with zero trust, cloud ransomware security, threat simulation and automated vulnerability management offerings through integrations with Remediant, Blue Hexagon, Keysight and Automox. The company said Thursday its autonomous XDR platform now includes more cybersecurity use case offerings for enterprise and government organizations in need of cloud-based technology for detecting […] More
An Agile Defense-made automation tool for Security Technical Implementation Guides compliance was granted authority to operate on the networks of the Department of Defense. The company said Monday its DuroSuite is designed for security configuration audits and vulnerability remediation efforts as well as compliance with the Defense Information Systems Agency’s STIGs. According to Hector Collazo, […] More
A new SolarWinds survey has found that 56 percent of public sector information technology decision-makers said they consider the general hacking community as the top security threat in their organizations, while 52 percent of respondents pointed to careless insiders as primary threats. Market Connections, a research firm commissioned to conduct the survey, polled 400 IT […] More
Pivot Point Security has formed a new practice to help corporate clients doing business with the federal government meet cybersecurity compliance and attestation requirements. The federal risk and compliance practice will provide audit preparation and compliance services around U.S. government regulations, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Cybersecurity and Risk Management Frameworks, Cybersecurity […] More
Jim Richberg, public sector field chief information security officer at Fortinet, said the government should address security concerns ahead of further adoption of robotic process automation and other related technologies and one way to do that is harnessing artificial intelligence to “power ecosystems or platforms of interoperable security across the federal government.” “AI-powered instrumentation can […] More
Jason Greenwood, vice president of security solutions at cyber software company Code42, said the U.S government needs to bolster its cybersecurity against increased insider risks that come with continuous workplace modernization. The implementation of remote working and the availability of other modern work setups have made openings that increase data exfiltration risks, he wrote in […] More
Sypris Electronics will support the U.S. military’s secure communications program under a follow-on award from a defense prime contractor. The Sypris Solutions subsidiary said Thursday it will produce and test embedded circuit card assemblies designed to execute cryptographic functions for the Army Key Management System. AKMS consists of a simple key load device, automated communications […] More
GRSi has received a new five-year contract to continue providing the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute with cybersecurity services and start modernizing its conferencing technologies. The efforts are aimed at securing NHLBI’s mission-critical data and assets as well as enabling a flexible telework environment for the third largest organization of the National Institutes of […] More
CyCognito has authorized Carahsoft Technology to distribute the network security company’s external attack surface management and protection offering across the public sector through the latter’s existing government agreements and reseller partners. Carahsoft said Tuesday it will offer CyCognito’s platform using its contracts with NASA’s Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V program, OMNIA Partners, the National Association […] More
