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Booz Allen Hamilton and Techstars have unveiled six teams comprised of startups and Booz Allen’s product teams that will work to develop cybersecurity technologies. Techstars said Monday it entered a partnership with Booz Allen to support and develop emerging technologies that could help address cybersecurity threats. The first class of the Startup Next Cyber pre-accelerator program includes Booz […] More
The Professional Services Council has called on the Senate to pass a bill that seeks to centralize the management and provision of funds for updates of legacy information technology systems as well as address cyber threats in federal IT systems. David Berteau, president and CEO of PSC, wrote in a Nov. 4 letter that the House […] More
BlackStratus has recommended U.S. government agencies deploy security information event management technology to address potential cyber attacks on agencies that send, receive and store election-related data. The company said Thursday its SIEM technology was designed to support security administrators on tasks to identify when potential cyber attacks have commenced and report suspicious and irregular activities that occur […] More
A joint Raytheon-National Cyber Security Alliance survey has discovered a presidential candidate’s stance on cybersecurity directly impacts the “millennial vote” across those aged 18-26 years old, Raytheon’s Dave Wajsgras wrote in a Federal Times article published Friday. That survey conducted in October said millennials aged 18-26 have increased their interest in the cybersecurity field during a time that has seen […] More
FireEye has begun to offer its threat intelligence platform through a Microsoft service intended to help enterprise customers detect, investigate and respond to attacks against their networks. Customers subscribed to Microsoft’s Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection service can access FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence‘s Indicators of Compromise and WDATP can alert customers when these indicators are found on their computers or networks, FireEye […] More
Cyberbit, a subsidiary of Elbit Systems, has secured a contract to deliver a training and simulation platform to a Baltimore, Maryland-based cybersecurity training center for information technology and supervisory control and data acquisition security professionals. Elbit Systems said Sunday the Cyber Security Training Range of Maryland will use Cyberbit’s Range technology to train cybersecurity professionals on how to protect […] More
The Social Security Administration has launched a market research initiative to gather ideas on cybersecurity and risk management services from industry in an effort to protect the agency’s programs and systems. SSA issued an amended sources sought notice on Friday in search of information on current industry cybersecurity and risk management practices and regarding the availability of […] More
Intel has added Check Point, Huawei and Hewlett Packard Enterprise‘s Aruba Networks subsidiary into an alliance wherein partner companies can integrate their technologies with Intel’s cybersecurity offerings. Check Point integrated its firewall products with Intel’s McAfee DXL and McAfee Threat Intelligence Exchange to help customers scale and automate their security environments, Intel said Thursday. Aruba’s ClearPass has been combined […] More
Earl Matthews, a vice president at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, has said speed, analytics, integration, resiliency, intelligence and expertise are the six attributes that are key to cyber situational awareness, Signal magazine reported Wednesday. Matthews, VP of enterprise security solutions for HPE’s U.S. public sector business, made the remarks Wednesday at the three-day MILCOM 2016 conference hosted by AFCEA International and […] More
DeEtte Gray, an executive at BAE Systems’ U.S. arm, has said industry, government, academia and organizations should collaborate to make investments in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and cyber education initiatives in an effort to develop a pipeline of cyber professionals. Gray, president of the intelligence and security sector at BAE Systems Inc., made the remarks during […] More
George Washington University’s Center for Cyber and Homeland Security has released a report that includes recommendations on how the U.S. government can participate in cybersecurity efforts and work with private sector companies. GW Today said Monday the report covered assessments of the legal, policy and technological contexts as well as defense measures that impact the private sector cybersecurity in a push […] More
EHS Technologies has received two new contracts worth $37 million combined from the U.S. Navy to carry out cybersecurity, engineering and logistics services for two service branch divisions. EHS said one $8 million contract with the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Carderock division covers cybersecurity services to that organization. EHS will perform engineering and logistics support for the Navy’s […] More
