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Amazon Web Services has provided resources and recommendations to help organizations address a newly discovered vulnerability associated with the Log4j Java-based logging utility, which is part of the Apache Software Foundation’s logging services project. AWS released a GitHub-available tool that users can run to hotpatch Java Virtual Machines with Log4j 2.0 and later versions, Mukhtar […] More
Virgin Orbit has signed contracts to provide up to five launches for the satellites of Arqit Quantum and gain the license to use the U.K.-headquartered company’s quantum encryption platform-as-a-service. Starting in 2023, Virgin’s LauncherOne air-launched vehicle will deliver to space two Arqit satellites that would serve as a source of randomness for data centers powering […] More
Redpoint Cybersecurity has appointed cyber professionals Violet Sullivan as vice president of client engagement, Wesley Ellis as VP of cyber risk advisory and Jeremy Leasher as director of digital forensic and incident response. The new appointees will join the executive team of the New York, New York-based forensics, incident response and cloud security company to […] More
Mandiant CEO Kevin Mandia said the rise in ransomware attacks is driving a national response to cyberthreats, CNBC reported Tuesday. “What you’re starting to see is a coordinated national response — maybe even a coordinated international response — because [of] ransomware,” Mandia said. He said an example of that coordination was the effort to shut […] More
Carahsoft Technology will bring Visium Technologies’ data analytics and visualization platform to public sector customers through its contract vehicles and reseller partners. The TruContext platform from Visium is designed to help users glean insights from cyberthreat data and accelerate the decision-making process by ingesting any raw data and could detect vulnerabilities and exploits using the […] More
Somnoware has received authorization under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and is now allowed to offer its cloud-based respiratory care management platform on the federal marketplace. The Sunnyvale, California-based company said Tuesday the designation demonstrates the cloud offering’s compliance with the cybersecurity and risk-mitigation standards of the Department of Veterans Affairs, other federal […] More
CyberSheath Services International has received an investment from Lightview Capital and will use it to expand its client base and service offerings for the defense supply chain and seek acquisition opportunities to support expansion efforts. “Lightview’s investment is validation of the federal government’s commitment to enforcing mandatory cybersecurity minimums for defense contractors,” CyberSheath CEO Eric […] More
Iron Bow Technologies has partnered with Xage to offer the latter’s zero trust security platform to the Department of Defense and federal government customers. Under the deal, Iron Bow will serve as a distributor of the Xage Fabric remote access authentication tool built to protect connected digital systems and communications networks from unauthorized access, Xage […] More
Tom Burt, corporate vice president for customer security and trust at Microsoft, said the company has seized websites belonging to a Chinese cybercriminal group that gathers intelligence from government agencies, universities and organizations in the U.S. In a blog post published Monday, Burt wrote that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia […] More
The FBI’s National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force wants to identify sources of forensic and analysis services needed to help the agency investigate intrusions traceable via internet communications. The agency said Friday in a SAM.gov sources sought notice it needs trained analysts to review cyber intrusion information gathered from multiple sources such as FBI field […] More
Dell Technologies and Amazon Web Services have unveiled a cloud-based offering meant to help organizations secure, isolate and recover data from a ransomware attack and other cyber breaches. Dell EMC PowerProtect Cyber Recovery for AWS is a data protection platform that allows customers to field a public cloud vault to help isolate data from the […] More
Stephen Kovac, chief compliance officer and head of global government affairs at Zscaler, said he appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee roundtable Tuesday and highlighted how the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program enabled government agencies to immediately transition to the cloud during the COVID-19 pandemic. “FedRAMP promotes cloud adoption across […] More
