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A team of cyber professionals at BAE Systems has detected new malicious software that has targeted 54,000 computers belonging to public organizations such as police departments, hospitals and universities. BAE said Tuesday the Qbot malware works to infect host computers, automate the software updates and hide itself from antivirus software tools. The company’s cyber analysts found several […] More
Peter Romness, cybersecurity programs lead for Cisco Systems’ U.S. public sector group, believes a more comprehensive authentication mechanism is needed to fend off sophisticated threats, C4ISR & Networks reported Monday. Romness said authentication must cover more than just a person’s identity, John Edwards and Eve Keiser report. “We need to know who the user is, where […] More
BeyondTrust has joined a FireEye-led coalition in an effort to help government and commercial clients detect and respond to potential cyber attacks. BeyondTrust will work to integrate its BeyondInsight IT Risk Management Platform with the FireEye-built Global Threat Management Platform under the cybersecurity coalition, BeyondTrust said Monday. “The growing complexity of cybersecurity and protecting against […] More
Dave Gormley, a cybersecurity product specialist at BAE Systems, has recommended a six-level framework from research company Forrester he believes can help organizations to avoid advanced targeted attacks. He outlined three of six steps that comprise Forrester’s Targeted Attack Hierarchy of Needs in a blog entry posted Monday. Gormley said the first strategy in the framework calls for organizations […] More
The General Services Administration is requesting information on existing cybersecurity services in the market that could meet the needs of government agencies. In a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday, GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service office of integrated technology services sought feedback from stakeholders on cybersecurity products and services that could address threats that government and industry currently face. The agency seeks to […] More
A new Tripwire survey says 77 percent of information technology professionals in the energy sector saw an increase in cyber attack incidents within their organizations over the last year. Tripwire said Thursday it commissioned market research firm Dimensional Research to poll at least 150 IT executives from companies across utilities, energy and oil and gas […] More
Trend Micro has secured clearance from the Defense Information Systems Agency for its configuration document designed for use in the deployment of the company’s security tool on Defense Department-run networks. DISA cleared the configuration document for the Trend Micro Deep Security 9.x platform after the agency assessed the guidelines against Security Technical Implementation Guides technical […] More
A Fidelis Cybersecurity-designed threat defense offering has been added to the Defense Department’s list of products certified for interoperability and information assurance via an assessment stage. DoD approved the Fidelis Network product for deployment within defense agencies and networks as it has been included in the department’s Unified Capabilities Approved Products List, Fidelis said Monday. Kurt Bertone, chief […] More
A Northrop Grumman Australian subsidiary has partnered with HTC Corp. to develop smartphone security offerings and set up a new mobile device data security standard. Northrop Grumman M5 Network Security has started to work on several Android-based platform offers as part of its secure communications mobile program, the company said Wednesday. Ian Irving, chief executive of Northrop […] More
Visualant and Intellicheck Mobilisa have signed an agreement for the latter company to have exclusive rights to the former’s patented ChromaID platform. Visualant said Thursday that the ChromaID approach aims to help Intellicheck update its products with photonic technology for threat detection and document verification purposes. ChromaID works to detect machine-readable chromatic identifiers with the use of Visualant’s developed Spectral Pattern Matching technology. Ron […] More
CyberArk has received clearance from the Defense Information Systems Agency to field a company-made account monitoring product inside Defense Department-operated networks. DISA cleared CyberArk’s platform for inclusion in the DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List after the agency evaluated the product against interoperability and information assurance requirements, the company said Tuesday. The CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution works to detect […] More
The U.S. Navy plans to select BAE Systems as the prime contractor for a program to build up cyber defenses that surround the country’s nuclear weapons inventory and other systems, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Benjamin Katz writes BAE will review and oversee the safety policies for the Lockheed Martin-built Trident missiles under the potential five-year contract, which contains […] More
