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The Department of Homeland Security plans to purchase between $10.8 million and $11.6 million on cyber tools and sensors for DHS to handle the accounts of its employees, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes DHS and the General Services Administration is currently accepting proposals through March 30 from the 17 companies that hold prime positions on the department’s Continuous Diagnostics […] More
A survey from Intel’s security business says 42 percent of security professionals have adopted shared cyber threat intelligence in an effort to protect their companies’ networks from potential cyber attacks. Intel Security polled 500 security professionals across different industries in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific in 2015 about their knowledge of CTI and its advantages to […] More
The Defense Department will hold a meeting in Washington between June and July 2016 to allow potential contractors to deliver technical presentations about their cyber platforms. DoD said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday it will conduct the Cyber Strategy Solutions Meeting to identify cyber tools that might qualify for experimentation and pilot projects. The department […] More
Fortinet has established a Network Security Academy in a push to help address a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, San Jose Mercury News reported Tuesday. Pete Carey writes the academy seeks to collaborate with several universities worldwide to train students to thwart sophisticated threats. “We’re going help those students be armed with the necessary skill set, whether they are getting […] More
Blue Coat Systems and Tripwire have forged an alliance that aims to provide incident response teams a new system that works to potentially reduce the number and impact of data breaches. The agreement includes the integration of Blue Coat’s Malware Analysis and Security Analytics network and Tripwire Enterprise to make a model designed to isolate, contain and manage infected devices in […] More
Intel Security and DLT Solutions have formed an alliance that seeks to bolster the two companies’ cybersecurity support to federal partners. Intel said Tuesday the terms of the partnership includes the development of a cyber lab in the DLT Innovation Center which will be designed as a physical and virtual showcase of cybersecurity services. Ken Kartsen, Intel vice president […] More
A Cyphort-commissioned survey indicates about 34 percent of C-level corporate executives lack awareness about cyber threats to their companies’ information technology systems. Ponemon Institute polled 597 IT leaders across the U.S. private sector for Cyphort’s “State of Malware Detection & Prevention” report and found that 39 percent of respondents said their firms do not have intelligence data they can use to convince […] More
Endgame will a release new cyber operations platform to the market March 30 in an effort to help enterprise organizations detect, block and disable cyber threats in the early stages of the attack. The company said Feb. 29 it designed the product as a stealth tool with little-to-no detectable persistence, to integrate automated detection methods and give users precision response functions that […] More
Irvine, Calif.-based software company Cylance has been accredited to carry out independent reviews of cloud computing technologies for federal agencies as part of the government-wide Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Cylance is now one of 33 companies to be certified as a FedRAMP program third-party assessment organization by the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation, Cylance said Tuesday. “The Cylance mission is to protect […] More
A new Dell survey says 82 percent of information technology executives and corporate leaders have made steps to limit employees’ data access points in an effort to improve data security. Dell said Tuesday it commissioned market research firm Penn Schoen Berland to poll 1,302 C-level IT executives at mid-market companies from the U.S., Asia Pacific and Europe from […] More
Verisign has received a one-year, $2.1 million bridge contract from the U.S. General Services Administration‘s Federal Acquisition Service to continue the company’s management, operations and maintenance services for the generic “.gov” Top Level Domain. Contract services online domain name registration, billing, help desk functions, reporting and daily operations of the root domain name servers for .gov websites, according to a justification […] More
Harris CapRock Communications has introduced a cybersecurity system designed for oil and gas information technology infrastructures as well as maritime and cruise customers. “Security breaches and emerging threats to corporate networks are impacting the oil and gas market with greater cost and frequency as offshore operations rely more heavily on always-on communications networks,†said Harris CapRock […] More
