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White House Seeks to Strengthen Critical Infrastructure Security With New Memo; Xage’s Roman Arutyunov Quoted

President Joe Biden signed a new memorandum on Tuesday to improve the security and resilience of U.S. critical infrastructure. The National Security Memorandum, which replaces Presidential Policy Directive 21 signed in February 2013, directs the Department of Homeland Security to oversee the whole-of-government effort to ensure the security of U.S. critical infrastructure and the DHS […] More

by Jane Edwards May 1, 2024, 11:45 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, News

Elastic VP Chris Townsend Says Data Transformation Critical to Improved Government Services

The recent Elastic Public Sector Summit offered several key takeaways into how government agencies could better handle data in order to improve citizen engagement and deliver public service more efficiently, according to Chris Townsend, vice president of public sector at search analytics company Elastic. First, tools that can rapidly transform large data sets into actionable […] More

by Jerry Petersen April 29, 2024, 12:24 pm
in Cybersecurity, M&A Activity, News

Armis Completes $150M Acquisition of Silk Security

Asset intelligence and cybersecurity company Armis has acquired for $150 million Silk Security, the developer of Silk Platform, which works to provide cyber risk prioritization and remediation. Armis said Wednesday that following the acquisition, Silk Platform will be integrated into its own artificial intelligence-powered vulnerability prioritization and remediation product called Armis Centrix.

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by Jerry Petersen April 18, 2024, 10:17 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Axellio’s Scott Aken Calls for Changes to Network Traffic Monitoring Amid TLS 1.3 Implementation

Organizations will have to augment their approaches to network traffic monitoring when they implement Transport Layer Security 1.3, according to Scott Aken, the CEO of software company Axellio. Aken explains in an opinion column published Tuesday on Security Magazine that TLS 1.3 "significantly enhances" data encryption but in so doing imposes limits on data stream decryption, making network security monitoring more difficult and potentially obscuring malware and traffic by threat actors.

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by Jerry Petersen April 18, 2024, 10:16 am
in Cloud, Cybersecurity, DOD, News

Air-Gapped Cloud Offering From Google Public Sector Now Authorized to Host Top Secret DOD Missions

Google Distributed Cloud Hosted has received authorization to host Top Secret missions for the Department of Defense and Secret and Top Secret missions for the intelligence community. GDC Hosted is an air-gapped cloud offering from Google Public Sector that features data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and zero trust security, according to a Wednesday post on the Google Cloud blog.

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by Jerry Petersen April 10, 2024, 11:01 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Carahsoft to Offer Ardalyst Cybersecurity Service to Public Sector; Alex Whitworth Quoted

Carahsoft Technology, under a partnership agreement, will distribute Ardalyst's defense industrial base-compliant cybersecurity service through its reseller partners to the public sector and government contractors. Tesseract can develop, implement and maintain cybersecurity programs tailored to fulfill Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification compliance requirements for small and mid-sized enterprises both on on-premises and cloud-based infrastructures, Carahsoft said Tuesday.

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by Kacey Roberts April 4, 2024, 10:34 am
in Cybersecurity, News

American Systems Named New Member of Space-Focused Information Sharing Center; John Steckel Quoted

American Systems has joined the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a security-focused organization dedicated to the space sector. John Steckel, president and CEO of American Systems, said in a statement published Monday that the company resonates with the Space ISAC's vision to prepare for and respond to threats against critical space assets.

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by Naomi Cooper April 2, 2024, 10:28 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Carahsoft to Serve as Public Sector Distributor for Orca Cloud Security Product; Alex Whitworth Quoted

Orca Security’s agentless cloud security offering will be promoted to the public sector under a partnership agreement with Carahsoft Technology. Carahsoft said Thursday the Orca Cloud Security Platform delivers comprehensive insights into an organization's cloud risk and compliance within 24 hours and eliminates blind spots and performance issues associated with agent-based services.

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by Kacey Roberts April 1, 2024, 11:03 am
in Cybersecurity, News

Lumen, Zscaler to Support Agencies With Zero Trust Network Access Offering; Jason Schulman Quoted

Lumen Technologies and Zscaler have teamed up to offer a managed zero trust network access service designed to help government agencies and affiliates mitigate cybersecurity risks by safeguarding access to their critical data and infrastructure.

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by Jane Edwards March 27, 2024, 10:27 am
in Cybersecurity, News

SpyCloud Report: Malware Linked to Majority of Data Breaches in 2023

SpyCloud analyzed 3,478 breaches and found that infostealer malware was associated with 61 percent of data breaches in 2023, which included 343 million stolen credentials, according to an annual report released Tuesday. The 2024 SpyCloud Identity Exposure Report showed that one in four compromised identity records contained information on a user’s physical location or network and that the average digital identity appears in nine breaches and is linked to 15 breach records.

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by Jane Edwards March 27, 2024, 9:12 am
in Contract Awards, Cybersecurity, News

KBR Lands $60M DHA Task Order for Cybersecurity Support; Byron Bright Quoted

KBR has received a one-year, $60.7 million task order for cybersecurity services from the Defense Health Agency. Under the Seaport NxG indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, KBR is charged with conducting cybersecurity and information assurance work for the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic.

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by Charles Lyons-Burt March 26, 2024, 11:54 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, DOD, News

Accenture Federal Services’ Garland Garris Discusses Company Role in Energy Department-Led Quantum Advancement Effort

Garland Garris, the quantum lead and associate director for security and science at Accenture Federal Services, discussed in a recent interview his company's participation in a Department of Energy project focused on achieving advancements with the help of quantum technologies. Garris told Federal News Network that his company is working with various agencies to comply with the provisions Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act.

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by Jerry Petersen March 20, 2024, 10:56 am