Cybersecurity

Shift5 and Booz Allen Hamilton have forged a strategic partnership to combine their capabilities and expertise to provide organizations in the defense and transportation sectors with cybersecurity awareness and maintenance intelligence to ensure the security and resilience of fleets and other assets. Shift5 said Tuesday the partnership will facilitate the integration of insights from its […] More

Microsoft has elevated Summit 7 as a global finalist for its 2024 Partner of the Year Award for Security. The award recognizes collaborators that have created and marketed formidable Microsoft applications, services and devices during the past year. Microsoft selected honorees from more than 4,700 nominations from more than 100 companies, Summit 7 reported Wednesday. Scott Edwards, […] More

Matthew McFadden, vice president of cyber at General Dynamics Information Technology, said government agencies and organizations should prioritize four core cybersecurity practices to defend their environments: implementing two-factor and multi-factor authentication, advancing vulnerability and patch management, reducing the attack surface and pursuing active defensive cyber operations. In an article published Wednesday on GDIT’s website, he […] More

Carahsoft Technology will distribute the anti-phishing offering of New York-based firm PIXM to the public sector under a partnership agreement. PIXM Phishing Protection features an artificial intelligence-powered browser plug-in that protects against phishing attacks in real-time and a dashboard that offers user behavior and emerging phishing threat insights, Carahsoft said Thursday. Carahsoft President and 10-time Wash100 awardee Craig […] More

Carahsoft Technology will serve as public sector distributor for New York-based technology firm Merkle Science under a new agreement between the two companies. Carahsoft said Wednesday that, under the agreement, it will offer Merkle Science’s crypto crime tracking and investigation tool to the government sector. Merkle Science’s Tracker platform offers the ability to track and trace cryptocurrency […] More

Rancher Government Solutions has partnered with Mainsail Industries, a provider of network and cybersecurity services, to help government customers transform information technology security, from the silicon level to the application layer. Under the partnership, RGS will integrate Mainsail’s Metalvisor technology into its Kubernetes management system to provide a comprehensive security framework for safeguarding all layers […] More

Xage Security has signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Secure by Design Pledge to show its commitment to taking measurable actions to meet the pledge’s goals of building cybersecurity into the design and production of technology products. In a blog post published Tuesday on the company’s website, Roman Arutyunov, co-founder and senior vice president […] More

Organizations should strive to bolster the security of satellite ground stations, according to Xage Security Government President and General Manager Matthew Heideman. Ground stations are now at greater cybersecurity risk because they need to be connected to a broader network or even the internet in order to facilitate data sharing and remote access, Heideman said […] More