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Carahsoft, Cyturus Partner With Cyber AB to Offer CMMC Compliance Tool; Alex Whitworth Quoted

Carahsoft Technology and Cyturus Technologies have partnered with The Cyber AB to deliver compliance management tools to registered practitioner organizations that help defense contractors prepare for the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Under the partnership, RPOs can gain free, limited access to the CMMC Readiness Tool, a Cyturus solution that lets users assess the cyber maturity […] More

by Naomi Cooper September 29, 2023, 10:27 am
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ManTech, Georgia Tech Startup Incubator Team Up to Launch Promising Cyber Companies

ManTech has entered into a partnership to support entrepreneurs involved in the Cyber and Emerging Technologies Program of the Advanced Technology Development Center, the state of Georgia’s startup incubator. The company announced Thursday that it is collaborating with ATDC’s manager, the Georgia Institute of Technology, to launch companies with disruptive innovations that can be used […] More

by Jamie Bennet September 29, 2023, 9:04 am
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Zscaler’s Ken Urquhart and Intel’s Nikhil Deshpande Discuss Novel Approach to Cloud Environment Security

Cloud security firm Zscaler teamed up with Intel to develop a novel approach that combines confidential computing and zero trust architecture to protect multiple cloud environments from cyber threats. The technique makes use of Zscaler’s Zero Trust Exchange and App Connector platforms and the Intel Trust Authority suite, Ken Urquhart, Zscaler’s global vice president of […] More

by Jamie Bennet September 22, 2023, 12:02 pm
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Air Force Awards $60M Cybersecurity Services Contract to Arrowpoint, IntelliGenesis

Arrowpoint and IntelliGenesis have won spots on a multiple-award U.S. Air Force contract for cybersecurity services. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract has a ceiling value of $60 million and calls on the awardees to provide defense industrial base partners with a comprehensive solution to shore up their cyber defenses. More

by Jerry Petersen September 22, 2023, 9:13 am
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DMI’s Gary Wang: Public-Private Collaboration Key to IoT Cybersecurity Labeling Program Implementation

Gary Wang, chief technology officer at DMI, said implementing the U.S. Cyber Trust Mark cybersecurity labeling program for smart devices and other internet of things devices highlights the need for collaboration between public and private sectors. More

by Jane Edwards September 22, 2023, 4:04 am
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Mitre Engenuity Reports Results of Latest Round of Cybersecurity Platform Testing Program

Mitre Engenuity, a technology foundation under the not-for-profit organization Mitre, has published the results of emulated attacks by Russian cyber threat group Turla on 30 enterprise cybersecurity platforms. The latest edition of the ATT&CK Evaluations program sought to determine how Turla uses in-memory or kernel implants to evade detection and linger with a minimal footprint. More

by Jamie Bennet September 21, 2023, 10:44 am
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Leidos Receives Contract to Help Enhance FTC Cybersecurity Infrastructure

Leidos has received a potential five-year, $12 million prime contract from the Federal Trade Commission to oversee and manage the agency’s cyber and enterprise security operations. Under the firm-fixed-price award, the company said Monday it will establish a security operations center and provide related information technology security tools as part of implementing a SOC-as-a-service program for […] More

by Kacey Roberts September 19, 2023, 11:53 am
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CACI’s Unity-Powered Cybersecurity Training Tool Receives Industry Recognition; Todd Probert Quoted

CACI International has received recognition for its City Block critical infrastructure cybersecurity training tool. City Block provides military and government users with a virtual reality simulation environment where they can practice defending industrial control systems and operational technology from cyber threats. The tool is powered by the Unity platform, which is used by developers to […] More

by Kacey Roberts September 15, 2023, 11:53 am
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CRDF Global’s Consortium Facilitates Public-Private Partnership to Boost Ukraine’s Cyber Defense; Tina Dolph Quoted

CRDF Global and its consortium of industry partners have mobilized support from the private sector to help the Ukrainian government build up its cyber defense and infrastructure in the wake of the Russian invasion. The Cyber Defense Assistance Collaborative has donated 1,600 cyber defense tools and provided over 800 training courses to help protect Ukraine’s […] More

by Naomi Cooper September 14, 2023, 11:31 am
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Army Taps Rebellion Defense to Continue Penetration Testing Software Development Efforts

Rebellion Defense has secured a U.S. Army award to continue boosting the capabilities of the company’s penetration testing software under a Small Business Innovation Research Phase III effort. The software company said Wednesday Rebellion Nova will be enhanced further to provide the Army Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical with automated cyber red team […] More

by Christine Thropp September 14, 2023, 11:29 am
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IARPA Moving Forward With Program Seeking to Expedite Attribution of Cyber Attacks

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity will host proposers’ days on Oct. 5 and 6 for the Securing our Underlying Resources in Cyber Environments program. The SoURCE CODE program seeks technologies that will help forensic experts accelerate the process of attributing a cyber attack to its perpetrators by checking coding styles, according to a notice […] More

by Jamie Bennet September 14, 2023, 11:17 am
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3 Companies Conclude NREL Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator Program’s 1st Cohort

Sierra Nevada Corp., Xage Security and Blue Ridge Networks evaluated their security devices against emulated threat scenarios as part of the inaugural cohort of the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator program managed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The CECA program seeks to assess and demonstrate in cohorts emerging cyber technologies against prioritized threats in a […] More

by Jane Edwards September 12, 2023, 11:39 am