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Carahsoft’s Alex Whitworth on EPA’s Cybersecurity Action Plan for Water, Wastewater Systems Sector

Alex Whitworth, cybersecurity solutions vertical executive at Carahsoft Technology, said the Environmental Protection Agency released an action plan meant to safeguard water and wastewater systems from cyberattacks. The action plan comes with several measures, such as providing technical support to water systems, enhancing the process of information sharing and data analysis, advancing projects that implement […] More

by Jane Edwards June 30, 2023, 11:32 am
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Peraton Commits to Building Diverse Cybersecurity Workforce; Tom Afferton Quoted

Peraton has entered into a multi-year strategic partnership with Dakota State University to support the U.S. government’s national cyber strategy by helping build a diverse cybersecurity workforce. As part of the collaboration, Peraton said Monday it participated in DSU’s annual CybHER event that aims to increase diversity by introducing female students interested in the science, […] More

by Naomi Cooper June 27, 2023, 11:56 am
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DARPA Sets Proposers Day for Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security Program

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is set to hold a proposers day on June 30 to discuss an upcoming broad agency announcement for a program that aims to develop novel techniques to identify and remediate system vulnerabilities. The Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security initiative seeks to pioneer artificial intelligence-driven cybersecurity hardening approaches to […] More

by Naomi Cooper June 26, 2023, 11:57 am
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Carahsoft’s Alex Whitworth: CISA Supports Critical Infrastructure Organizations With Cybersecurity Performance Goals

Alex Whitworth, cybersecurity solutions vertical executive at Carahsoft Technology, said the cross-sector cybersecurity performance goals released by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency provide information technology and operational technology practices that could help organizations improve the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure. These practices are grouped into eight categories, including account security, data security, governance and […] More

by Jane Edwards June 26, 2023, 11:43 am
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GSA Issues RFI for CISA EINSTEIN System Modernization Effort

The General Services Administration is soliciting technical feedback and insights from industry on technologies and techniques that could be used to detect and respond to cyberthreats within federal agency networks. GSA is issuing the follow-up request for information on behalf of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency as the latter intends to modernize the EINSTEIN […] More

by Jane Edwards June 26, 2023, 6:26 am
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AvePoint’s Cloud Backup for Salesforce Offering Gets Added Functionality; Carahsoft’s Steve Jacyna Quoted

AvePoint has enhanced its Cloud Backup for Salesforce product in an effort to bolster data protection for its public sector customers and simplify its fielding. The data security services company said Thursday the added features of the cloud offering provide more comprehensive data backup and modernized user mapping capabilities, metadata search functionality and support. Additionally, AvePoint […] More

by Kacey Roberts June 23, 2023, 11:45 am
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Four Inc. to Offer Axellio Network & Data Intell Platforms to Public Sector Customers; Scott Aken Quoted

Axellio has teamed up with Four Inc. to offer its PacketXpress and SensorXpress intelligence software to public sector customers. As Axellio’s federal aggregator, Four Inc. will make the network and data intelligence platforms available through its contract vehicles: NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement and Information Technology Enterprise Solutions – Software 2, Axellio CEO Scott Aken […] More

by Jamie Bennet June 22, 2023, 11:45 am
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Caveonix’s Kaus Phaltanker: Social Media Companies Should Advance Data Privacy by Empowering Users

Kaus Phaltankar, co-founder and CEO of Caveonix, said the lack of sensitivity towards data privacy and desensitization to the exploitation of personal data are some of the reasons why many consumers have become indifferent to the importance of safeguarding personal data. Phaltankar wrote in an article published Friday on Intelligent CISO that social media companies […] More

by Jane Edwards June 19, 2023, 11:33 am
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Federal Agencies, Companies Compromised in Data Breach Linked to Ransomware Group ‘Clop’; Jen Easterly, Robert Carey Quoted

A Russian ransomware group called Clop gained access to data of the Department of Energy and other federal agencies, corporations and universities by exploiting a vulnerability in file transfer software MOVEit, The New York Times reported Thursday. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, described the cyberattack as “opportunistic” and noted that […] More

by Jane Edwards June 16, 2023, 11:28 am
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Carahsoft to Market Mimecast’s Cloud Security Services to Public Sector

Carahsoft Technology will serve as a master government aggregator for Mimecast and offer the latter’s email and collaboration security services to public sector customers. Under the partnership, Carahsoft said Tuesday it will distribute Mimecast security and archiving offerings for Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace through its federal, state and local government contract vehicles and reseller partners. The […] More

by Kacey Roberts June 14, 2023, 11:43 am
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AWS-Coalfire Partnership Targets Go-to-Market Support to Government, Commercial Service Providers

Amazon Web Services and Coalfire have signed a collaboration pact to help providers quickly bring cloud and cybersecurity service offerings to the public and private sector markets. Coalfire said Tuesday the three-year agreement will include investing in market development and proof-of-concept efforts to support mutual clients and making a compliance management platform available on the AWS […] More

by Kacey Roberts June 14, 2023, 11:41 am
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Alpha Omega, Dynamo Team Receives $70M USDA Contract for Cybersecurity Operations Support; Gautam Ijoor Quoted

Alpha Omega and its contractor teaming arrangement partner Dynamo Technologies will provide Department of Agriculture agencies with cybersecurity operations support under a $70 million contract. The five-year award is in support of the Information Security Center Program and Security Management within USDA’s Chief Information Office and focuses on efforts to secure data and information systems […] More

by Christine Thropp June 13, 2023, 11:06 am