Cybersecurity

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ManTech has developed the zero trust reference architecture for the Department of Defense’s government laboratory designed to test zero trust platforms for agencies reporting to DOD. “ManTech’s Zero Trust Architecture is designed to improve the enterprise security posture as agencies undergo digital transformation and cloud migration,” David Hathaway, executive vice president and general manager of […] More

Canadian security firm Isara and American business consulting company The LightBridge Group have partnered to support the advancement of post-quantum cryptography and cryptographic risk management in the U.S. government. The collaboration follows the enactment of the Quantum Computing Cybersecurity Preparedness Act into law in December to prepare federal agencies for quantum use, Isara said Wednesday. Jonah Force Hill, […] More

Science Applications International Corp. has introduced a new offering aimed at supporting the implementation of zero trust strategies among government agencies. The Trust Resilience framework is developed to provide a comprehensive set of processes, tools and services to enhance the security of cloud-based and hybrid infrastructures, SAIC said Wednesday. Trust Resilience is capable of analyzing various […] More

User authentication is the only “ironclad option” to fight identity theft in the digital age, according to Aware Chief Revenue Officer Craig Herman. Herman explained that the company uses advanced biometrics, multi-factor authentication, artificial intelligence and machine learning to provide secure identity verification to its customers. Traditional security gates such as passwords and PINs have […] More