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A new Veracode study shows that 82 percent of applications developed by public sector organizations exhibit security flaws compared with 74 percent of applications created by private sector entities. Veracode said Monday it analyzed data gathered from over 27 million scans across 750,000 applications for the State of Software Security 2023 report and found that […] More
Steve Jacyna is director of emerging cybersecurity solutions at Carahsoft, where he develops and facilitates sales and marketing strategies for a portfolio of cybersecurity and other technology vendors. He applies his extensive knowledge of government contract vehicles and procurement cycles to connect solution providers with the government organizations that can benefit from their offerings. Jacyna […] More
The National Institute of Standards and Technology plans to invest in efforts to support cybersecurity education and workforce development through a new funding opportunity, Rodney Petersen, director of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, said Tuesday at the NICE Conference and Expo. NIST seeks to foster partnerships between employers, educators and critical infrastructure operators under […] More
Ransomware and cyber attacks have seen a steady rise in recent years, fueled in part by the growing popularity of cryptocurrencies. Behind the expanding ransomware economy and the increase of cybercrime worldwide is an active market for buying and selling zero-day software exploits. Dhruv Bansal, co-founder and chief science officer of Unchained Capital, explained what exactly […] More
A new Deltek analysis shows that the U.S. Air Force’s spending on other transaction agreements for cybersecurity platforms dropped by 15 percent from $134 million in fiscal year 2021 to $113 million in FY 2022. FY 2022 spending level remains 30 percent above the service branch’s FY 2020 level, which stands at $86 million, John […] More
ECS has conducted training for more than 1,000 U.S. Army personnel to help them apply a company-designed cybersecurity platform in securing endpoints across the branch’s computer network. The ASGN company said Thursday military cyber analysts completed a program comprising technical instruction, use-case demonstrations and simulated practical exercises to familiarize themselves with the Army Endpoint Security […] More
CRDF Global has secured financing from the Canadian government to continue collaborative efforts, particularly in addressing North Korea’s use of weapons of mass destruction. The nonprofit cybersecurity group said Tuesday it will use the $1.9 million funding it received to support Global Affairs Canada’s Weapons Threat Reduction Program and help prevent North Korean cyber attacks against financial […] More
Given the prevalence of electronic warfare and an industry-wide pivot from hardware to software, cloud-based applications are an increasingly crucial aspect of U.S. defense operations. Department of Defense Chief Information Officer John Sherman codified the Pentagon’s Software Modernization Implementation Plan in April, which places an emphasis on the creation of software factories, hubs for the rapid and unceasing […] More
John Zangardi, CEO of Redhorse and a 2023 Wash100 Award winner, said it is imperative for federal agencies looking to transition to zero trust architecture to develop complete visibility into their information technology systems. Zangardi wrote in a May 17 commentary published on Federal News Network that there are five steps agencies should consider when […] More
Carahsoft Technology has launched a new sales deck that provides the defense industrial base with access to a list of capabilities and resources to achieve compliance with the Department of Defense’s cybersecurity framework. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Sales Desk works to enable Carahsoft vendors, resellers and managed services providers to offer their products and […] More
Proofpoint has joined a public-private initiative launched by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in 2021 to connect cyber defense professionals from organizations around the world. Proofpoint said Wednesday membership in the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative will provide the company with information on security vulnerabilities and other cyber issues and best practices to mitigate such […] More
BAE Systems seeks to continue addressing cybersecurity requirements of U.S. military platforms with its next-generation cyber detection and mitigation tool developed by the company’s FAST Labs research and development team. Fox Shield is a platform-agnostic cyber protection and resilience suite that has been deployed on more than 45 multi-domain platforms to detect, respond and mitigate […] More
