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Kinder Morgan Inc., a critical infrastructure operator that delivers oil and gas to U.S. government and commercial clients, has selected Xage Security to secure its information technology and operational technology systems. Xage said Tuesday it will provide the energy infrastructure operator with zero trust access and data security products to help boost its cybersecurity resilience […] More
A new SpyCloud study identified malware as the key cyberthreat that led to the most incidents of user data exposure in 2022 and indicated that government devices were more prone to malware infection than enterprise systems. The 2023 SpyCloud Identity Exposure Report, released Tuesday, investigated almost 22 billion records from devices and cookie sessions, as […] More
Carahsoft Technology has agreed to offer Acalvio Technologies‘ cyber deception platform to public sector customers through its reseller partner network and government contract vehicles. Acalvio’s ShadowPlex advanced deception technology uses artificial intelligence to automate the identification and mitigation of advanced persistent threats, malware and ransomware attacks, Carahsoft said Thursday. ShadowPlex gathers intelligence about attack tactics, […] More
Haywood Talcove, CEO of the government business at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, warned that transnational criminals are using new technological scams to commit financial fraud. He told GOBankingRates in an interview posted Wednesday that the U.S. government lost “hundreds of billions of dollars” to pandemic-related fraud due to accessible personally identifiable information on the dark web […] More
Parsons has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft to use the latter’s cloud and artificial intelligence platforms to advance digital transformation and cybersecurity of critical infrastructure. Microsoft will provide its Azure cloud environment and AI tools to help Parsons provide data-informed insights to global public sector organizations on how to improve the accessibility and […] More
Microsoft’s federal business has completed a Defense Contract Management Agency test that examined the company’s cybersecurity capabilities. The company said Tuesday it received a perfect score of 110 from DCMA’s Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Assessment Center and certified third-party assessment organization Redspin for the Joint Surveillance Voluntary Assessment Program. Per federal rulemaking, the DIBCAC High Certificate […] More
Viasat has created a Trusted Cybersecurity Services platform that uses classified threat intelligence from the U.S. government to detect malicious cyber activity in companies, critical infrastructure and regional organizations. The company said Thursday its new hosted intrusion technology is developed to provide warning as early as six months ahead of other threat detection indicators on […] More
Riverside Research has partnered with two companies and one university to develop technology under a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at disrupting cyber attackers’ exploitation mechanism in computing platforms. The nonprofit scientific research organization on Monday unveiled High Peaks Cyber, BedRock Systems and Boston University as teammates on the Hardening Development Toolchains Against […] More
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has begun seeking information on a potential contract that covers cybersecurity risk management services for the Cybersecurity Division, Vulnerability Management Insights Branch. A notice posted on SAM.gov states that the branch requires support in program and product management, data integration and analysis, risk insights, vulnerability mitigation planning and performance […] More
Some technology sector leaders warn that implementing the National Cybersecurity Strategy could be hindered by workforce, funding and data sharing challenges, FCW reported Thursday. The White House on Thursday published the 35-page strategy in a push to defend U.S. assets in the digital space better while promoting accountability among software vendors. While the experts commended […] More
Cybersecurity threats such as identity- and cloud-based attacks and foreign espionage activity have surged in the past year, according to the 2023 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report. The report released Tuesday showed a 95 percent increase in cloud exploitation and 50 percent rise in interactive intrusions in 2022, the company said Tuesday. For the 2022 report, […] More
SpyCloud has unveiled a platform designed to help organizations reduce the risk of ransomware attacks by enabling them to detect malware infections that provide threat actors with entry points. SpyCloud Compass adopts Post-Infection Remediation, an approach that enables security professionals to mitigate ransomware attacks by invalidating application credentials and session cookies stolen by cyberthreat actors […] More
