Cybersecurity

More than half of government information technology professionals who participated in a GitLab-commissioned survey are looking to evaluate or buy a development, security and operations platform within three years. The annual Global DevSecOps Report covered responses from 5,010 IT professionals across multiple sectors during the month of March and showed that 44 percent of survey […] More

Cigent Technology has launched a storage device equipped with capabilities to counter ransomware attacks. Cigent Secure SSD+ comes with an artificial intelligence microprocessor with machine learning that works to stop ransomware and safeguard data on the device from being encrypted or stolen by constantly monitoring disk activity, the company said Wednesday. When combined with Cigent’s […] More

Fortinet has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency-established Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative in line with the company’s commitment to enhancing the security posture and cybersecurity resilience of the United States. The cybersecurity company said Tuesday it will leverage its expertise, including threat research from its FortiGuard Labs platform, to offer timely and actional threat […] More

Katharyn White, vice president of federal ecosystem at IBM, and Michael Epley, chief architect and security strategist at Red Hat, said agencies must take a holistic approach to cybersecurity to advance the implementation of zero trust architecture across the federal government, FedTech Magazine reported Thursday. Both executives agreed that a holistic cybersecurity framework is key […] More

Palo Alto Networks has received Impact Level 5 Provisional Authorization from the Department of Defense for its Prisma Access firewall as a service. The provisional IL5 allows defense organizations to use Prisma in implementing zero trust cybersecurity strategy, the company said Wednesday. Prisma Access is designed to provide next-generation firewall and domain name system security, […] More

The Defense Information Systems Agency is deploying a suite of cloud-based edge services platforms from Hewlett Packard Enterprise to modernize and secure its multi-class wireless networks as part of a broader digital transformation initiative. The effort includes the deployment of HPE Aruba Networking Wi-Fi 6 Access Points and HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass to enable secure […] More

Robert Moore, state and local government market executive at Carahsoft Technology, highlighted key takeaways from a digital transformation roadshow held in Tallahassee, Florida, and one of the discussions at the event centered on the efforts of federal, state and local government agencies to counter cyberthreats. Moore wrote in a blog post published Monday that agencies […] More

Michael McCalip, Navy relationship executive at Carahsoft Technology, said information technology professionals from government and industry could support the U.S. Marine Corps as the service branch moves to achieve its goals this year, such as improving cybersecurity, advancing expeditionary contracting and prepositioning and acquiring a minimum of 31 amphibious combat ships. “For example, transforming cybersecurity […] More

Steve Orrin, chief technology officer and senior principal engineer at Intel’s federal arm, said building a risk posture based on a company’s assets, resources and services is the first step in creating an organizational cybersecurity infrastructure. In an Easy Prey Podcast aired Wednesday, Orrin highlighted the benefits of microsegmentation in network security and the importance […] More

Sierra Nevada Corp. is offering a cloud-based managed security service meant to help defense industrial base customers protect their sensitive data, intellectual property and operational technology from cybersecurity threats. SNC said its Security Operations Center service offering is built on Microsoft’s Azure Government Cloud and uses the Elastic Security stack to safeguard OT systems, controlled […] More