Cybersecurity

Carahsoft Technology will be able to offer Fidelis Cybersecurity’s software platforms to government agencies following the products’ addition to the National Association of State Procurement Officials’ ValuePoint list. The ValuePoint contract, which is held by Carahsoft, facilitates federal offices’ acquisition of Fidelis platforms, Fidelis said. Under the NASPO ValuePoint Master Agreement, government organizations are now […] More

Alex Whitworth, cybersecurity solutions vertical executive at Carahsoft Technology, discussed the ransomware attacks on health care organizations and utilities that information technology administrators should understand as they assess the cybersecurity posture of their organizations and implement measures to protect their networks from such attacks. Whitworth wrote in a blog post published Monday that ransomware attacks […] More

James Yeager, vice president of public sector and health care at CrowdStrike, said there are three trends cyber defense teams in health care and public sectors should watch out for in 2023 and one of those is advancing the federal government’s zero trust strategy amid the increase in identity-based attacks. “The federal government’s zero-trust strategy […] More

A Motorola Solutions-established cyberthreat information sharing and analysis organization has taken part in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. The company said Wednesday Public Safety Threat Alliance joining JCDC advances its commitment to the global public safety community. PSTA, which was launched by Motorola in 2022, includes almost 150 member organizations […] More

Industry executives Debbie Taylor Moore, Anthony Johnson, Gene Chao and Katherine Gronberg have joined the board of directors of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body. The new directors will take part in the Cyber AB’s quarterly meetings set to kick off in January in the National Capital Region, the nonprofit organization said Wednesday. Moore […] More

Nearly 530,000 cybersecurity workers are needed to fill the talent gap in the U.S., despite recent layoffs in the tech industry, according to a new report backed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Computing Technology Industry Association. The figures were generated from Cyberseek, a data analysis tool CompTIA co-developed with NIST […] More

An IBM think tank emphasized the need for “quantum-safe” strategies to protect highly sensitive data processed through quantum computing. On Thursday, IBM Institute for Business Value released a report outlining how organizations can secure their quantum computers from cyberattacks and potential vulnerabilities. Commonly used data encryption protocols such as public key cryptography are at risk […] More

A Raytheon Technologies business will serve as a founding sponsor of the US Cyber Games & Team led by woman-owned small business Katzcy in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. “We firmly believe in the importance of investing in the future of cybersecurity, and that future is […] More

Axonius‘ federal arm has helped the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implement a company-built platform for the agency to manage and secure information technology infrastructure. CMS has worked with the cybersecurity asset management platform vendor over the past year to establish a process to automate asset data access, Axonius said Thursday. The agency chose […] More

SentinelOne has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, an initiative to drive the development of cyber defense operations planning and guidance. The company said Thursday it will offer its autonomous cybersecurity platform to help members of the collaborative enhance cyber threat information sharing. SentinelOne’s team of security researchers will provide […] More

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added NTT to a public-private partnership aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity posture. Akira Shimada, president and CEO of NTT, said in a statement published Wednesday that the company will build on its experience in the global cybersecurity landscape to support the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative‘s mission and […] More

Duality Technologies, a developer of secure data collaboration tools, has been selected to participate in the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that seeks to protect and preserve sensitive information in virtual environments.  The company said Tuesday it will continue to lead an industry team in developing a hardware accelerator for […] More