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Phil Fuster, vice president of federal sales at Proofpoint, said he believes the Department of Defense should create and maintain a risk profile on their workforce, suppliers and contractors in order to be nimble and secure from cyberattacks. He told DefenseScoop in an interview that having a continuous risk profile specific to the DOD’s staff, […] More
The Office of Management and Budget issued a memorandum that establishes a maturity model to guide the implementation of event logging requirements with regard to cybersecurity incidents and Amazon Web Services outlined for federal customers the AWS services listed in the M-21-31 memo that require log data capture and storage at the EL1 level. “EL1 […] More
The Actus procurement workflow automation platform of Paperless Innovations has complied with Level 2 requirements set by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 model. The updated cybersecurity framework was released in November 2021 to assess defense contractors’ capability to handle and safeguard Federal Contract Information and Controlled Unclassified Information, the company said. Level 2 compliance […] More
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected eight teams for a new program that aims to develop practical tools and approaches to anticipate and mitigate emergent behaviors of modern computer systems that can pose vulnerabilities to cyber attacks. DARPA said Thursday the three-phase Hardening Development Toolchains Against Emergent Execution Engines program seeks to enhance […] More
Robert Carey, president of Cloudera Government Solutions and a previous Wash100 Award winner, said enabling real-time decision-making in the field of cybersecurity is important and artificial intelligence and machine learning hold promise in automating that decision-making process. Carey said in a podcast posted Tuesday that organizations need to know how they can take advantage of […] More
BAE Systems has released an updated version of its aircraft maintenance offering that is designed to enhance the cybersecurity defenses of the F-16 fighter jets. The company said Wednesday the Viper Memory Loader Verifier II supports the maintenance of radars, mission and flight control computers, data recorders, electronic warfare, engine control, navigation and other mission-critical […] More
Steve Schmidt, chief security officer at Amazon, said skills training and partnerships between the public and private sectors play a key role in developing the cybersecurity workforce of the future. In a blog post published Tuesday, Schmidt shared that the company hosted a roundtable discussion with Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security […] More
Carahsoft Technology was named Cybrary‘s public sector distributor tasked to help the platform developer market cybersecurity training platform to government customers looking to enhance their workforce’s professional development to safeguard cyber ecosystem. Under the partnership, Carahsoft will distribute Cybrary’s cybersecurity training and skills development platform through its reseller partners, NASA Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement V, […] More
Scott Aken, CEO of Axellio, has noted the current “hardware-heavy” setup of network traffic analysis and highlighted the potential of virtualizing traffic analysis applications through the use of next generation network visibility platforms. In a contributed column Solutions Review published Tuesday, Aken said virtualization could enable software-defined analysis applications for network and cybersecurity platforms. “The […] More
The Department of Homeland Security has certified the vulnerability risk management products of Rapid7, a Carahsoft partner, for inclusion in the approved products list under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Rapid7’s Nexpose, AppSpider and Metasploit Pro offerings are now available for use by government agencies to monitor threat exposure, test security controls and prioritize […] More
The Department of Defense has partnered with non-profit corporation Mitre to develop a new adversarial threat assessment framework for 5G networks, applications and devices. FiGHT, also known as 5G Hierarchy of Threats, is a purpose-built model of adversary tactics and techniques put together to help the 5G community verify the security of the next-generation broadband […] More
A partnership between Rite-Solutions and ECS has received a potential $77 million contract to provide cybersecurity support services to a department under the U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Virginia. Rite-Solutions said Monday the five-year contract will include efforts to engineer software and systems for the NSWCDD Strategic and Computing Systems Department. […] More
