Cybersecurity

Keeper Security has completed evaluation and approval processes under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for a cloud-based software product meant to help agencies manage and secure passwords. The company said Thursday it received FedRAMP Moderate Impact Level status for Keeper Security Government Cloud, an offering hosted in Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud (US) region. […] More

Merlin Cyber has launched a token-based online portal for public sector organizations to explore a wide range of products and services designed to secure information technology assets. The company said Friday government customers can access its cybersecurity offerings in the Merlin Interchangeable Nominal Tokens marketplace through the Department of Homeland Security’s FirstSource II and NASA’s […] More

Paperless Innovations considers human resource-driven information technology provisioning as a best practice in the federal government as agencies look to implement zero trust approach to network modernization. The company said identity is among possible sources of security threats to cloud applications and highlighted it as “the first pillar of zero trust” because continuous user authentication […] More

Zoom Video Communications has achieved moderate authorization under the State Risk and Authorization Management Program for its communication and collaboration platform designed for government use. In a blog published Thursday, Matt Mandrgoc, head of U.S. public sector at Zoom, said Zoom for Government is now included in the StateRAMP authorized vendor list following the platform’s […] More

The U.S. Army has granted AttackIQ a three-year, authority to operate accreditation for a threat emulation platform after the company completed a risk-based evaluation process. AttackIQ aims to help the military branch manage its critical asset defense posture with the Security Optimization Platform under the “Assess Only” ATO designation, the company said Wednesday. The certification gives Army […] More

Amazon Web Services and Splunk have initiated a project with 15 other technology companies to develop a common framework for standardizing cybersecurity data formats. Splunk said Wednesday the consortium aims to simplify taxonomy meant to help security professionals accelerate the process of ingesting and analyzing data through the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework. The initiative builds […] More