Cybersecurity

Xage Security has signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Secure by Design Pledge to show its commitment to taking measurable actions to meet the pledge’s goals of building cybersecurity into the design and production of technology products. In a blog post published Tuesday on the company’s website, Roman Arutyunov, co-founder and senior vice president […] More

Organizations should strive to bolster the security of satellite ground stations, according to Xage Security Government President and General Manager Matthew Heideman. Ground stations are now at greater cybersecurity risk because they need to be connected to a broader network or even the internet in order to facilitate data sharing and remote access, Heideman said […] More

Rancher Government Solutions has joined a Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency-led program that calls on companies to bolster cybersecurity efforts. As part of the Secure by Design initiative, the company said Wednesday it commits to integrating robust security measures at every stage of the product development lifecycle, from software creation to deployment processes, to ensure that […] More

Sixty eight percent of public sector organizations surveyed by researchers for the Veracode State of Software Security 2024 report were found to have applications that suffered from what the study dubbed as “security debt” — flaws that have not been fixed for more than a year. The study further found that 59 percent of the […] More

Carahsoft Technology and SolCyber have partnered for a managed cybersecurity initiative to help defense industrial base organizations streamline their operations and stay ahead of Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification requirements. In a statement Tuesday, Alex Whitworth, sales director at Carahsoft, said: “Carahsoft is excited to collaborate with SolCyber and our reseller partners on the launch of the CMMC Readiness […] More

Eric Trexler, senior vice president of U.S. public sector at Palo Alto Networks, said the company will support Booz Allen Hamilton’s work on the Department of Defense’s Thunderdome zero trust architecture project by providing its cloud-delivered secure access service edge platform called Prisma Access.

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Carahsoft Technology will distribute the security and compliance products of Australian software developer Prophecy International to its government clients under a partnership agreement. Prophecy’s Snare security data engine offerings are designed to bolster government systems against cyber attacks and help agencies meet audit requirements and security standards, Carahsoft said Tuesday. “Given the escalation of cyber threats and […] More

Cloudflare, the Department of the Treasury and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have entered into a partnership with the aim of enhancing the financial services industry’s cyber resilience. Under the partnership, financial institutions recognized by the Treasury Department and are users of Cloudflare Gateway will gain access to a custom indicator feed that will deliver advanced […] More

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. and Shift5 have joined forces to enhance the MQ-9A Reaper by integrating the latter’s platform, which features onboard cyber anomaly detection and predictive maintenance capabilities. GA-ASI said Wednesday the platform offers essential operational and cybersecurity insights, allowing operators to make informed decisions swiftly and securely. Furthermore, the platform supports on-premises and cloud […] More

Carahsoft Technology will distribute the quantum cybersecurity services of Australian company QuintessenceLabs to its government clients. The services provide quantum-resilient technical measures critical for a strong cyber defense, including quantum random number generation and key distribution as well as encryption key and policy management, Carahsoft said Tuesday. “Threat actors – particularly nation states – are stealing data […] More