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  • Booz Allen, Splunk Partner on Cyber Threat Intell Service Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen, Splunk Partner on Cyber Threat Intell Service Offering

    Booz Allen Hamilton and Splunk have teamed up to offer an analytics-based cybersecurity service designed to help organizations detect and protect networks from potential cyber attacks. The Booz Allen Cyber4Sight for Splunk service offering works to provide threat intelligence data to security analysts through the combination of analytics-based insights from Splunk Enterprise Security platform and […] More

  • CSRA Promotes IT Vet Matthew McFadden to Cyber Service Area Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Promotes IT Vet Matthew McFadden to Cyber Service Area Director

    Matthew McFadden, former CSRA chief technologist for the Defense Innovation Cell, has been promoted to cybersecurity service area director at the Falls Church, Virginia-based company’s digital consulting group. The 13-year information technology veteran helped deliver services to Defense Department customers and supported the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy program of CSRA’s Defense Cyber Crime Center in his […] More

  • Lockheed Opens New Facility to Support UK's Natl Cyber Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Opens New Facility to Support UK’s Natl Cyber Strategy

    Lockheed Martin has invested $3.9 million to establish a facility in Gloucester, England, that will develop technologies intended to help address cyber-related risks across the U.K. The Cyber Works center is built to support the British government’s National Cybersecurity Strategy and Defense Cyber Program as well as a cyber memorandum understanding signed between the U.K. and U.S., Lockheed said […] More

  • Dell Technologies Subsidiary Launches Endpoint Security Tool’s Air Gap Version - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Technologies Subsidiary Launches Endpoint Security Tool’s Air Gap Version

    A Dell Technologies subsidiary has introduced an air gap version of its enterprise endpoint security platform designed to help organizations isolate endpoint devices from the internet and protect such devices from cyber threats. Dell’s Endpoint Security Suite Enterprise offering is an on-premises tool that works to protect data from insider threats, malware and zero-day attacks, the […] More

  • DoD Looks for New Cyber Tech Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Looks for New Cyber Tech Platforms

    The Defense Department‘s Rapid Reaction Technology Office will hold an event in October in McLean, Virginia to give selected companies an opportunity to showcase technology platforms in the cyber domain. DoD said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday it may select companies for pilot projects or experimentation during the Solutions Meeting if their technology offerings meet the department’s […] More

  • Canon Subsidiary Obtains DoD Cybersecurity Certification for Mobile Digital X-Ray System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Canon Subsidiary Obtains DoD Cybersecurity Certification for Mobile Digital X-Ray System

    A portable digital radiography system developed by Canon USA‘s Virtual Imaging subsidiary has obtained cybersecurity certification under the Defense Department‘s Risk Management Framework program. Canon said Tuesday the certification validates that RadPRO SOLTUS 100M system meets security standards under the RMF program, which seeks to boost information security and promote risk management initiatives across the […] More

  • Clearwater Compliance Joins NIST-Led Cybersecurity Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Clearwater Compliance Joins NIST-Led Cybersecurity Partnership

    Clearwater Compliance has become a member of a public-private cybersecurity collaboration within the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence. The Nashville, Tennessee-based cybersecurity and compliance management provider said Tuesday it will pledge its cyber risk management software, methodology and expertise as a member of NIST’s National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership. “It takes […] More

  • ZSofTech Gains License to Network Flow Analysis Tech via DHS Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ZSofTech Gains License to Network Flow Analysis Tech via DHS Program

    The Department of Homeland Security has licensed a network flow analysis platform to Atlanta-based information technology company zSofTech as part of a transition-to-market program managed by DHS’ science and technology directorate. DHS said Friday the Energy Department‘s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed the Network FLOW AnalyzER software application to inspect internet protocol in real time and help network administrators avoid […] More

  • Booz Allen Secures DoD Cybersecurity Automation Support BPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen Secures DoD Cybersecurity Automation Support BPA

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a $40 million blanket purchase agreement to help the Defense Information Systems Agency automate cybersecurity and risk management processes at the Defense Department. The company said Thursday it will perform full lifecycle development and sustainment support for DISA’s Enterprise Mission Assurance Support Service system, a web-based government off-the-shelf platform designed to automate a […] More

  • Carnegie Mellon University Secures DHS Grant for Cyber Data & Analysis Platform Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carnegie Mellon University Secures DHS Grant for Cyber Data & Analysis Platform Devt

    Carnegie Mellon University has secured a $206,062 grant from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to build data and analysis platforms that can help cybersecurity researchers understand and mitigate cyber attacks. DHS said Monday the grant was awarded through the department’s Information Marketplace for Policy and Analysis of Cyber-Risk & Trust project that seeks to coordinate and […] More

  • DXC's Earl Matthews: Agencies Should Implement 'Holistic' Strategy to Avoid Cyber Attacks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DXC’s Earl Matthews: Agencies Should Implement ‘Holistic’ Strategy to Avoid Cyber Attacks

    Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said government agencies should create and implement a “holistic” cybersecurity approach to prevent large-scale ransomware attacks such as WannaCry. He wrote in a guest piece for Signal Magazine he believes the use of a holistic security strategy will help agencies shift resources to end-user education, infrastructure […] More

  • DoD to Adopt Plurilock Cybersecurity Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD to Adopt Plurilock Cybersecurity Platform

    The Defense Department has selected a Plurilock-built technology platform to help secure DoD’s workplace computers from cybersecurity threats. Plurilock said Thursday that DoD will implement the BioTracker workplace continuous authentication technology the company designed for combat support missions. The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental organization will team up with Plurilock to help the department strengthen its information security through the […] More