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DHS Expands CDM Approved Product List With McAfee Data Security Solutions
McAfee“™s device-to-cloud data protection and threat prevention products are now available on the Department of Homeland Security“™s approved product list under the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation Program. The company said Thursday the DHS list now includes the McAfee MVISION portfolio family of security technologies and the ePolicy Orchestrator on Amazon Web Services. Kenneth Kartsen, vice president […] More
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Fugue Wins Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award; Phillip Merrick Quoted
Fugue has received a Cybersecurity Breakthrough Award in the infrastructure-as-a-service category. The company said Wednesday it was given the award as recognition for its products that readily determine the existence of anomalous content in a cloud infrastructure, like a policy violation, an unauthorized transaction or a misconfiguration, and address the problem as it happens. “As […] More
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Leidos to Leverage Supplier Base Via New Partner Network; Bob Gemmill Comments
Leidos has established a new program that aims to advance innovation, build up program performance and facilitate the delivery of technology platforms designed to meet clients“™ mission needs with the use of the company“™s supplier base. The company said Wednesday the Leidos Alliance Partner Network consists of corporate strategic, technology alliance and emerging technology partners. […] More
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TSA Taps McAfee for Cyber Threat Response Support
McAfee has received a contract to provide cyber threat response software assets to support the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. The company said Tuesday the software will make use of the Data Exchange Layer messaging fabric and OpenDXL initiative to deliver communications across 70 different security platforms. Under the contract, McAfee will deliver the following platforms: Endpoint Security, Active Response, Server […] More
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Former FireEye CEO David DeWalt Named Managing Director at Allegis Capital
David DeWalt, former CEO of cybersecurity company FireEye, has joined cyber venture capital firm Allegis Capital as a managing director. Allegis said Thursday DeWalt will invest on the company’s behalf in Series C funding rounds and serve as a board adviser of Maryland-based DataTribe, a cyber startup that co-develops cybersecurity, data and analytics. DataTribe and Allegis work together […] More
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Dave DeWalt, David Petraeus Named to Optiv Board; Dan Burns Comments
Denver, Colorado-based cybersecurity platforms provider Optiv Security has named Dave DeWalt, formerly CEO of FireEye, and David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general, to its board of directors. DeWalt, a 25-year technology industry veteran, will also serve as vice chairman of the board at Optiv, the company said Thursday. DeWalt previously served as president and […] More
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McAfee Evaluates Unisys-Built Operating System
A business unit of McAfee has completed a two-month evaluation of a Unisys-made operating system designed to help enterprise clients manage high-volume computing tasks. Unisys said Thursday that McAfee’s Foundstone Services business has rated the ClearPath OS 2200 platform “highly secure” and the resource protection capacity of the system “exceptional.” During the assessment, Foundstone found the software works to […] More
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Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins Named to Cybersecurity Ventures’ Advisory Board
Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins has joined the board of advisers at Cybersecurity Ventures and will provide advice to the latter company’s leadership team that includes founder and CEO Steve Morgan. Hipkins said Thursday that he aims to share root9B’s experience and assist Cybersecurity Ventures’ advisory board to help drive the future of cyber defense. “We are now placing a […] More
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Natl Gallery of Art Posts Managed IT Security Services RFI
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., has issued a request for information on potential industry sources to support the museum’s information systems security programs. A sources sought notice posted Sept. 20 on FedBizOpps stated the looks to contract with an IT security company to develop, manage and implement security controls across the facility as well as create a toolset or an […] More
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Jonathan Chadwick Joins Cognizant Technology Board; Francisco D’Souza Comments
Jonathan Chadwick – formerly executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief operating officer at VMware — has joined the board of directors of Cognizant Technology. Chadwick will also serve on Cognizant“™s audit committee and as a board member until the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting later this year, Cognizant said Tuesday. “Jonathan brings a wide range of expertise as […] More
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Intel Survey: Cyber Pros Cite Corporate Policies, Industry Regulations as Barriers to Info Exchanges
A survey from Intel“™s security business says 42 percent of security professionals have adopted shared cyber threat intelligence in an effort to protect their companies“™ networks from potential cyber attacks. Intel Security polled 500 security professionals across different industries in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific in 2015 about their knowledge of CTI and its advantages to […] More