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  • NTT Group Launches Threat Intelligence Center to Help Address Global Security Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NTT Group Launches Threat Intelligence Center to Help Address Global Security Challenges

    NTT Group has established a Global Threat Intelligence Center in a push to increase coordination and collaboration of the company’s intelligence resources intended to help clients address security challenges worldwide. The company said Tuesday its security business aims to contextualize threat information as well as implement a unified threat intelligence approach through the center. GTIC is built to also support the collection, application and distribution of […] More

  • Tech Firms Urge NIST to Include Vulnerability Disclosure Processes in Cybersecurity Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Firms Urge NIST to Include Vulnerability Disclosure Processes in Cybersecurity Framework

    A coalition of security companies and advocacy groups has called on the National Institute of Standards and Technology to incorporate best practices on digital vulnerability disclosures into the agency’s updated Cybersecurity Framework, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Joseph Marks writes the consortium urged NIST to add a section on procedures to receive, review and respond to vulnerability reports. NIST sought public feedback on version […] More

  • Symantec: Cyber Espionage Group Used Tools Described in CIA 'Vault 7' Leak - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec: Cyber Espionage Group Used Tools Described in CIA ‘Vault 7’ Leak

    Symantec has found that a cyber espionage group dubbed “Longhorn” has used tools and protocols specified in the Vault 7 leak of alleged CIA hacking devices. The company said Monday Longhorn has used the tools and techniques to launch cyber attacks against an estimated 40 targets in 16 countries across the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa. WikiLeaks published more […] More

  • Riverbed's WAN Optimization Tech Receives Common Criteria Security Certification; Davis Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Riverbed’s WAN Optimization Tech Receives Common Criteria Security Certification; Davis Johnson Comments

    Riverbed Technology has obtained the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for a wide-area network optimization technology designed to help federal customers address network security challenges. The company said Wednesday its SteelHead CX version 9.1.4. will work to help federal government clients mitigate traffic across their respective networks, manage end-to-end user experience and strengthen cybersecurity posture. “As the federal government adopts innovative […] More

  • Vencore Labs Secures DARPA Contracts for DDoS Defense Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Labs Secures DARPA Contracts for DDoS Defense Research

    Vencore‘s research arm has secured contracts worth a combined $17.7 million from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform research on cyber defenses against distributed denial-of-service attacks. Vencore Labs will also help develop measures to address DDoS attacks as part of DARPA’s Extreme DDoS Defense program or XD3, the company said Wednesday. “Through the advancement of [internet of things] […] More

  • Reports: Microsoft Develops Custom Windows 10 Offering for Chinese Govt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: Microsoft Develops Custom Windows 10 Offering for Chinese Govt

    Microsoft has developed a customized version of its Windows 10 operating system for the Chinese government through a partnership with state-owned China Electronics Technology Group, Dow Jones Newswires reported Tuesday. Eva Dou and Yang Jie write CETC helped Microsoft develop the custom Windows 10 offering as the U.S.-based technology firm aims to regain access to the Chinese market and address security demands […] More

  • Army Issues RFI on Cyber Electronic Warfare Tech Platfoms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Issues RFI on Cyber Electronic Warfare Tech Platfoms

    The U.S. Army has published a request for information on potential sources of cyber electronic warfare technology. The service branch said Friday in a FedBizOpps notice it wants input from the private sector on cyber techniques against traditional and non-traditional electromagnetic communications and computer networks. The Army is interested in methods to conduct reverse engineering and vulnerability analysis against systems; destroy or neutralize threat […] More

  • Andy Wright: BAE Adopts Collaborative Strategy to Support Defense Tech Devt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andy Wright: BAE Adopts Collaborative Strategy to Support Defense Tech Devt

    BAE Systems has worked with small and medium enterprises, academia and government entities to support the development of emerging and disruptive technologies. Andy Wright, strategic technical director at BAE, wrote in a blog post published Monday that organizations and academic institutions should combine skill-sets and expertise to help create new technologies for military customers and governments. “Bringing […] More

  • Applied Visions to Develop Unified Threat Mgmt System for DHS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Applied Visions to Develop Unified Threat Mgmt System for DHS

    Applied Visions has secured a $16.3 million contract to help the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate create a unified threat management system for developers to detect potential cyber vulnerabilities in software codes. DHS said that Applied Visions and its partners will develop and integrate UTM system components such as application threat modeling, attack simulation and countermeasures modeling, hybrid […] More

  • BAE Systems to Develop Tech to Address Electric Grid Failure After Cyber Attack - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems to Develop Tech to Address Electric Grid Failure After Cyber Attack

    BAE Systems has received an $8.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to create new technology that will work to restore electric grid operations in the event of a power loss due to a cyber attack. The company said Tuesday the technology will support DARPA’s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems […] More

  • DHS, GSA Seek Info on Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation Support Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, GSA Seek Info on Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation Support Sources

    The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security have issued a request for information that seeks to identify GSA Alliant Small Business governmentwide acquisition contract holders that have potential to provide continuous diagnostics and mitigation support, Federal News Radio reported Monday. Jason Miller writes the release of the RFI comes as the CDM […] More

  • SAS-Ponemon Study: 61% of IT Pros Cite Security Analytics as Key to Cyber Defense - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAS-Ponemon Study: 61% of IT Pros Cite Security Analytics as Key to Cyber Defense

    Sixty-one percent of 621 information technology professionals who responded to a SAS-sponsored survey said they believe security analytics is critical to cyber defense programs. SAS said the Ponemon Institute surveyed IT and IT security personnel who are involved with their organizations’ security analytics during the month of December 2016 for the company’s “When Seconds Count: How Security Analytics Improves Cybersecurity Defenses” report. Seventy-one percent […] More