ManTech International Corp. announced today that it has been tasked to help develop and integrate defense technology for the U.S. Air Force Cyber Command. The company said it will provide cyber defense support to the U.S. Air Force‘s 90th Information Operations Squadron on a $7.1 million task order under the General Services Administration‘s Alliant government-wide acquisition contract [...]
Following the admission of the flash drive fiasco, Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn outlined the various ways the Pentagon is striving to stay immune to cyber villains in an article published in Foreign Affairs. In “Defending a New Domain,” Lynn describes DoD’s emerging cybersecurity policy, comprised by five key points. The first, cyber [...]
ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ:MANT) won a contract by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Security Division, to support cybersecurity services for the FBI. The contract has a five-year period of performance with total value of $99.5 million. According to the firm, “ManTech will provide 24/7 cybersecurity support, including intrusion-detection monitoring, security engineering, incident identification and [...]
CACI (NYSE: CACI) teamed with the U. S. Naval Institute (USNI) to release a new report called Cyber Threats to National Security: Countering Challenges to the Global Supply Chain. The report publishes recommendations from the most recent symposium in the new Asymmetric Threats series on cybersecurity. Held on March 2, 2010 at Ft. Myer, Virginia, [...]
Understanding the strategic differences between traditional warfare and the ever-developing cyber battlefield are crucial, Gen. Michael Hayden (ret.) told security professionals at the Black Hat conference this week. “You guys made the cyber world look like the north German plain, and then you bitch and moan because you get invaded,” Hayden said during a keynote [...]
When Bob Coleman left ManTech earlier this year, many wondered about his next move. Then came news Coleman had launched Six3 Systems, a company focused on acquiring government services providers focused on national security. Six3 Systems has since acquired Harding Security Associates. Now comes its second acquisition: BIT Systems, Inc., an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance [...]
When most people in government contracting think cyber security, they’re really thinking about cyber defense, meaning threat identification and response. What most people miss is cyber forensics, “the art and science of extracting data from digital media.” While strong cyber defense is essential, no defense is perfect, and strong forensic capabilities can help you determine [...]
