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  • Symantec Initiates Program to Address Cybersecurity Workforce Gap - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec Initiates Program to Address Cybersecurity Workforce Gap

    Symantec has launched its Cyber Career Connection (SC3) program that aims to address the workforce gap in cybersecurity careers worldwide and to find new opportunities for adolescents and young adults not necessarily college-bound, the company said Tuesday. SC3 was announced as a Commitment to Action at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative America event held Tuesday by Hillary […] More

  • Symantec Appoints Adrian Jones SVP for Asia Pacific, Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec Appoints Adrian Jones SVP for Asia Pacific, Japan

    Symantec has named Adrian Jones senior vice president for its Asia Pacific and Japan operations, the Times of India reported Friday. The Times of India said that Jones will be responsible for growing Symantec’s market position and presence in the region while leading business operations and development. Jones has held executive positions with technology companies […] More

  • Mark Garfiled Joins Symantec as Chief Accounting Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mark Garfiled Joins Symantec as Chief Accounting Officer

    Mark Garfiled, formerly senior vice president of finance and chief accounting officer at Brightstar, has joined Symantec to serve as CAO at the security software maker. The appointment took effect Monday and he will report to Symantec Chief Financial Officer Thomas Seifert, the company announced Monday. During his time at Brightstar, Garfield implemented SOX level internal controls such as an […] More

  • Symantec to Analyze Security Data with Splunk Software Platform; Julie Talbot-Hubbard Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Symantec to Analyze Security Data with Splunk Software Platform; Julie Talbot-Hubbard Comments

    Symantec Corp. has partnered with Splunk Inc. to build up security intelligence initiatives with a Splunk-developed software platform. Symantec will work to examine events and detect threats by using the Splunk Enterprise 6, which works to consolidate and analyze security information, Splunk said Friday. The Splunk software platform is intended for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley Act […] More

  • Tony Cole on FireEye's Mandiant Acquisition, Nature of Cyber Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Cole on FireEye’s Mandiant Acquisition, Nature of Cyber Threats

    Tony Cole serves as vice president and global government chief technology officer at FireEye, where he works with public sector agencies and other systems integrators to gain knowledge of the global cyber threat landscape and adapt enterprise approaches to address the threats. The former U.S. Army officer and Symantec business development leader addresses security conferences […] More

  • Sanjay Rohatgi Named Symantec President of Sales in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sanjay Rohatgi Named Symantec President of Sales in India

    Sanjay Rohatgi is the new president of sales of the Indian operations of Symantec, Voice & Data reports. Rohatgi will be responsible for business strategy development and execution for enterprise and consumer customers of Symantec. Rohatgi joins the company from Cisco where he was the managing director of the Service Provider for India & SAARC […] More