Retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, president and CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, has said the government and private sector must work together to fight cyber threats and de-risk security tools that intelligence agencies use against enemies following a ransomware attack that has affected systems worldwide, TechCrunch reported Wednesday. The former National Security Agency director talked about the global “WannaCry” attack […] More

IronNet Cybersecurity has obtained $32.5 million in a Trident Capital Cybersecurity-led funding round to further develop a platform designed to protect enterprises’ network infrastructures from potential cyber threats. IronNet’s cyber defense tool works to detect anomalous network patterns through the use of petabyte-scale analytics and behavioral models, IronNet said Sunday. Ted Schlein, general partner at […] More

John Phillips, an industry veteran who previously served at IronNet Cybersecurity and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, was named vice president of federal sales at network security company MixMode. In his new role, Phillips will oversee the growth of MixMode’s federal business and the adoption of its artificial intelligence-powered platform by federal partners, the company said Wednesday.  […] More

Amazon Web Services and Splunk have initiated a project with 15 other technology companies to develop a common framework for standardizing cybersecurity data formats. Splunk said Wednesday the consortium aims to simplify taxonomy meant to help security professionals accelerate the process of ingesting and analyzing data through the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework. The initiative builds […] More

Beacon Global Strategies has hired Suzette Kent, former federal chief information officer and two-time Wash100 Award recipient, as senior adviser to the company’s national security technology practice. Kent, who held the federal CIO role from February 2018 to July 2020, spent nearly three decades in various financial service business leadership positions before she joined the […] More

John Phillips, a more than 20-year enterprise software sales management veteran, has joined automated testing services provider Tricentis as vice president for public sector. Phillips will oversee Tricentis' public sector go-to-market approach and build strategic partner relationships under his new capacity.

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HawkEye 360 has named Martin Faga of the National Reconnaissance Office, Joan Dempsey of Intelligence at the Defense Intelligence Agency and former senator Joe Donnelly to its advisory board to add defense and intelligence expertise, the company announced on Thursday. 

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Retired U.S. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, president and CEO of IronNet Cybersecurity, delivered a keynote speech Monday at the CyberConnect 2017 conference that took place in New York City. He told event audience he believes the U.S. government should play a key role in efforts to protect trade secrets the same way it helps secure critical infrastructure […] More

Several government contracting industry leaders have commended President Donald Trump’s move to sign a memorandum on China’s trade practices. The White House memo would authorize the U.S. trade representative to decide whether to conduct an investigation into China’s alleged theft of U.S. intellectual property, The Hill reported Monday. “Safeguarding our intellectual property against nation-state sponsored […] More