BAE Systems‘ recruitment efforts for 2015 will focus on cybersecurity as the company plans to allot one-third of its total graduate intake to its U.K.-based applied intelligence business. The company said Sunday that its cybersecurity arm will have the highest number of new hires for the third consecutive year due to the continued and evolving threat of cyber crime. “[We] need to recruit growing […] More

BAE Systems‘ applied intelligence division has developed an offering to protect industrial systems and critical national infrastructure, particularly in the energy and utilities sector, from cyberattacks and other security concerns. The company said Wednesday that IndustrialProtect works to provide a network segmentation gateway to secure the link supporting data transmission between operational technology and corporate IT networks. “Since we […] More

Kevin Taylor, formerly group strategy director of BAE Systems‘ applied intelligence business, has been named managing director of that business unit. He will report directly to CEO Ian King and continue as member of the group’s executive committee, BAE said Wednesday. Taylor most recently oversaw the applied intelligence group’s growth strategy and order backlog for the last two years. The […] More

Progressive Insurance has adopted BAE Systems‘ anti-fraud technology in an effort to identify potentially fraudulent activities in personal auto insurance claims. The insurance company will incorporate the BAE Systems Applied Intelligence-built NetReveal insurance counter-fraud tool for internal systems and operations, BAE Systems said Monday. “Our NetReveal solution will help Progressive with evaluating the risk of claims throughout the lifecycle, reducing fraud […] More

BAE Systems’ applied intelligence division has updated its anti-money laundering suite in an effort to help customers comply with evolving regulations. The NetReveal anti-money laundering suite of products features modules to detect, prevent, probe and disclose money-laundering incidents, BAE Systems said Tuesday. Chris Green, managing director of financial crime at BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, said […] More

A BAE Systems subsidiary has signed an agreement to help the U.K.’s skills funding agency to implement a multi-sourcing framework for the agency’s information and communications technology infrastructure. BAE Systems Applied Intelligence will serve as a service management and integration provider and be responsible for overseeing the delivery of ICT offerings to the U.K. skills […] More

BAE Systems has helped to launch Transport for London’s new website as part of the agency’s project to offer more public services through digitized systems and platforms, BAE UK Services Managing Director Julian Cracknell says. Cracknell said Tuesday that the company and TfL aim to help up to millions of people each month plan their journeys through London. […] More

BAE Systems‘ applied intelligence division and CyberSecurity Malaysia will collaborate to develop technologies in order to help Malaysia meet its data protection goals, Bernama reported Friday. The companies have signed a memorandum of undertanding to establish cooperative programs in the information security field, according to the website. Martin Sutherland, BAE managing director, said the alliance […] More

BAE Systems has published a threat analysis report that describes how the cyber espionage malware known as Snake attacks computer systems and how the virus works to avoid conventional security tools. The company’s applied intelligence division also created a list of technical indicators to help enterprises bolster threat detection and mitigation techniques, BAE said Friday. […] More

Growing awareness from U.K. enterprises on digital criminality could increase demand for methods to repel cyber attacks, according to Martin Sutherland, managing director for BAE Systems Applied Intelligence. Ninety percent of U.K. firms responding to a BAE survey believe that attacks will increase over the next two years, the company said Monday. “We’re starting to […] More

BAE Systems will rename its cybersecurity business unit Detica as the defense and aerospace company looks to expand its footing in markets beyond the public sector, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Robert Wall writes that Detica will become BAE Systems Applied Intelligence at the end of the month. BAE will offer network security management services to government […] More

David Jevans, CEO of CipherTrace, was named to the list of 2022 Wash100 Award recipients, the most coveted award in all of government contracting (GovCon), for his visionary leadership as Cipher Trace CEO as well as driving innovative blockchain capabilities and being one of the first to adopt cryptocurrency in the late-90s. Executive Mosaic is […] More