Carahsoft Technology has added 65 new vendors to its contract with the U.S. Army for computer software and associated hardware deliveries. The company said Tuesday it now has 128 providers under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions ““ Software 2 contract. ITES-SW2 supports the Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions or CHESS program, which aims to help the federal government augment its enterprise infrastructure.

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Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler, said a recent discussion he moderated for the American Council for Technology-Industry Advisory Council provided insights on cybersecurity, cloud technology and information sharing.

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Jacob Noffke, senior principal cyber engineer at Raytheon Technologies“™ intelligence and space business, has said that organizations should take a proactive and multilayered approach to fortify their defenses against emerging threat vectors.

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The Texas Department of Information Resources has awarded Carahsoft Technology a contract to supply information technology products and services to the state“™s public sector entities to support educational IT efforts.

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Carahsoft Technology has been chosen to provide software and related services from eight vendors to the Department of Defense, the U.S. Coast Guard and intelligence communities as part of a potential $820.4M blanket purchase agreement.

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Researchers from McAfee Labs and an Intel subsidiary have published a report saying cyberwarfare incidents will escalate in 2013, according to a CNN Money article.  2012 saw the growth of cyber incidents including massive cyberattacks that were ordered against Iran last year and in retaliation, the Iran attacks on U.S. banks and Saudi oil companies. […] More

Cyber criminals often utilize the latest popular search trends in an effort to spread malware. This has most recently been seen with the Olympic Games. Cyber criminals have used Twitter and search engine optimization (SEO) tactics to promote fake videos with malware that purport to be of the Olympics. Following the death of luger Nodar […] More