The Sunday Times reports the director of Mossad, Israel“™s overseas intelligence service, has assured Benjamin Netanyahu, its prime minister, that Saudi Arabia would allow Israeli jets to fly over the kingdom during any future raid on Iran“™s nuclear sites, based on secret talks with Saudi officials in 2002 to discuss the possibility. “The Saudis have […] More

Global Strategies Group has strengthened its worldwide senior management team with the introduction of John Hassoun, Chief Executive Officer of the Integrated Security Line of Business; George Diab, Managing Director of Middle East & Africa; Mark Skinner, President of Integrated Security in the United States and Ted Timberlake, Vice President, General Counsel and Director of […] More

The United Nations’ World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ruled that Jay Leno has common trademark rights to his name after a 30-year career in show business. The domain name thejaylenoshow.com had previously been used by Texas real-estate agent Guadalupe Zambrano since 2004 to promote his business. WIPO argued that Zambrano registered the site in “bad faith” and now has 10 days to surrender […] More

Larry Prior, formerly of SAIC, begins his term as President and chief operations officer of ManTech today. Prior served as President of SAIC's intelligence, security, and technology group from 2004 to 2007 before becoming chief operations officer for SAIC in October of 2007 . Prior formerly served for more than a decade as a marine […] More

BAE Systems, Inc. aims to broaden its security business beyond the DoD, according to its new CEO, Anthony Zinni.  BAE and other large contractors are increasingly interested in the U.S. government’s nonmilitary efforts to improve economic and political stability in war-torn or dangerously dysfunctional countries, a concept called “smart power.” BAE is looking at its existing […] More

John Osterholz  has been appointed by defense contractor BAE Systems to lead the British company's cybersecurity and cyberwarfare business in the United States. Osterholz will work at BAE’s Reston office and was formerly vice president of advanced network systems.  He will be responsible for developing technology to defend the nation's technology infrastructure and launch cyber counterattacks […] More

CACI International Inc. appointed former Virginia governor James S. Gilmore III and General William Scott Wallace, USA (Ret.) to their Board of Directors according to an announcement made today. “We are proud to have former Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore III and General William Scott Wallace join CACI’s Board of Directors,“ said CACI Chairman Dr. […] More

Rear Admiral Tim Heely (USN, ret.), a native of Belleville, Ill., is the President of Cobham Analytic Solutions (Formerly SPARTA), a subsidiary of the British defense contractor specializing in strategic defense and offense systems, tactical weapons systems, and space systems. Their intelligence products include intelligence production, computer network operations, and information assurance.   Heely graduated from the […] More

Jason Nizialek, valedictorian and voted most likely to succeed in his class at Grand Island High School in Buffalo, NY, and graduate of Duke University, is the President and CEO of ARGOTEK, Inc., an information assurance and systems security engineering subsidiary of British contractor Cobham, plc.  Argotek specializes in information systems security engineering, information assurance enabling technology and standards, […] More

Last we reported, Bob Coleman was getting ready to start his own company, Six3 Systems, which specializes in providing national security and defense intelligence services. Now comes word that Six3 Systems and GTCR, one of the nation’s leading private equity firms, have announced plans to acquire Harding Security Associates, Inc. HSA is a provider of […] More

The UK has not only created its own version of a ‘cyber czar’, but has also updated its ‘national security strategy’ with a new Cyber Security Operations Centre under the GCHQ, the UK’s leading intelligence Agency. The new centre is very similar to the recently announced ‘Cybercom’ under the US Department of  Defense. The UK has declared a new and more aggressive […] More

The President of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance Ellen McCarthy spoke briefly with The New New Internet about the readiness of the private sector to forward U.S. cybersecurity. Ellen McCarthy also agrees with Greg Garcia in that an evaluation of current cyber spending is needed as well as Rep. Jim Langevin, in that FISMA […] More