General Dynamics plans to continue work its core cyber portfolio for government amid the pending sale of its Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions unit, a General Dynamics executive has told Reuters. “[We] are continuing to invest resources in technology development to ensure we deliver resilient, relevant and innovative solutions that support mission needs,” Nadia Short, vice president and general manager […] More

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions has expanded a collaboration with Bit9 + Carbon Black to help clients identify and mitigate threats at the endpoint level. The partnership allows Fidelis’ security team to use a Carbon Black endpoint protection system in conjunction with the Fidelis XPS anti-malware appliance to disrupt the cyber “kill chain,” Fidelis said […] More

Mark J. Nackman serves as vice president and general counsel for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems and holds responsibility for legal, export, contracts and subcontracts. Prior to his current role, he served as assistant general counsel and supported both General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems“™ cyber systems division and General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions. Nackman is also an adjunct […] More

General Dynamics‘ Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions unit has announced new updates to a security analytics platform designed to help enterprises detect and mitigate any malicious activity on computer networks. XPS Collector works to automatically correlate threat intelligence with network metadata to reduce the time it takes for security analysts to find a threat and take action against it, […] More

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions will collaborate with CrowdStrike to offer Fidelis XPS customers access to threat intelligence that support measures to remediate, prevent, detect and attribute cyber attacks. CrowdStrike Intelligence Exchange will automatically send customers information on threat actors, such as behavioral patterns and common targets, for application onto historical and current network traffic, General Dynamics said Tuesday. “We […] More

General Dynamics‘ Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions business has entered into Microsoft‘s Active Protections Program to get information on emerging cyber threats ahead of Microsoft’s monthly security bulletins to provide up-to-date protection to Fidelis XPS customers. Fidelis said Monday that joining the Microsoft program is intended to bolster mitigation of cyber attacks and system vulnerabilities during the entire threat life cycle. […] More

A network security tool built by General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions has been recommended by information research and advisory firm NSS Labs for testing of breach detection systems. NSS Labs rated Fidelis XPS as high in security effectiveness after passing all stability and reliability tests, scoring 100 percent in evasion resistance and having a zero percent false positive rate, […] More

Mike Buratowski will succeed Jim Jaeger as vice president of cybersecurity services at General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions as Jaeger moves into the newly-created role of chief cyber services strategist. Jaeger will lead a team that will work with customers to understand their cyber ecosystems and establish a baseline of normal operations on their network, General Dynamics said […] More

General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions has rolled out a network security appliance designed to detect, prevent and analyze malware threats in real time using YARA technology. Fidelis XPS also works to block malware before it enters the network, General Dynamics said Tuesday. Tom Lyons, vice president of product management at General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions, […] More

General Dynamics‘ Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions unit has rolled out a suite of new offerings designed to help enterprises identify and block malware hiding in PDF files, e-mails, instant messages and social networks. Fidelis XPS Vector is intended to protect computer networks against both common and targeted malicious software programs, according to a General Dynamics statement. […] More

A General Dynamics subsidiary has combined its network security appliance with an IBM security information and event management platform, intending to help organizations protect their assets from cyber threats. Fidelis XPS integrates with IBM QRadar to monitor network traffic and report malicious activities in real-time, General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions said Monday. The combined offering […] More

General Dynamics’ Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions subsidiary has opened a new cybersecurity forensics, aiming to meet increasing demand from private companies for for cybersecurity services, the Batlimore Business Journal reports. Sarah Gantz writes the Columbia, Md.-based lab started operating last month and assesses each client“™s network security, then designs an infrastructure to handle security issues. The […] More