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 …

IronNet Cybersecurity founder, President and CEO Keith Alexander has said he believes industry can avoid breaches if companies share more information with the U.S. government, Motherboard reported Tuesday. Alexander, a retired U.S. Army general and former National Security Agency director, told audience at a cybersecurity forum in Manhattan he also believes private companies that are victims …

IronNet Cybersecurity CEO Keith Alexander has expressed support to President Donald Trump’s memorandum on China’s trade practices saying the measure would help put an end to the “theft and forced transfers” of U.S. intellectual property. Trump on Monday signed a presidential memo that directs the U.S. trade representative to decide whether to …

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 …

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. …

National Security Agency director Gen. Keith Alexander said cyber attacks have gone from exploitation to disruption and he is worried the next step could be destruction, DoD Live reports.  Speaking at an event at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Alexander said that cyber attacks in the last 10 years have been about exploitation …

Cloud computing can be a defensive architecture against threats from hackers to government infrastructure, National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander said Thursday. American Forces Press Service reports Alexander, also head of U.S. Cyber Command and Central Security Service, addressed a U.S. Chamber of Commerce cybersecurity summit in Washington. According to …

Army Gen. Keith Alexander recently told a Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association conference that U.S. Cyber Command is on a path to becoming a unified combatant command, Defense News reports. Alexander serves as commander of Cybercom and director of the National Security Agency, with both based at Fort Meade, Md. …

Offensive and defensive cyber teams need to be on the same team, the National Security Agency‘s director recently said. Federal News Radio reports Army Gen. Keith Alexander, also head of U.S. Cyber Command, told an AFCEA conference the military is well-suited to play both offense and defense and has the …

Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, addressed hackers at the DefCon conference Friday to pitch his agency as a potential employment opportunity, CNN Money reports. According to Stacy Cowley, more than 16,000 people turned out at the Las Vegas conference. Alexander spoke to …

Army General Keith Alexander, National Security Agency director and Central Security Service chief said the U.S. lacking in cybersecurity infrastructure and overall protection, American Forces Press Service reports. The General said on a ten-point scale, the U.S is at a three in terms of defending against cyber attacks and that …

Army Gen. Keith Alexander, National Security Agency director, believes the Defense Industrial Base Cybersecurity Pilot Program should migrate to cloud computing, Nextgov reports. According to Aliya Sternstein’s report, retired military officials also support information sharing in a cloud-based environment. Internet service providers joined the program in May because the Pentagon …

The largest Army technology event of the year is set to take place this fall: On Aug. 3-5 in Tampa, Fla., the 2010 LandWarNet Conference will gather government and industry to discuss commercial best business practices and government implementations. Every year, thousands of key communications/IT buyers and influencers attend the …

Army Gen. Keith B. Alexander, head of Cyber Command, expressed the importance of Internet security in an address at an event held at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. He explained that while it has provided countless opportunities, the Internet has given terrorists, criminal groups and …

Last week, Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency, was confirmed by the Senate to head the new U.S. Cyber Command. CYBERCOM was created by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates back in June 2009 and the command will be responsible for securing the “dot-mil” domain, bringing the …