Ashok Sankar, director of marketing and strategy for public sector and education at Splunk, has said that Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program-authorized cloud tools are vital to helping agencies accelerate modernization, FedScoop reported Thursday.

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Ashok Sankar, director of cybersecurity at Raytheon-Websense, has recommended organizations rethink their security strategies and refocus on resilience amid a changing threat environment, ComputerWeekly.com reported Thursday. Warwick Ashford writes that Sankar told an audience at the 2015 RSA Conference in the United Arab Emirates that security must adapt as companies adopt technologies such as mobile and cloud. “As technology innovations promise […] More

A Raytheon-commissioned report indicates that 52 percent of U.S. organizations often sacrifice data security in order to achieve greater efficiency through mobile connectivity. Raytheon said Monday the Ponemon Institute polled 618 information technology practitioners who oversee enterprise security and mobility programs for the “Security in the New Mobile Ecosystem” report. One-third of IT professionals surveyed […] More

A Raytheon-commissioned global survey has found that organizations differ in their cybersecurity posture outlooks and face different challenges in terms of cyber readiness and governance. Ashok Sankar, senior director of cyber product strategy and management at Raytheon, writes the 2015 Global Megatrends in Cybersecurity study says more than half of information technology leaders from the government […] More

Northrop Grumman has added Ann Marie Fudge, a former chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands at WPP Group, as a member of its board of directors. Fudge is the 13th member of Northrop’s board, the company said Thursday. “Her global leadership and track record of success across a range of industries and the public sector […] More