Cyber

Red Hat has received Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 recertification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology for its Enterprise Linux 7.5 operating system. Paul Smith, senior vice president and general manager of Red Hat’s public sector in North America, said in a statement published Thursday the FIPS 140-2 recertification …

Symantec has identified a new cyber espionage group dubbed Gallmaker that launches attacks on some government, defense and military organizations in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. The company said Thursday the Gallmaker group uses publicly available hacking tools and “living off the land” techniques to access targeted computers and …

Brad Smith, president of Microsoft, has said the company hopes to collaborate with the Trump administration and Congress to safeguard the U.S. population against cyber threats, CNBC reported Wednesday. Smith told CNBC in an interview at the 2018 Web Summit held in Portugal he believes the results of midterm elections will …

Brad Curran, an analyst at Frost & Sullivan, has projected that the market for Defense Department cybersecurity products will reach $4.3B by 2023 as he expects DoD to significantly invest in platforms that can help secure military systems, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday. A new Frost & Sullivan study indicated that sophisticated cyber …

The General Services Administration has authorized eGlobalTech to offer cybersecurity services to government agencies through the GSA Information Technology Schedule 70 vehicle. The company said Wednesday that GSA’s issuance of the two Highly Adaptive Cybersecurity Services Special Item Numbers may result in a rapid acquisition and deployment process for its …

Charles River Analytics has introduced a tool that analyzes cybersecurity vulnerabilities in information technology systems using linguistics techniques. The HAMLET tool, developed under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Vetting Commodity IT Software and Firmware program, quantifies cyber risks and creates optimized test plans based on the data, Charles River …

Deloitte and Attest have partnered to help government customers provide blockchain-based digital identity applications for protecting personal data of citizens. Attest offers two digital identity applications that support the security and consent management of sensitive data, Deloitte said Monday. Attest Wallet secures personal data shared with private sector firms and …

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has partnered with IBM to leverage an artificial intelligence system to rate the severity of publicly reported cyber vulnerabilities, Nextgov reported Friday. Matthew Scholl, head of NIST’s computer security division, said the institute expects IBM’s Watson AI system to give risk scores to …

Seth Abrams, federal civilian cyber manager at General Dynamics’ information technology business, has recommended methods and tools for IT system operators to keep up with the changing cybersecurity landscape and stay ahead of potential risks. He wrote in a blog entry posted Friday a “zero trust” approach can help government agencies avoid …

Siemens and the International Society of Automation co-sponsored a workshop on Monday, Oct. 29, in Houston to discuss new approaches to safeguard the energy sector from cyber attacks. Cybersecurity professionals from government and industry discussed how machine learning and security analytics platforms could help detect vulnerabilities and defend industrial control …

Red Hat has implemented an “open organization” approach that allows public-serving cybersecurity teams to assess employee performance and outcome of missions. In an article posted Friday on Federal News Network, the company noted the U.S. Army‘s Cyber School at Fort Gordon in Georgia also uses the model to train soldiers in cyber-related projects. …

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is requesting for information on technologies and methods that would protect sensitive compartmented information facilities from radio frequency, optical, magnetic and acoustic threats. Sought technologies may include technical surveillance countermeasures for the detection of potential attacks against these facilities, the agency said Thursday in …

The General Services Administration has selected By Light Professional IT Services to offer cybersecurity services under three special item numbers on the GSA IT Schedule 70 contract. By Light said Tuesday it secured positions on the penetration testing, incident response and risk and vulnerability assessment SINs. “These SINs provide an …

Alion Science and Technology‘s Enlighten IT Consulting business and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point have partnered to study the potential use of data analytics in cyber mission planning and decision-making processes. Both parties will aim to create a model for commanders and their staff members to make decisions about …

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a potential three-year, $54.6M contract to continue development work on a joint cybersecurity system for military services. Northrop will also integrate, field and sustain the Unified Platform as its systems coordinator, the Defense Department said Friday. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center received six …