Cybersecurity

NetImpact Strategies has received the Preferred Solution badge from Microsoft for its commercial-off-the-shelf software designed to help organizations automate the implementation of information security policies and manage their security posture. NetImpact said Tuesday its DX360 Security Accreditation, Remediation, Management of Operations and Risk in Microsoft AppSource is a cybersecurity platform that could help organizations manage […] More

Threat actors linked to Iran, North Korea, China and Russia have launched more digital attacks in the past 12 months compared to previous years to demonstrate power and intimidation not only in their jurisdiction but to international adversaries as well, according to Microsoft’s Digital Defense Report. Tom Burt, corporate vice president for customer security and […] More

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business unit was tapped to field test uncrewed aircraft systems traffic management capabilities for the Federal Aviation Administration. Raytheon Intelligence & Space said Monday it will perform data correlation using remote identification, update the cybersecurity capabilities of UTM technology and evaluate future concepts that support real-world small UAS operations. Denis […] More

Joel Bagnal, director of federal business at cybercrime analytics provider SpyCloud, said he expects future cybersecurity performance goals from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to pave way to better visibility into cyberthreats facing the critical infrastructure sector, InformationWeek reported Friday. Bagnal’s statement comes a week after CISA released a new set of cybersecurity performance […] More

Rob Lalumondier, vice president of federal at Sophos, shared his thoughts on President Joe Biden’s cybersecurity executive order and how the policy advances the adoption of technologies including multifactor authentication and zero trust infrastructure at agencies. “In addition, we’re also seeing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that has been widely discussed and the much needed billion […] More

The Department of Homeland Security has recertified a Chertoff Group process that works to help organizations assess risk and design a security program based on their own operating environment.  The Security Risk Management Consulting Methodology initially received DHS’ SAFETY Act designation in 2017 and has been continuously refined based on industry best practices, the advisory […] More

LookingGlass Cyber Solutions will continue to handle cyberthreat intelligence analysis for the U.S. federal government under an extended and expanded contract with a defense customer.  Under the renewed contract, the company said Wednesday it will broaden optimization of threat intelligence in support of government cyber analysts working to bolster the client agency’s cybersecurity operations. Government […] More

Brian O’Donnell, a vice president at Carahsoft Technology, talked about how the company helps government agency customers shift from endpoint detection and response toward a more holistic approach to cybersecurity. “With the executive orders that came out this year and the instruction towards zero trust, we’ve seen that some of those EDR implementations help to […] More

Trust Lab, a web security platform developer, and In-Q-Tel, the U.S. intelligence community’s venture capital arm, will work together to advance the detection of harmful online content to combat cyber risks such as misinformation and strengthen internet security overall.  Under the long-term partnership, the two entities will utilize Trust Lab’s machine learning-based rule engines and […] More

CrowdStrike is extending its partnership with Ernst & Young to provide cloud network security and observability services to their customers worldwide. The new agreement centers on using CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform to equip DevSecOps teams with Cloud Security and Observability to help prevent data breaches in on-demand computing, the company said Tuesday. EY currently utilizes CrowdStrike’s […] More