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Most of us look forward to a steaming hot cup of coffee or tea to start the day. Some of us look forward to a mid-day tea or an espresso after dinner. So there is no question that these two hot beverages turn up at some point during most American's …

Hello from EHS Corporate Care. Most of you have followed the reporting of the so-called Swine Flu outbreak with both interest and angst. Initial reports made this new strain of a mixed Influenza virus seem highly contagious and very deadly. Luckily, as the initial reports were evaluated and closer international …

Experts from across industry and academia told a house subcommittee today that the government’s role in cybersecurity research, development, and education needs to be expanded and improved. Cybersecurity experts told the House Science and Technology Committee's Research and Science Education Subcommittee that government-funded cybersecurity R&D programs and interface with the private sector …

The Defense Department is beefing up cybersecurity capabilities, according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Defense Subcommittee. Gates said cybersecurity must be a priority for the DoD, and his budget request reflects that. The request increases funding for a range of information assurance capabilities to improve the …

Citrix Systems, Inc. has announced that the company's Government Systems team has partnered with TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) on its Secure Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) Non-secure Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) Access Point (SNAP) program for the U.S. Army. Specifically, Citrix® WANScalerâ„¢ will be incorporated into TCS SNAP Network Packages that support military operations …

Federal CIO Vivek Kundra wrote today on his OSTP blog about the challenges of collecting and disseminating government data via the federal website www.data.gov, whose stated goal is to “is to enable better decision-making, drive transparency, and help to power innovation for a stronger America.” Kundra outlined some of the …

Responding to recent budget changes from the new administration, government contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin are increasingly diversifying their national defense strategy to include civillian and business assets. The new administration’s defense budget includes major cuts to Missile Defense, Future Combat Systems and Navy shipbuilding operations, as well as killing controversial programs …

Hacker and Information Security consultant Jeff Moss has joined the cybersecurity advisory team at the Department of Homeland Security. Moss, founder of the hacker groups Black Hat and DefCon, along with other members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, was sworn in Friday by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano. The panel …

Alexey Mineev, a  Hampton, N.H., resident, has pleaded guilty to fraud charges for his role in a scheme to empty brokerage accounts by installing Trojan keystroke-monitoring software on victims’ computers. The hacker would infect PCs with malicious Trojan software via spam, software that monitored keystrokes after an infected computer logged on …

The iPhone 3G S was revealed yesterday at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Franciscom and Apple claims it is “the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet,” boasting improved speed and performance. According to Apple, the new iPhone has twice the processing power of the iPhone 3G, longer battery life, a …

If ever there was a time to demonstrate value to your customers, this is it. Obama's recent contracting memo articulated that urgency and raised the stakes over a key issue: how to add value to federal customers “” and show it. That's something Gregg Mossburg, who leads CGI Federal's Solution …

DLT Solutions, Inc., a value-added reseller of industry-leading information technology (IT) products and services, announced today that CEO Rick Marcotte has been named “Executive of the Year“ by Everything Channel. Marcotte received the award at the VAR500 awards gala in New York City, which brings together North America’s top IT solution …

Walter P. (Walt) Havenstein is CEO of Science Applications International Corporation. Previously, he served as president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., the wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, and as a board member of BAE Systems plc. effective June 26.  Bill Hoover of AMERICAN Systems had this to say of …

The Defense Cyber Crime Center  is taking the search for security experts seriously holding a national competition and talent search to find the 10,000 security experts it needs. These experts are needed throughout the government, from energy and aviation, to defense and homeland security. James Christy, director of future exploration at …

Now that the results of the 60-day cyber security review led by Melissa Hathaway are in, what’s next? ExecutiveBiz recently brought that question to leading figures in the cyber security discussion “” everyone from think tanks to industry “” to get their take on what the report may portend for …