Iran has experienced the first-ever malware attack against industrial control systems, which is spreading via USB drives. The malware provides backdoors and steals critical infrastructure documents relating to SCADA systems, according to Asia CNET. Iranian media claim attacks have hit industrial facilities that use SCADA systems provided by Siemens. A report by Symantec says that […] More

Siemens, a German-based engineering company, has made a program available to its customers that can detect and remove malware infecting its software which is used to control power grids, factories and oil refineries. However, the firm warned that disinfecting the system could interfere with sensitive operations. The firm is distributing Sysclean, a product made by […] More

Jim O’Neill recently joined the board of NeuralIQ, Inc. He is a 30-year technology industry veteran. He has extensive senior management experience with emphasis on networks and electronics as well as large system integration, communications, and computer technology. Recently, O’Neill was the CEO of Siemens Enterprise Communications, a leader in contact centers, unified communications and […] More

Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) will address the Potomac Officers Club at a breakfast event on February 4th, beginning at 8:15 AM.  Senator Webb served with distinction as a combat Marine platoon commander in Vietnam, earning the silver star, the Navy Cross, two bronze stars and two purple hearts at the infamous An Hoa Basin west […] More

On Wednesday, Bechtel Corporation honored three employees by naming them Bechtel Fellows, a select group of experts in science and technology who have made outstanding contributions to the company and their professions. They also advise senior management on questions related to their areas of expertise, participate in strategic planning, and help disseminate new technical ideas […] More

Good ethics spells good business. Sounds simple enough, right? If that were the case, though, we wouldn't see headlines like this or this. Helping to change that reality is Anand Anandalingam, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. With his eye on training the next generation of business […] More

Webster Data Communications has been under the radar a number of years but that's now changing “” big time.  A values-based IT solutions provider, the company was recently named one of Washington Technology's “Fast 50 Government Contractors,“ and has been recognized as one of the 50 fastest growing Virginia companies by the Virginia Chamber of […] More

Many security experts are predicting that we may have already reached the dangerous “tipping point” in the Cyber-War.  Couple this critical danger with an anticipated surge in appropriated funds, and you have cyber security at the forefront of most government contracting agendas in 2009. In a recent interview, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff spoke of what he […] More

Just in the time for the New Year, ExecutiveBiz, the area's largest e-Magazine, has compiled a list of the “Top 20 People to Watch in 2009.”  At a time of economic and political change, these tried and true veterans of the government's public and private sectors stand poised to take their companies and stakeholders to […] More

While CompuDyne and Siemens are well known to the inside-the-beltway crowd, perhaps fewer are intimately familiar with The Gores Group, a private equity firm with ownership stakes in 15 portfolio companies and a focus on high technology investments. One of The Gores Group’s portfolio companies is CompuDyne, an industry leader in advanced technology integration for […] More

James O’Neill Appointed CEO of Siemens Enterprise Communications Jim O’Neill, former president of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s $4.5 billion Information Technology sector, which provides advanced IT engineering and business solutions for government, has been appointed to head Siemens Enterprise Communications Group. O’Neill will be based in Munich and have responsibility for the 14,000 person worldwide operation […] More