MEF has announced finalists for the company’s 2016 Excellence Awards that recognizes service, application, technology and professional excellence in the global Third Network community. The company said Thursday it will present the awards in November at the MEF Excellence Awards Dinner as part of the MEF16 global networking conference. Global and regional senior analysts …

The Washington-based chapter of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association has elected new members to its executive board for 2016 to 2017 and named Dean Economou, sales director for the Defense Department program at CenturyLink, as president. Nathan Jones, vice president of federal sales at Red Hat, will serve …

The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate has demonstrated at the New York Stock Exchange a system that works to complement GPS tools that provide users timing information for financial transactions. DHS said Wednesday the Enhanced Loran or eLoran is a low-frequency radio navigation signal that ground-based stations broadcast to …

A new Research and Markets report predicts the global market for network security platforms to experience a compound annual growth rate of 7.84 percent from 2014 to  2019. The increasing demand among companies for software as a service-based network security tools and the rising cases of fraud, data theft and other …

Lockheed Martin will work with LogRhythm on cybersecurity systems integration pilot programs after the latter signed up for the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance. LogRhythm also agreed to offer its security intelligence platform and share cybersecurity-focused best practices with Lockheed as a member of the alliance, Lockheed said Monday. The LogRhythm-built …

Lockheed Martin has introduced Solutionary to the former company’s cybersecurity alliance in an effort to help bolster initiatives to combat cyber attacks. Solutionary, an NTT group security company, provides managed security, professional security and global threat intelligence services for information technology infrastructures, cloud environments and mobile data, Lockheed said Thursday. Angie …

A new Technavio report predicts the global network security market will grow 7.84 percent year over year through 2019 on increases in use of mobile devices. The report compares products and features for market vendors and discusses what drives and inhibits the market, Technavio said Thursday. Technavio also described the market as …

Rick Randall serves as vice president of business development at AECOM. He was previously the business development VP at URS Corp. in January 2015, with responsibility in business development initiatives in the national and military intelligence markets. Randall also served as a national security executive at Oceus Networks, business development …

The Defense Information Systems Agency looks to adopt software-defined networking in an effort to protect mission-critical networks, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. John Edwards and Eve Keiser write DISA will base the SDN deployment plan on use cases and proof-of-concept assessments. Eric Sharret, vice president of Telegrid, said the agency will use three use case studies …

Wayne Lewandowski serves as vice president of sales for U.S. federal clients at Vormetric since January 2013, with responsibility in overseeing the company’s effort to expand cybersecurity platform offerings. He previously served as regional manager of the Defense Department for the Plan B government systems, with partners such as Citrix, …

Research and Markets has published a report that sets a 14.17 percent compound annual growth rate for the global industrial cybersecurity market from 2014 to 2019. The research firm said Wednesday manufacturing and power generation companies invest in information technology security tools to protect their assets from keyloggers, adware, crimeware …

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has introduced a new group that will aim to facilitate collaboration between the industry and government on cybersecurity practices and policies. The Chamber said Tuesday the Cybersecurity Leadership Council will promote additional discussions between commercial enterprises and policymakers. [W]e need to focus on mitigation of cyber risks …

An analysis by Technavio predicts the worldwide market for enterprise information technology security platforms will achieve an average growth of 7.83 percent from 2015 to 2019. Technavio has observed more government and commercial organizations adopting tools to prevent theft and unauthorized access of their enterprise data as well as to …

A new Research and Markets report has indicated that demand for software as a service has surpassed that for traditional network security software. The report traces the growing interest in SaaS-based network security services among enterprises to increasing cyber attacks and use of portable devices, Research and Markets said Friday. The market …

Lockheed Martin has partnered with Radware to share cybersecurity best practices and collaborate on cyber-related pilot programs and experiments as part of the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance. The companies said Monday the alliance aims to facilitate the delivery of threat detectors and other cyber measures for customers through partnerships with technology providers. “The addition of …