Tag Archives: cyber security

Christian Marrone, external relations senior vice president and chief of staff at CSRA, has been named by the George Washington University as a senior fellow at its Center for Cyber and Homeland Security for a two-year term that began this month. Marrone will provide counsel and contribute to the center’s policy task …

“If they say they want to dominate something and we say we want to dominate something–it is highly unlikely that both of us simultaneously can achieve dominance. The best that can be achieved in such a contested environment is “superiority.” Electronic warfare is a pressing issue that the Pentagon has …

Thales released in conjunction with analyst firm 451 Research its second annual data security research brief 2017 Thales Data Threat Report, Federal Edition. The report indicated that ninety six percent of federal workers consider themselves “very” or “extremely” vulnerable to data breaches. This number is higher than any other sector …

STEVE ORRIN CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST INTEL CORPORATION – FEDERAL DIVISION Steve Orrin is chief technologist for Intel Corp’s Federal Division and is responsible for Cyber Security and Cloud Strategy, Architecture and Engagements. Steve has held architectural leadership positions at Intel where he has led strategy and projects on Identity, Anti-malware, HTML5 …

ANDRAS SZAKAL VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER IBM U.S. FEDERAL Andras Szakal is vice president and chief technology officer IBM U.S. Federal. He is responsible for IBM’s industry solution technology strategy in support of the U.S. Federal customer. Mr. Szakal was appointed IBM Distinguished Engineer and Director of IBM’s …

Thales and the Dutch armed forces’ defense cyber command formed an alliance to establish a new cyber training and testing facility. The Cyber Range will provide a platform to simulate cyber attacks as well as protective and defense mechanisms on different weapon systems, IT environments or satellite links and test offensive cyber tactics, Thales said Tuesday. …

A business unit of Chantilly, Virginia-based defense contractor Vencore has received an estimated $7.7 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency for research on a computer network defense program. Vencore Labs will provide research, development, test and evaluation services for the DARPA’s Extreme DDoS Defense program, the Defense Department said Wednesday. DARPA will obligate …

DLT Solutions has partnered with hyperconverged infrastructure company SimpliVity in an effort to help federal agencies manage and operate their data centers. The alliance will work to unite all IT infrastructure and services below the hypervisor level and help organizations take control of their networks through virtualized workload protection, DLT said Tuesday. Brian Strosser, …

Fairfax, Virginia-based government technology services contractor Salient CRGT has received a $16.8 million contract from the U.S. Courts administrative office’s technology solutions office for research and engineering support services. Salient CRGT said Tuesday the company will also provide IT architecture work to support the administrative office’s tasks that include legislative, legal, financial, technology, management, administrative and program support services. U.S. Courts awarded …

Serco has launched new program that aims to allow U.K.-based organizations to test their cybersecurity in a secure environment. The cbyX systems is designed to test both IT staff and management teams on their ability to identify the nature of a cyber-attack, terminate that attack, manage their organization’s response and restore systems to …

The National Security Agency with United States Cyber Command recently recognized the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations, the first in New York to earn the title and one of few in the nation to receive all three Center of Excellence …

Hewlett-Packard announced today it is extending its data protection from data center to cloud with encryption innovations its new Atalla solutions that will work to help safe-guard data throughout its entire life-cycle. “As organizations embrace the New Style of IT, protecting sensitive information as it moves within and outside the …

Cyber attacks have emerged as the top security concern of chief information officers in the financial services industry, a new Booz Allen Hamilton report says. The “Top Financial Services Cyber Security Trends for 2014” report mentioned denial-of-service attacks and cross-platform malware among the most disruptive and noted potential to take …

Lockheed Martin cyber professionals will discuss online threats and defense methods for oil and gas companies at the American Petroleum Institute Cyber Security conference to be held in Houston from Nov. 12 to Nov.13. Members of Lockheed’s commercial cybersecurity unit will talk about intelligence-driven defense, which is intended to locate …

Lockheed Martin has reviewed its cybersecurity projects over the past 12 months and its offerings for federal agencies. According to Charles Croom, vice president of cyber security solutions for Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions, the company worked over the past year to give customers tools to protect information …