T-Rex Solutions has made multiple new hires and promotions to bolster its leadership team, which will drive the company’s new organizational structure. The appointments will support the company’s two new business areas in support of National Security and Federal Civilian markets. The Growth and Strategy (G&S) organization will align with the two new business areas.
Read More »CSRA’s Christian Marrone Named GW Cyber & Homeland Security Center Senior Fellow
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 …
Read More »POC Keynote Speaker: Dr. William Conley on the Future of Electronic Warfare
“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 …
Read More »Thales 2017 Report: 96% Federal Workers Fear Data Breaches
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 …
Read More »Steve Orrin Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives Award
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 …
Read More »Andras Szakal Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives Award
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 …
Read More »Thales Partners With Netherlands’ Defense Forces to Open Cyber Training & Testing Facility
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. …
Read More »DARPA Selects Vencore for DDoS Defense Program Research
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 …
Read More »DLT, SimpliVity Forge Data Center Consultation Partnership for Federal Agencies
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, …
Read More »Salient CRGT Lands US Courts Administrative Office IT Support Services Contract
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 …
Read More »Serco Introduces UK-Based Cyber Training Program; Richard Preece Comments
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 …
Read More »NSA Adds NYU School of Engineering to Exclusive Cyber Security List
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 …
Read More »HP Looks to Extend Data Protection with Cloud, Encryption Solutions
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 …
Read More »Bill Stewart: Booz Allen Finds Cyber Attacks the Top Security Concern of Finance CIOs
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 …
Read More »Lockheed Reps to Talk at Energy Sector Cyber Forum; Chandra McMahon Comments
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 …
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