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  • RSA Adds Intell Tools to Cyber Threat Detection Platform Suite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RSA Adds Intell Tools to Cyber Threat Detection Platform Suite

    Dell Technologies‘ network security business RSA has introduced updates to a set of platforms designed to help organizations facilitate detection and response to cyber threats. The RSA NetWitness Suite features new tools called “Hunter Packs” that work to provide intelligence data to help organizations detect known and unknown network vulnerabilities, the company said Wednesday. The Hunter Packs […] More

  • DataVisor Names BAE & Silversky Vet Mike Flouton to Marketing VP Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DataVisor Names BAE & Silversky Vet Mike Flouton to Marketing VP Role

    DataVisor has named Mike Flouton, former product marketing vice president at BAE Systems, as its new marketing VP to lead the company’s brand messaging and demand generation initiatives. DataVisor said Wednesday he will be responsible for efforts to promote the company, its story and its products, and fill sales pipelines to support the company’s expansion into the social, gaming and financial crime […] More

  • Forcepoint Survey: Millennials’ Use of Public Wi-Fi, Same Password Presents Cyber Risks to Govt IT Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forcepoint Survey: Millennials’ Use of Public Wi-Fi, Same Password Presents Cyber Risks to Govt IT Infrastructure

    A Forcepoint study says that millennials’ attitudes toward the use of technology platforms could pose a security risk to the U.S. federal government’s information technology infrastructure. Forcepoint said Tuesday it surveyed over 670 millennials who were born between 1977 and 1994 and found that nearly 25 percent of respondents said they have downloaded third-party applications […] More

  • University of California San Diego to Create Cyber Attack Measuring Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    University of California San Diego to Create Cyber Attack Measuring Tool

    The University of California San Diego has received $1.4 million in funds from the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate to create a tool that will support cybersecurity researchers to monitor internet cyber attack vulnerabilities. DHS said Tuesday UC San Diego’s center for applied internet data analysis will work to build up both scale and […] More

  • Luke Tenery Named Ankura Cyber Practice Senior Managing Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Luke Tenery Named Ankura Cyber Practice Senior Managing Director

    Luke Tenery, former associate managing director of Kroll’s cybersecurity and investigations practice, has been appointed as senior managing director for the cybersecurity practice at Ankura Consulting Group‘s risk, resilience and geopolitical group. Ankura said Monday Tenery will be based in the company’s Chicago office and brings 15 years of cyber incident investigations and forensics, data privacy and […] More

  • Air Force Renews Telos’ Licenses for System Security Assessments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Renews Telos’ Licenses for System Security Assessments

    The U.S. Air Force has renewed Telos’ licenses to perform system security reviews in support of the Defense Department’s cybersecurity authorization process. The Air Force Space Command renewed the company’s General and Special Agent of the Security Control Assessor licenses that seek to authorize Telos to test systems, applications, networks and platform information technology security […] More

  • Microsoft Unveils Cyber Engagement Center in India - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Unveils Cyber Engagement Center in India

    Microsoft has opened a Cybersecurity Engagement Center in India to help identify and address cyber threats in the country, Gadget 360 reported Sunday. Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman of Microsoft’s India-based operations, said the CSEC will support the company’s efforts to secure corporate customers’ information as well as the private data and transactions of citizens, the report stated. The center […] More

  • Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins Named to Cybersecurity Ventures' Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins Named to Cybersecurity Ventures’ Advisory Board

    Root9B CEO Eric Hipkins has joined the board of advisers at Cybersecurity Ventures and will provide advice to the latter company’s leadership team that includes founder and CEO Steve Morgan. Hipkins said Thursday that he aims to share root9B’s experience and assist Cybersecurity Ventures’ advisory board to help drive the future of cyber defense. “We are now placing a […] More

  • Serco Inc. CIO Chris Sullivan to Address Shenandoah Valley Cyber Workshop - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Inc. CIO Chris Sullivan to Address Shenandoah Valley Cyber Workshop

    Chris Sullivan, senior vice president and chief information officer for Serco Inc., will share his perspective on cybersecurity at a workshop to be held on Thursday at Shenandoah Valley, West Virginia, Augusta Free Press reported Saturday. The Shenandoah Valley Small Business Development Center and Shenandoah Valley Technology Council will host the workshop with the goal to […] More

  • Microsoft Opens Transparency Center in Brazil to Support Latin American Governments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Opens Transparency Center in Brazil to Support Latin American Governments

    Microsoft has unveiled a transparency center in Brazil to promote safe computing and address security needs of governments in Latin America. The company said Wednesday the Brazil location adds to previously established Microsoft Transparency Centers in Washington, Belgium and Singapore. Microsoft added the centers support the company’s Government Security Program which gives participating government agencies the opportunity to review Microsoft product source […] More

  • Technica to Provide Cybersecurity Support for Air Force Weapons, Operating Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technica to Provide Cybersecurity Support for Air Force Weapons, Operating Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Technica a potential four-year, $22 million task order to help the military branch test the cyber readiness and security of its weapons and operating systems. Technica said Wednesday it will provide airborne networking, systems, processes and operations and network defense support services to the Air Force’s Combined Air Operations Center-Experimental in Virginia. The company will also […] More

  • Broadcom, Harris Vet Bill Miller Joins NetApp as CIO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Broadcom, Harris Vet Bill Miller Joins NetApp as CIO

    Bill Miller, former senior vice president and chief information officer at Broadcom, has joined NetApp in the same role of CIO and will be responsible for both the company’s information technology organization and ongoing transformation initiatives. NetApp said Wednesday Miller will manage the NetApp on NetApp and Customer-1 programs that aim to help the company’s engineering and field organizations update and demonstrate […] More