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  • Drew Morin: TCS-LR Kimball Team to Offer Gov't Agencies Net Security Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drew Morin: TCS-LR Kimball Team to Offer Gov’t Agencies Net Security Services

    TeleCommunication Systems has partnered with CDI Engineering Solutions‘ infrastructure services business unit L.R. Kimball to offer cybersecurity services for government customer networks at the state and local levels. The team will work to review and assess policies and procedures, network security and security awareness training functions for public sector agencies, TCS said Monday. Drew Morin, TCS’ senior vice president and chief […] More

  • Frank Dickson: Managed Security Services Customers Value Data Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frank Dickson: Managed Security Services Customers Value Data Integration

    The managed security services market will become a $3.25 billion industry by 2018, up from $1.81 billion in 2013, a new research report from Frost & Sullivan says. The market analyst forecast that evolving complexities of securing an enterprise’s information technology assets will encourage the growth, led by the segment that deals with research, emerging threat intelligence, detection and remediation services. Other market forces that […] More

  • Unisys' Francis Ofungwu: Data Discovery, Monitoring Are Protection 'Building Blocks' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys’ Francis Ofungwu: Data Discovery, Monitoring Are Protection ‘Building Blocks’

    All network security strategies are centered on protecting sensitive data and the success of such a measure relies on organizations’ understanding of both internal and external interactions with the data, according to Francis Ofungwu of Unisys. Ofungwu, director of network security services at the company, writes in a post published Thursday that organizations must perform data discovery, data isolation and monitoring […] More

  • Force 3's Greg Kushto: Follow Network Security Basics for Wider Threat Coverage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Force 3’s Greg Kushto: Follow Network Security Basics for Wider Threat Coverage

    Federal agencies could be putting their networks at risk by focusing too many of their resources on specific types of cyber threats, Greg Kushto of Force 3 says. Kushto, director of Force 3’s security practice, wrote in a guest post for Nextgov published Tuesday that agencies should build an IT infrastructure that is secure from the majority of threats. To ensure this, he says that federal IT […] More

  • Northrop's Ron Foudray: New Cyber Strategies Needed in Federal IT - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Ron Foudray: New Cyber Strategies Needed in Federal IT

    Northrop Grumman’s Ron Foudray has suggested that federal IT experts re-examine their cybersecurity strategies and seek new methods beyond encryption to protect information, GSN reported Wednesday. Ashley Bennett writes that Foudray, vice president of business development at Northrop’s cyber solutions division, noted cybersecurity best practices include “moving away from protecting assets at the perimeter” and […] More