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  • Neustar’s Rodney Joffe, TCS’ Maurice Tose Extend FCC Advisory Council Terms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar’s Rodney Joffe, TCS’ Maurice Tose Extend FCC Advisory Council Terms

    Neustar Senior Vice President and Fellow Rodney Joffe has been reappointed to a third term on the Federal Communications Commission’s Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council. Joffe will assist in work on the recommendations of communication security, reliability and interoperability best practices to the FCC, Neustar said Tuesday. “Since the early 1990s, Rodney has recognized the […] More

  • Neustar Reports Increased Enterprise Preparedness for DDoS Attacks in North America - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar Reports Increased Enterprise Preparedness for DDoS Attacks in North America

    A Neustar report on the incidence and impact of distributed denial-of-service attacks in North America indicates that businesses are more prepared to address DDoS attacks as their number and scale of impact also increase. The company said Monday the number of North American firms that use a hybrid of on-site and cloud-based technologies to protect against DDoS has grown by 55 percent […] More

  • Lisa Hook: Neustar Integrates NIST Cybersecurity Framework into Risk Mgmt Practices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Hook: Neustar Integrates NIST Cybersecurity Framework into Risk Mgmt Practices

    Neustar has vowed to support the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s cybersecurity framework by incorporating the guidelines into the company’s security and risk management policies. Lisa Hook, Neustar’s CEO and president, said Friday the company lauds the NIST for developing the framework with public-private collaboration and industry-wide applicability in mind. Hook added that Neustar also […] More

  • Michael Schoen Joins Neustar as Marketing Services VP; Ted Prince Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Schoen Joins Neustar as Marketing Services VP; Ted Prince Comments

    Michael Schoen, a veteran product technology strategist, has been appointed vice president for marketing services at Neustar, reporting to Senior VP of Information Services Ted Prince. In his new role, Schoen will lead a team in the introduction of new solutions intended to help customers improve their brand, Neustar said Tuesday. “My plan is to […] More

  • Rob Gatto: Neustar Picks Aerospike In-Memory Database for ID, Data Mgmt Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rob Gatto: Neustar Picks Aerospike In-Memory Database for ID, Data Mgmt Offering

    Neustar has moved to combine its identity and data management offering with an Aerospike-developed in-memory NoSQL database. Marketers have an integrated online and offline view into real-time customer and media insights through Neustar’s PlatformOne tool in order to develop services on demand, Aerospike said Tuesday. Neustar intends for the Aerospike database to manage large volumes […] More

  • John Devolites Joins Neustar as Data Services VP; Steve Edwards Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Devolites Joins Neustar as Data Services VP; Steve Edwards Comments

    John Devolites, formerly general manager of TEOCO Corp., has joined Neustar Inc. as vice president of data services. Devolites will report to Steve Edwards, senior vice president of data services, and be responsible for Neustar’s order management services, information services and analytics strategy, the company said Tuesday. “John has a proven track record of applying […] More

  • Neustar’s Jennifer Gilmore: Financial Services Firms Bolstered DDoS Protection Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar’s Jennifer Gilmore: Financial Services Firms Bolstered DDoS Protection Systems

    A new report from Neustar indicates that financial services firms have doubled their protection measures against distributed-denial-of-service-attacks compared to other industries. Thirty-two percent of financial services companies are implementing services to minimize the impact of DDoS attacks, Neustar said Monday. Jennifer Gilmore, manager of strategic offer marketing within Neustar’s financial services business, writes that site disruptions […] More

  • Neustar Survey: Repeat DDoS Attacks Hit 90% of North American Firms in 2013 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar Survey: Repeat DDoS Attacks Hit 90% of North American Firms in 2013

    Nearly 90 percent of 450 North American businesses surveyed by Neustar experienced repeat distributed denial of service attacks in 2013. Data from Neustar’s “DDoS Attacks and Impacts Report” indicates that DDoS threats cost enterprises millions of dollars in downtime, brand damage and customer support, Neustar said Tuesday. Neustar found that more DDoS perpetrators use a”smokescreening” […] More

  • Neustar, Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Partner for Regional STEM Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar, Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana Partner for Regional STEM Program

    Neustar and the Girl Scouts of Kentuckiana have partnered to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education for young girls in Kentucky and Indiana.  The company’s will use EverFi’s My Digital Life digital learning platforms to work with more than 4,000 Girl Scouts in Kentucky and Southern Indiana, Neustar announced Wednesday. Cadette girl scouts of ages […] More

  • Neustar Helps dotStrategy Secure .BUZZ Web Domain; Jeffrey Neuman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Neustar Helps dotStrategy Secure .BUZZ Web Domain; Jeffrey Neuman Comments

    Neustar has been providing dotStrategy with security tools and services intended to keep malware, botnets and phishing scams from entering a dotStrategy-operated top level domain. TLD operator dotStrategy uses Neustar’s registry threat detection and mitigation platform to secure .BUZZ namespace customers and users, Neustar said Thursday. Jeffrey Neuman, Neustar vice president of registry services, said […] More

  • Lisa Hook: Neustar to Buy .CO Domain in Registry Services Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lisa Hook: Neustar to Buy .CO Domain in Registry Services Push

    Neustar Inc. has agreed to buy .CO Internet S.A.S., which maintains the registry for Internet addresses with the “.co” domain, Neustar said Thursday. Lisa Hook, president and CEO of Neustar, said the company intends to integrate .CO Internet’s domain marketing technologies into Neustar’s distribution network and technical resources in order to grow its registry services. .CO Internet […] More