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  • Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: Endpoint Protection Tech Key to Agencies’ Situational Awareness - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: Endpoint Protection Tech Key to Agencies’ Situational Awareness

    Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said new technology platforms have emerged that work to help federal agencies build up their cyber “defensive postures” through endpoint protection, GCN reported Tuesday. Chehreh cited Dell EMC’s adoption of a technology tool in RSA’s Archer dashboards designed to detect anomalies in empirical data through risk management […] More

  • Carahsoft Adds RSA Security Tools to State, Local Contracts Under Expanded Distribution Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft Adds RSA Security Tools to State, Local Contracts Under Expanded Distribution Deal

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to distribute security platforms and service offerings from Dell Technologies’ RSA subsidiary to state and local government agencies and educational institutions under an expanded partnership. The expanded distribution agreement makes RSA’s cybersecurity platforms available on Carahsoft’s state and local contracts such as the California Multiple Award Schedule, Virginia Information Technologies Agency […] More

  • NIAP Certifies RSA ID & Access Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NIAP Certifies RSA ID & Access Mgmt Platform

    Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary has obtained Common Criteria certification from the National Security Agency-managed National Information Assurance Partnership for the company’s identity and access management platform. RSA said Wednesday its Identity Governance and Lifecycle 7.0 platform has met requirements outlined in version 2.1 of NIAP’s Protection Profile for Enterprise Security Management-Identity and Credential Management. The platform is designed to help […] More

  • MeriTalk: Tech Industry Execs Laud Trump's Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MeriTalk: Tech Industry Execs Laud Trump’s Draft Cybersecurity Executive Order

    Some executives at Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary, Symantec and Palo Alto Networks have expressed their support for President Donald Trump’s draft cybersecurity executive order, MeriTalk reported Thursday. Morgan Lynch writes Jeff Greene, senior director of global government affairs and policy at Symantec, said that the draft indicates Trump plans to build on the Obama administration’s cybersecurity efforts. Greene added […] More

  • Michael Daniel Joins Cyber Threat Alliance as President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michael Daniel Joins Cyber Threat Alliance as President

    Michael Daniel, former White House cybersecurity coordinator, has been named president of the Cyber Threat Alliance following CTA’s incorporation as an independent nonprofit organization in January. CTA said Tuesday it expects Daniel to bring to the alliance his experience in the development of strategic cyber programs and partnerships that span across industry and the public […] More

  • Dell Technologies Subsidiary's GRC Platform Earns Common Criteria EAL 2+ Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dell Technologies Subsidiary’s GRC Platform Earns Common Criteria EAL 2+ Certification

    Dell Technologies‘ RSA subsidiary has secured a Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 2+ certification for its governance, risk management and compliance platform through an evaluation by Leidos’ Common Criteria Testing Laboratory. RSA said Monday release 6.1 of its Archer GRC platform is designed to help organizations mitigate business risks across multiple domains. The company noted that the EAL […] More

  • Cybric Adds Jim Bandanza, Michael Brown & John DeLong to Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cybric Adds Jim Bandanza, Michael Brown & John DeLong to Advisory Board

    Cybric has named cybersecurity veterans Jim Bandanza, Michael Brown and John DeLong as members of its advisory board to help develop and expand the company’s automation and vulnerability platform. Bandanza, DeLong and Brown will work to guide the company’s executive and technical teams as part of the advisory board that includes former and current security, artificial intelligence, […] More

  • 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

  • Jeremy Burton: Dell Technologies Aims to Help Clients Realize Digital Transformation Goals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeremy Burton: Dell Technologies Aims to Help Clients Realize Digital Transformation Goals

    Jeremy Burton, chief marketing officer of Dell Technologies, wrote in a blog entry posted Wednesday the company’s goal is to serve as a partner and a catalyst for enterprise customers that aim to transform their information technology functions. Dell Technologies formed as a result of the merger between Dell and EMC. Burton said the company seeks to help enterprise clients […] More

  • HyTrust Collaborates with NIST, Industry Partners to Develop Trusted Geolocation in Cloud Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HyTrust Collaborates with NIST, Industry Partners to Develop Trusted Geolocation in Cloud Service

    HyTrust has worked with the National Institute of Science and Technology and industry partners Intel, RSA and VMware to create the NIST IR 7904 and a proof-of-concept designed to allow secured geolocation in cloud computing environments. Trusted geolocation functions work to monitor the deployment and execution of virtual machines or a workload with reliance on security provided by a Trusted Platform Module […] More

  • RSA Study: 75% of Gov't, Commercial Orgs Face 'Significant' Cyber Risk Exposure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RSA Study: 75% of Gov’t, Commercial Orgs Face ‘Significant’ Cyber Risk Exposure

    A study conducted by EMC‘s security division RSA has found 75 percent of 878 respondent organizations across more than 24 industries worldwide believe they face a “significant” risk of exposure to cyber threats. RSA said Tuesday its second annual Cybersecurity Poverty Index study offered participants from 81 countries an opportunity to self-assess the maturity of their cybersecurity programs against a framework developed by […] More