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  • BAE, O2 Partner to Offer 'Device-to-Cloud' Security Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE, O2 Partner to Offer ‘Device-to-Cloud’ Security Service

    BAE Systems and digital communications firm O2 have partnered to offer a managed  security service for enterprise clients to protect internet-enabled devices against cyber threats. The device-to-cloud cybersecurity offering is designed to support customers’ network and processes as a stand-alone platform or in combination with the O2 Gateway integrated network, BAE said Tuesday. O2 Gateway works to integrate mobile, fixed and Wi-Fi […] More

  • BAE Systems: Company Leaders to Focus on Cyber Defense Strategy in 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems: Company Leaders to Focus on Cyber Defense Strategy in 2016

    BAE Systems predicts that corporate executives will prioritize the development of strategies in 2016 that will work to protect their companies’ computer networks from potential cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the adoption of chip-enabled or EMV cards in the U.S. will help reduce incidents of in-person card fraud over the next year but will encourage […] More

  • UK OKs BAE as Provider of Intell-Base Vulnerability Testing for Banks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UK OKs BAE as Provider of Intell-Base Vulnerability Testing for Banks

    BAE Systems is now eligible to deploy threat intelligence and penetration testing services under the British central bank-led CBEST scheme. The company said Thursday it is the first organization to obtain clearance to offer vulnerability testing technology to the U.K. financial sector through the framework. According to the Bank of England website, the three-year-old CBEST program […] More

  • BAE's Scott McVicar: Companies Seek to Boost Cyber Measures Against New Tactics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s Scott McVicar: Companies Seek to Boost Cyber Measures Against New Tactics

    BAE Systems predicts that 2015 will see developments in technology, regulation and other cybersecurity aspects as cyber threats continue to evolve and impact efforts to combat digital crime. The company said Wednesday that Scott McVicar, managing director for cybersecurity at BAE’s applied intelligence unit, noted that cyber crime will use fragmentation and deception tools to challenge investigation and detection. The […] More

  • Scott McVicar: BAE UK Graduate Recruits to Focus on Cyber - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott McVicar: BAE UK Graduate Recruits to Focus on Cyber

    BAE Systems‘ recruitment efforts for 2015 will focus on cybersecurity as the company plans to allot one-third of its total graduate intake to its U.K.-based applied intelligence business. The company said Sunday that its cybersecurity arm will have the highest number of new hires for the third consecutive year due to the continued and evolving threat of cyber crime. “[We] need to recruit growing […] More