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    General Dynamics Fidelis Joins Microsoft’s Active Protections Program; Peter George Comments

    General Dynamics‘ Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions business has entered into Microsoft‘s Active Protections Program to get information on emerging cyber threats ahead of Microsoft’s monthly security bulletins to provide up-to-date protection to Fidelis XPS customers. Fidelis said Monday that joining the Microsoft program is intended to bolster mitigation of cyber attacks and system vulnerabilities during the entire threat life cycle. […] More

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    Verizon Launches Web Application Firewall on Cloud; Andy Bokor Comments

    Verizon‘s Digital Media Services arm is launching a beta version of its Web application firewall that is designed to protect Web applications and websites from cyber threats using rule sets deployed to the cloud. The company said Wednesday that it is deploying Verizon WAF to the cloud instead of on-premise in order to help users navigate command-and-control tools for access, […] More

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    McKinsey Report: Sustained C-Level Support Key to Cyber Policy

    C-level executives should take a more proactive role not only in drafting but also in implementing and following through with their enterprise’s cybersecurity policy, McKinsey & Company said in an Insights article published this month. The authors of the report said, however, that while most senior leaders are aware of the implications of a cyber attack, overcoming […] More

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    Serco Introduces UK-Based Cyber Training Program; Richard Preece Comments

    Serco has launched new program that aims to allow U.K.-based organizations to test their cybersecurity in a secure environment. The cbyX systems is designed to test both IT staff and management teams on their ability to identify the nature of a cyber-attack, terminate that attack, manage their organization’s response and restore systems to a “new normal,” Serco said […] More

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    Samuel Visner: CSC Adds New Cloud-Based Cyber Services

    Computer Sciences Corp. will offer three new services to enterprise and public sector customers as part of the company’s work to expand its cloud cybersecurity portfolio, CSC said Tuesday. CSC’s Cloud Cybersecurity Services program works to offer tools from vendors in an effort to help customers migrate into cloud environments and the company will help manage […] More

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    Symantec Initiates Program to Address Cybersecurity Workforce Gap

    Symantec has launched its Cyber Career Connection (SC3) program that aims to address the workforce gap in cybersecurity careers worldwide and to find new opportunities for adolescents and young adults not necessarily college-bound, the company said Tuesday. SC3 was announced as a Commitment to Action at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative America event held Tuesday by Hillary […] More

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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons-BHEF Team Aims to Help DC Region Build Cyber Workforce

    Parsons is collaborating with the Business-Higher Education Forum to create a Greater Washington Cyber Network of cybersecurity professionals from academia, industry and government from Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The company said Friday the network will be an expansion of the BHEF Undergraduate Cybersecurity Network of the University System of Maryland. The expanded network aimsto bring more opportunities for business disciplines and policies supporting […] More

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    Nathaniel Fick: Encourage Innovation to Secure Military Systems From Cyberwarfare

    Nathaniel Fick, chief executive of software and security solutions company Endgame, agrees with U.S. military officials and other cyber industry leaders that with the continued use of ever-evolving information and communications technology comes the threat of cyberwarfare, the Army News Service reported Monday. Fick and colleagues highlighted this vulnerability during a panel discussion at the […] More

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    John Watters: iSIGHT Cyber Intell Now on Offer at ‘Game-Changing’ ThreatCloud IntelliStore

    iSIGHT Partners has agreed to provide cyber threat intelligence solutions to Check Point Software Technologies customers through the latter’s ThreatCloud IntelliStore marketplace. The marketplace offers a new way of equipping clients with the latest tools to help them achieve cyber readiness, John P. Watters, CEO at iSIGHT Partners, said Wednesday. “Check Point’s ThreatCloud IntelliStore initiative […] More

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    NSA Accredits 7 Companies for Cyber Incident Response Services

    The National Security Agency has issued cyber incident response assistance accreditation to seven companies under the National Security Cyber Assistance Program, the Defense Daily Network reported Wednesday. Following an assessment of 21 focus areas, such as incident analysis and network traffic data collection, the NSA accredited Lockheed Martin, Booz Allen Hamilton, CrowdStrike Services, FireEye, Mandiant, Maddrix and Verizon. NSA’s information assurance directorate also evaluated the […] More

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    Northrop’s Kathy Warden: Global Partnerships Could Build Up Cyber Defense

    Northrop Grumman believes partnerships among enterprises and governments worldwide could pave the way for building up the defense infrastructures of organizations against cyber attacks. Kathy Warden, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman Information Systems, stressed the significance of alliances between the academia, industry and government during the Information Assurance 2014 in London, Northrop said […] More