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    PKI Tech Vendor to Adopt Thales-Built Hardware Security Modules

    Microsec, a public key infrastructure supplier in Hungary, has selected Thales to provide hardware security modules for integration with the former’s mobile identification technology. Thales said Thursday Microsec will adopt the nShield modules to help the Hungarian vendor secure its PassBy[ME] application and comply with the European Union’s regulation for electronic identification and trust services. NShield uses encryption, digital signing […] More

  • in News, Products & Service

    LogRhythm Gets DHS Certification to Offer Cybersecurity Platforms

    LogRhythm has obtained approval from the Department of Homeland Security to offer two of its cybersecurity tools to government customers. The company said Tuesday its NextGen Security Information and Event Management and User and Entity Behavior Analytics platforms are now available to the Defense Department and civilian agencies through DHS’ Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program. Daniel Wilbricht, senior […] More

  • in News

    Kroll Names FBI Vet Matthew Dunn Associate Managing Director for Cyber & Investigations Practice

    Matthew Dunn, a 20-year FBI veteran, has joined Kroll as associate managing director within its cybersecurity and investigations practice in Nashville, Tennessee. Kroll said Tuesday Dunn most recently led the bureau’s Nashville-based cyber crimes and counterintelligence squad as a supervisory special agent. He began his FBI career in 1997 as special agent in the Philadelphia field office and later held […] More

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    Benedetto Demonte Named Kroll North America Cyber Practice Leader

    Benedetto Demonte, a managing director at Kroll, has taken the additional role of North America leader for the firm’s cybersecurity and investigations practice. Kroll said Monday Demonte will lead a team of cyber investigators and digital forensic professionals who aim to help clients address challenges related to information and computer security, incident response, identity and intellectual theft, internet fraud and insider […] More

  • in Biometrics News, Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

    Unisys: 64% of Federal Execs View Identity Mgmt Tech as Key to Cybersecurity; PV Puvvada Comments

    A Unisys-sponsored survey has found that 64 percent of federal information technology executives consider identity management platforms as critical to cyber threat detection prevention efforts within their agencies. Unisys said Wednesday it commissioned Market Connections to poll 200 federal IT leaders and found that only 20 percent said their agencies adopt biometrics for use in identity validation […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    Edgile Report Shows Increase in State Cyber Bills, Resolutions

    An Edgile update to its iGRC governance, risk and compliance content platform has found that 42 U.S. states introduced 240 cybersecurity bills and resolutions in 2017, up from 104 cyber measures proposed in 2016. Edgile’s platform also showed at least 27 states implemented cybersecurity-related legislation last year, the company said Monday. The iGRC database added various U.S. state and foreign […] More

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    Fidelis, PacStar Unveil Cyber Platform for Tactical Network Deployments

    Fidelis Cybersecurity and Pacific Star Communications have introduced a rugged cybersecurity platform designed to help mobile troops protect in-theater and executive communications and forward operating bases from cyber threats. The PacStar Tactical Fidelis Cybersecurity System is a compact platform that works to automate threat detection and incident response and is built to meet tactical cyber […] More

  • in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Industry Backs Military Via Protected Satcom Tech Investments

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, has said warfighters seek and use protected tactical waveforms as adversaries target satellite communications through jamming. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a two-part blog post published Monday that the private sector continues to invest in new technology capabilities that seek to provide protected satcom and anti-jamming […] More

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    OTA Report: Ransomware Linked to Twofold Increase in Cyber Attacks in 2017

    A new report by the Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance says cyber attacks on businesses rose from 82,000 in 2016 to 159,700 in 2017 driven by the increase in ransomware-related incidents. OTA said Thursday its Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report found that ransomware attacks on companies reached 134,000 in 2017, a figure that reflects […] More

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    Air Force Renews Telos’ System Security Review Licenses

    Telos will continue to carry out system security assessments to support the Defense Department’s cybersecurity authorization process after the U.S. Air Force renewed the company’s licenses. The renewal of the firm’s General Agent of the Security Control Assessor and Special ASCA certifications by the Air Force Space Command’s SCA would allow Telos to test networks, […] More

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    Research and Markets: US Defense Spending to Reach $798B by 2022

    A new Research and Markets report predicts that U.S. spending on defense programs will grow 5.7 percent year-over-year to reach nearly $798 billion by 2022. The U.S. spent about $586.7 billion on defense during 2017 and is projected to have the largest defense expenditure in the world over the next four years, Research and Markets said Wednesday. The report also […] More

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    BlackRidge Technology Names 4 Execs to Newly Formed Govt Advisory Board

    BlackRidge Technology International has appointed four executives to its newly established government advisory board that will work to provide insights on the cybersecurity and network requirements of the Defense Department and other public sector clients. David Peed, vice president and general manager at Equinix Government Solutions with oversight over the firm’s Americas public sector strategy, will […] More