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    INSA Recommends Public-Private Info Sharing Program to Boost Financial Sector Cybersecurity

    A new report from the Intelligence and National Security Alliance suggests that real-time exchange of cyber threat data between government and financial institutions can help strengthen the cybersecurity of the U.S. financial sector. INSA said Wednesday its Financial Threats Task Force prepared a position paper that calls for the launch of a classified information sharing initiative based on the […] More

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    Raytheon Introduces Cyber Protection System; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon has debuted a cyber protection system with response centers designed to support commercial, defense and intelligence customers. The company said Monday it built tiered cyber response centers for clients to detect intrusions, analyze networks and respond to security incidents. Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business and an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 […] More

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    Thomson Reuters’ Timothy Murphy: CIOs, CFOs Key to C-Suite Execs’ Involvement in Cybersecurity

    Timothy Murphy, president at Thomson Reuters Special Services, has said chief information officers and chief financial officers have a role to play in getting partners and other C-level executives involved in cybersecurity programs at law firms, Law.com reported Friday. Murphy said Thursday during a panel discussion at Thomson Reuters’ CFO/CIO/COO Forum that a cyber breach […] More

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    SAIC’s Tony Moraco Expects Increased Govt Contracting Activity for Fiscal 2017

    Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Applications International Corp., has said he expects an increase in government contracting activity as federal agencies move to obligate funds for the rest of fiscal year 2017, FCW reported Wednesday. Moraco, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 for 2017, told investors and analysts during SAIC’s fiscal 2018 first-quarter earnings call that he observed many agencies looking to […] More

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    Gigamon to Offer Visibility Platform on AWS Govt Cloud; Dennis Reilly Comments

    Gigamon has launched its visibility platform on Amazon Web Services‘ GovCloud environment to help public sector organizations manage and secure sensitive data and regulated workloads. Gigamon said Tuesday the availability of the Visibility offering builds on the company’s push to offer first-to-market services in the AWS Cloud as well as efforts to achieve a public sector […] More

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    Leidos Unveils Managed Threat Detection Service

    Leidos has launched a managed cybersecurity service offering intended to help security teams detect threats before a breach occurs. The company said Tuesday its Managed Detection and Response service works to identify malicious threats, analyze intrusions and provide intelligence-based actionable guidance to support future prevention efforts. MDR seeks to discover threats at the delivery, exploit, install or command and control stage as well as […] More

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    Delta Risk to Provide Cybersecurity Services via GSA IT Schedule 70

    Delta Risk has secured a potential 20-year contract from the General Services Administration to offer a range of cybersecurity services to federal government agencies via GSA’s Information Technology Schedule 70 procurement vehicle. The company said Tuesday it will provide services under six special item numbers, including the four “highly adaptive” cybersecurity services SINs. Delta Risk was awarded the […] More

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    Qualys Aims to Help Agencies Comply With Cyber Executive Order Via Cloud Platform

    Qualys has unveiled a cloud platform designed to help federal agencies comply with the requirements of an executive order that seeks to build up the cybersecurity posture of the federal government’s networks and U.S. critical infrastructure. The EO signed by President Donald Trump in May requires agencies to manage cyber risks through the adoption of the Defense Information Systems Agency’s […] More

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    ViON Subsidiary, X-IO Partner on High-Performance Computing Tech Offering

    ViON‘s Ascolta subsidiary and X-IO Technologies have partnered to offer a high-performance computing platform that will work to help enterprise clients manage large volumes of data for cyber and intelligence defense missions. The partnership seeks to integrate Ascolta’s customer lifecycle services with X-IO’s Axellio platform, designed to support applications that process sensor-based data, ViON said Tuesday. John Mansfield, senior vice president of […] More

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    ACT I CEO Michael Niggel Talks Cybersecurity at NDIA Forum

    Michael Niggel, CEO of Advanced Concepts and Technologies International, highlighted the company’s cybersecurity efforts during his presentation at the National Defense Industrial Association’s 9th Defense Industrial Discussions event held last month. ACT I said Niggel offered insights into cyber-related challenges facing the Defense Department and cyber protection initiatives such as the Air Force Association’s CyberPatriots. The CyberPatriots program aims to educate middle […] More

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    Leidos, Cray Forge Multilevel Security Tech Devt Partnership; Fred Kohout Comments

    Leidos and Cray have formed a partnership to develop and sell multilevel security platforms designed to help commercial and federal agency clients protect their information technology systems from cyber threats. The strategic alliance covers MLS platforms such as the Cray CS cluster supercomputer series, Cray said Wednesday. Cray’s CS cluster supercomputers are designed to manage […] More

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    Esri Inks Cooperative R&D, Enterprise Agreements with DOE Lab, NATO

    Esri has entered into a cooperative research-and-development agreement with the Energy Department‘s Idaho National Laboratory and a separate enterprise agreement with NATO. INL and Esri will collaborate to explore and develop prototype concepts related to location-based intelligence technology that can help secure critical infrastructure and missions, the company said Wednesday. Both parties aim to identify the potential […] More