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    Diligent Consulting Receives Navy IT Support IDIQ

    Diligent Consulting has received an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide information technology support to the U.S. Navy and other agencies. Diligent Consulting said Tuesday it will compete on task orders under the SeaPort-e IDIQ contract alongside partner CACI International in support of the Navy’s engineering, financial management, information technology, information assurance, cybersecurity and program management areas. Diligent will […] More

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    Fortinet Forecasts 2017 Cybersecurity Trends in Cloud, Internet of Things

    Fortinet predicts cyber threat actors to exploit approximately 20 billion internet of things-based endpoint devices in order to perform attacks on cloud environments as well as obtain money from victims through ransomware in 2017. The threat research team under the company’s FortiGuard Labs expects consumers, vendors and industry groups to call for the implementation of security […] More

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    CSRA Secures $52M DHS Technical & Program Support Contract

    CSRA has won a four-year, $52 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security‘s Office of Cybersecurity and Communications to perform a range of technical and program support services. The company said Monday it will aid in DHS’ efforts to optimize the security, resiliency and reliability of U.S. cyber and communications infrastructure under the recompeted contract. Sally Sullivan, executive […] More

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    IBM-Ponemon Study: 32% of IT & Security Personnel Report High Organizational Cyber Resilience

    A new study backed by the Ponemon Institute and IBM‘s Resilient subsidiary says 32 percent of information technology and security personnel claim there is a high level of cyber resilience in their organizations. IBM said Wednesday Ponemon interviewed 2,400 security and IT respondents across the world for the Resilient-sponsored 2016 Cyber Resilient Organization study. “This year’s Cyber Resilience […] More

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    Deloitte & MAPI Study: 36% of Manufacturing Execs Cite Intellectual Property as Top Data Security Concern

    A new study by Deloitte and the Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation has found that 36 percent of manufacturing executives said intellectual property is their top concern when it comes to data security, followed by consumer information and inadvertent personal data disclosures. Deloitte and MAPI conducted 35 interviews with executives and industry organizations as well […] More

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    Army Seeks R&D, Technical Support Sources for Cybersecurity Program

    The U.S. Army has begun to search for industry sources of research and development and technical services that could support the Army Research Laboratory’s cybersecurity service provider. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday stated ARL will use information from the responses to identify interested vendors and formulate a strategy for a planned solicitation on a contract with one base year […] More

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    Northrop Opens 2016-2017 UK National Youth Cyber Defense Competition

    Northrop Grumman has launched the U.K. national youth cyber defense competition for 2016-2017 in efforts to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. The company said Thursday CyberCenturion aims to encourage students to pursue cybersecurity related academic courses and careers and address the skills gap within the industry. More than 130 teams of 12-18 year olds registered for […] More

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    Navy Solicits Proposals for Cybersecurity Support Services

    The U.S. Navy‘s Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division has begun to solicit proposals from interested vendors for a range of cybersecurity support services. NAWCWD plans to award a five-year, single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to aid the analysis, design, development, test, integration, deployment and operations of information technology systems and services, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday. […] More

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    FireEye, Thomson Reuters, Pillsbury Form Cyber Risk Mgmt Alliance

    Thomson Reuters, FireEye and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman have forged an alliance with the goal to help corporations comply with new regulations and address risks associated with cybersecurity. FireEye said Monday the alliance will offer resources from a multi-pronged approach to cybersecurity risk and assessment and due diligence that merges legal counsel, technical assessments and managed services to aid compliance […] More

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    BAE Expands Cyber Threat Assessment & Monitoring Service for Businesses

    BAE Systems has expanded its service offering that works to provide real-time threat monitoring and assessment to help businesses identify and mitigate cyber risks. The company said Monday its updated Managed Security Service builds on BAE’s decade-long experience in providing network protection for corporate and government clients. “The cyber landscape is constantly evolving and the advanced tools and […] More

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    Morphick Receives NSA National Security Systems Mgmt Accreditation

    The National Security Agency has awarded Morphick a Cyber Incident Response Assistance certification to accredit and qualify the company’s work in the management of national security systems Morphick said Monday it was evaluated based on NSA’s 21 critical focus areas for response assistance services such as incident response, intrusion detection, threat hunting, system-on-chip efficiency and tailored threat intelligence. “It […] More

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    Mitre to Mentor Rockville Innovation Center Startups on Cybersecurity via BHI Partnership

    Mitre has partnered with BioHealth Innovation Inc. to provide cybersecurity mentorship to startup companies at the Rockville Innovation Center in Maryland. RIC houses BHI’s health technology startup accelerator Relevant Health and aims to graduate early-stage technology firms into the commercial market of Montgomery County through various resources, BHI said Monday. “This arrangement enables each party to focus on […] More