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Industry Execs on Cybersecurity Risks Associated With New Low-Earth Orbit Satellites
Some industry leaders said new low-Earth orbit satellites may create a larger attack surface for cyber threat actors, Via Satellite reported Friday.
Raytheon’s Teresa Shea: Organizations Should Extend Zero-Trust Model to the Cloud
Teresa Shea, vice president of cyber offensive and defensive experts at Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, told CyberScoop in an interview posted Monday that a zero-trust model should be extended to the cloud environment amid data growth and increasing adoption of internet of things.
Kent Walker: Google Eager to Do More Work With DoD
Kent Walker, senior vice president for global affairs at Google, said the company collaborates with different agencies within the Department of Defense on several technology projects and plans to expand work with the Pentagon, Defense One reported Wednesday.
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Carahsoft Honored as Top Cybersecurity Company in DC; Craig Abod Quoted
Carahsoft Technology has landed the top spot on Washington Business Journal’s list of largest Washington, D.C.-based cybersecurity firms for the second consecutive year.
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Lockheed Taps Expanse for Supply Chain Asset Mgmt Tool; Matt Kraning Quoted
Lockheed Martin has partnered with software-as-a-service company Expanse to deploy the latter’s asset management product across the former’s supplier network.
Dell EMC Federal’s Steve Harris: Multicloud Could Help Agencies Achieve Flexibility, Transparency
Steve Harris, senior vice president and general manager of Dell EMC’s federal business and a 2019 Wash100 awardee, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Federal News Network that there are several factors agencies should consider as they adopt a multicloud approach and one is the transparency and flexibility multicloud brings to agencies.
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Report: Gov’t, Military Officials in US Allied Countries Among Victims of WhatsApp Breach
A breach through Facebook-owned messaging application WhatsApp targeted the smartphones of senior government and military officials from at least 20 countries, Reuters reported Friday.
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Raytheon’s Thomas Kennedy: Integrated Production Oversight Key to Addressing Emerging Security Threats
Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO at Raytheon and a 2019 Wash100 Award recipient, has said that organizations’ information and operational technology teams need to work together to ensure a strong cybersecurity posture.
Joe Quaglia: Tech Data Seeks to Get Public Sector Market Share Through DLT Deal
Joe Quaglia, president of the Americas at Tech Data (Nasdaq: TECD), told GCN in an interview published Thursday the company’s proposed acquisition of software and cloud technology aggregator DLT Solutions provides an opportunity for Tech Data to capture a share of the federal public sector market.