Harris Finalizes Carefx Corporation Deal

Harris Corporation has finalized its $155 million acquisition of privately held Carefx Corporation, which provides interoperability workflow solutions for government and commercial healthcare providers, according to a press release.

Used in more than 800 hospitals, healthcare systems and health information exchanges across the nation, the Carefx Fusionfx platform incorporates…

EMC Acquires NetWitness

IT company EMC today announced its acquisition of NetWitness, a security analysis corporation based in Reston, Va.

NetWitness will become part of RSA, a security division of EMC. Combining the two enterprises will give security teams a deeper insight into the security outline of their organizations.

NetWitness provides security teams the resources…

Hack at Home Shopping Network Exposes Customer Info

The Home Shopping Network is warning its customers of a recent incident that could have exposed their names and emails to an unknown hacker.

In an email to customers obtained by The New New Internet, Gregg Stallwood, senior vice president of customer care at HSN, said the company had learned from its email provider, Epislon, that limited information about customers was accessed by an unauthorized individual or individuals.

The information…

Official: Cheaper Broadband to Blame for Kenya’s High Rate of Cyber Crime

A senior government official in Kenya has attributed the high rate of cyber crime in the country to the implementation of the fiber optic cable, Nigerian news agency KBC reported.

Speaking at the cyber briefing in Mombasa last week, Ministry of Information and Communication Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo said the introduction of the cheaper…

IEEE Slammed with Network Intrusion

The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers suffered a data breach last year that compromised credit card information of more than 800 people who registered for an IEEE conference, Network World reported.

IEEE has notified affected individuals about the breach that took place around Nov. 17, 2010, and resulted in the deletion of a file containing customer information, according to a…

Survey: Most Organizations Have Ineffective Security Processes

Lack of coordination, benchmarking and proactive improvement of functionality are reasons why security processes in enterprises fail to meet their potential, according to a new survey.

Published by SenSage Inc., the survey polled more than 375 attendees at the 2011 RSA Conference in San Francisco and…

Regulatory Watchdog: Will FISMA Standards be Extended to Industry to Avoid Financial Cyber Attack?

As the National Institute of Standards and Technology makes headway in preparing standards required by FISMA, a regulatory watchdog in the District is expressing concerns both about the increasing  burden on industry and  whether FISMA standards will include the private sector in thwarting a financial cyber attack.

The Center for Regulatory Effectiveness, founded and managed by…

Raytheon Hosts Event to Bring Awareness of Cyber Threats to Utilities Industry

Raytheon, in partnership with the Texas A&M Energy Engineering Institute and the Energy Institute of the University of Texas at Austin, hosted a Cybersecurity Utilities Symposium this week.

With public utilities increasing their Internet presence, the industry is now also experiencing the threat of cyber attacks. The symposium aimed to raise awareness of the threat. Security…