Lockheed Martin Launches Cybersecurity Software for Utility, Energy Sectors
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has launched a new cybersecurity product that aims to help the utility and energy industries to stay ahead of cyber threats through intelligence-driven defense. Palisade will provide analysts with enterprisewide visibility, awareness and alerting to effectively pinpoint and thwart cybersecurity threats through advanced threat detection and forensic tools, Lockheed Martin said [...]
DoD Seeks to Amend DFARS to Include Cybersecurity Requirements for Contractors
June 30, 2011 No CommentA proposed rule published yesterday would require government contractors whose information systems contain unclassified Defense Department information to protect that information from hackers and notify DoD of any breaches, Federal Computer Weeks reports. DoD wants to add a new clause to the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement to deal with the handling of unclassified information, [...]
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A Romanian scammer was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison for his role as a money mule in an international fraud scheme that targeted online bidders, the FBI’s Chicago division announced. According to court documents, Adrian Ghighina, 33, of Bucharest, Romania, moved and hid the illicit proceeds of an global scam in which co-conspirators [...]
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A strong demand for technology has helped push the United States to lead the industry globally, taking first place from third just a year ago, according to a new survey. Although the senior technology executives polled in KPMG LLP‘s annual Technology Industry Business Climate survey said they perceive the U.S. market driving revenue growth, they [...]
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The Department of Homeland Security this week announced the winners of a contest to raise awareness about how to stay safe in cyberspace. The Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign’s Public Service Announcement Challenge was launched in November 2010 as part of the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt wrote on the White House [...]
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Hackers have targeted Gannett Government Media, breaking into its web servers that hosted personal information about subscribers to publications read by U.S. government officials, military leaders and rank-and-file soldiers, Los Angeles Times reports. The company disclosed details of the intrusion to its readers in an email that said an unknown attacker had gained “unauthorized access” [...]
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The Defense Department’s DoD 5000 acquisition model does not acknowledge the fast-evolving nature of cyber threat, so the Navy is now developing new strategies to better counter Internet attacks, according to an official. “DoD 5000 doesn’t work for cyber defense,” said Kevin McNally, program manager for information assurance and cybersecurity, Navy PEO-C4I, according to Defense [...]
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New research by International Data Corporation shows that worldwide revenue for servers deployed to public clouds will reach $3.6 billion in 2015, while private cloud server revenue will surge to $5.8 billion. IT leaders are eager to embrace cloud computing as a viable option for decreasing complexity, by implementing converged systems that arrive pre-integrated and [...]
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Autonomic Resources, a government provider of cloud and emerging technologies, is joining in the Open Virtualization Alliance, which aims to provide education, best practices and technical advice to help corporations and the public sector understand and evaluate their virtualization. Autonomic has in previous years supported open standards via the Open Source Software Institute and now [...]
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Symantec Enterprise Support Services has received two 2011 STAR Awards for Excellence from the Technology Services Industry Association, in the Excellence in Value-Added Support and Customer Commitment categories. “Maintaining high availability, security and performance is critical for Symantec enterprise customers,” said David Hare, vice president, Enterprise Support Services at Symantec. “These awards validate our commitment [...]
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