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Lockheed Martin Launches Cybersecurity Software for Utility, Energy Sectors
Published on 30 Jun, 2011 at 14:29 in Industry News | Viewed 90 times | 1 Comment
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…
DoD Seeks to Amend DFARS to Include Cybersecurity Requirements for Contractors
Published on 30 Jun, 2011 at 12:00 in Cyber | Viewed 138 times | No Comments
A 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…
Online Action Scammer Gets 48 Months in Jail
Published on 30 Jun, 2011 at 11:17 in Cyber | Viewed 35 times | No Comments
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 created fraudulent online auctions on websites such as eBay, Craigslist and…
Survey: US Leads World in Technology, ahead of India, China
Published on 30 Jun, 2011 at 9:54 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 77 times | No Comments
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 …
White House Announces Winners in Cybersecurity Contest
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…
Gannett Suffers Breach; Hackers Steal Subscriber Data
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” to files containing information of some of Gannett’s…
Navy Develops New Strategies to Meet Rapidly Evolving Cyber Threat
Published on 29 Jun, 2011 at 11:42 in Cyber | Viewed 134 times | No Comments
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…
Research: Global Cloud Server Revenue to Hit $9.4 Billion by 2015
Published on 29 Jun, 2011 at 11:02 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 51 times | No Comments
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…
Autonomic Resources Joins Open Virtualization Alliance
Published on 29 Jun, 2011 at 9:58 in Industry News | Viewed 21 times | No Comments
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…
Symantec Honored with Two STAR Awards
Published on 28 Jun, 2011 at 13:24 in Industry News | Viewed 35 times | No Comments
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…
