Juniper Networks Names Bask Iyer, Martin Garvin to Operations Team

Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) last week announced two key appointments to its operations team: Bask Iyer as senior vice president and chief information officer and Martin J. Garvin as senior vice president of manufacturing operations.

Iyer most recently served as Honeywell’s companywide CIO and as a member of the leadership team. Garvin’s most recent role was…

Booz Allen Wins Spot on $12B Veterans Affairs IDIQ

Booz Allen Hamilton has been named a prime contractor on the Veterans Affairs Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology contract to support the VA’s modernization and transformation efforts.

The firm is one of 14 contractors on $12 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity award. The contract has a five-year period of performance…

European Police Continue Pursuit of ‘Anonymous’ Hackers

Police in Italy and Switzerland this week raided more than 30 homes as part of an overall effort to crack down on high-profile cyber attacks claimed by hacktivist collective Anonymous, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Since last December, police have nabbed more than 40 individuals in Europe with alleged ties to Anonymous. In the U.S., the FBI is continuing an investigation that has involved dozens of searches…

Microsoft Researchers: Cyber Crime Losses Exaggerated

Reports of losses from cyber crimes gathered from surveys are greatly exaggerated and often based on unverified, self-reported numbers and skewed results, according to two Microsoft researchers.

In the “Sex, Lies and Cybercrime Surveys” report, Dinei Florencio and Cormac Herley say much of the information on cyber-crime losses comes…

Senators Propose ‘Gold Standard’ for Cybersecurity

In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Sens. Joe Lieberman, Susan Collins and Tom Carper propose a “gold standard” in cybersecurity to help protect networks and computers from hackers and potentially, a “digital Pearl Harbor.”

The proposal would grant the Department of Homeland Security statutory authority to work with the private sector to identify…

Estonian Telecom Services Provider Fights Off Cyber Attack

An unidentified hacker launched a cyber attack against Estonian telecom service provider Elion’s email system, attempting to gain access to 70,000 client accounts, Estonian Public Broadcasting reports.

An investigation determined the intruder failed to access passwords and content. The attack, which came from outside of Estonia, was the largest cyber attack Elion has experienced, the company’s Chief Technical Engineer Kalev Reiljan told Postimees.

The cyber assault began June…

Health Insurance Company Pays 100K over Data Breach

After admitting it took months to notify 32,000 Indiana customers about a data breach that could have compromised their personal information, health insurer WellPoint Inc. will now pay a $100,000 fine, The Associated Press reports.

The Indianapolis-based company also agreed to provide up to two years of credit monitoring and identity-theft protection to affected consumers and reimburse them up to $50,000 each for any …

Lockheed Martin Reaches IT Services Milestone

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) today announced it has successfully achieved ISO 20000 certification for its Information Systems & Global Solutions business area.

With two internationally recognized certifications in IT services and information security standards positions, Lockheed Martin is one of a handful U.S.-based companies and government organizations to accomplish…

Government Lab Hit by Cyber Attack

The government’s research and development facility, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, was forced to shut down Internet access after suffering a cyber attack, according to Reuters.

“PNNL is experiencing an Internet outage due to a cyber attack,” the laboratory said in a voice mail message at the lab’s office of public affairs.

PNNL spokesman Greg Koller told The Associated Press services were being restored gradually.

“The good news is…

Washington Post Jobs Site Hacked

Hackers last week broke into The Washington Post’s jobs site and gained access to nearly 1.3 million user IDs and email addresses, the news organization revealed yesterday.

Although the hackers were able to access to certain user information on Washington Post Jobs, passwords and personal information such as resumes or contact information were not compromised, according to an email the news organization sent to its users.

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