A research project led by SAIC Inc. is working on a program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that can detect suspicious online behavior before an insider creates chaos, according to a report from Defense Systems. The Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales program seeks to create, adapt and apply software that can track a [...]
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Symantec Finds Small, Midsize Firms Think Cyberattacks Won’t Happen to Them
November 17, 2011 No CommentA recently released study from Symantec Corp. found that most are aware of potential threats, but it seems small and medium businesses don’t think it could happen to them. The company’s 2011 SMB Threat Awareness Poll revealed high levels of awareness, but did find that SMBs may not be implementing the correct safeguards despite awareness levels, according to the [...]
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AT&T has made a push in cloud technology with the unveiling of it’s platform as a service application software. PaaS serves as a self sustainable cloud based service tool to help businesses customize, develop and launch their own cloud apps to assist with business related tasks. AT&T believes PaaS will be extremely useful to companies due [...]
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions is expanding its presence in the cybersecurity market, announcing today that it has purchased SecureInfo Corp., a defense and intelligence cybersecurity firm. SecureInfo provides solutions for cloud security and specializes in operational cybersecurity and cybersecurity risk management services. Some of its major federal customers include the U.S. Defense Department and the U.S. Department of Homeland [...]
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Average Internet users who think online privacy tools adequately protect them have a problem according to Carnegie Mellon University researchers: the tools do not work all that well. In a 38-page report, the researchers determined the tools were more likely to confuse the average user and may in fact do the opposite of what the [...]
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CIO.com is reporting Salesforce.com has hired former Oracle and SAP executive John Wookey. He left SAP earlier this year after serving for two-and-a-half years, where he managed the vendor’s on-demand software strategy for large enterprises. “We’re thrilled to have John join Salesforce.com,” the company said in a recent statement. “He will be focused on special projects [...]
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On Wednesday, federal agencies and their geospatial partners launched the Geospatial Platform, providing access to federal data collections on maps. The new platform was developed as a partnership among agencies belonging to the Federal Geographic Data Committee, an interagency committee composed of representatives from the White House, Cabinet departments and independent agencies. Along with federal data, [...]
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Symantec Conducts Site Vulnerability Testing, Finds Nearly Half to be at Remedial Risk
November 7, 2011 No CommentSymantec has released its assessment of its Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer, Premium and Secure Site Pro certificate customers. The service enables quick identification and remediation of the most exploitable weaknesses on public-facing Web pages, Web-based applications, server software and network ports. Since launching the system in October, the company has scanned nearly 2,000 web sites [...]
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