SAIC Inc. and McAfee announced plans in October to partner to build new cybersecurity solutions for national governments, intelligence, telecommunications and enterprises worldwide. The companies announced Monday that the resulting cyber solution is available on SAIC’s CloudShield platform for government and military organizations to combat advanced persistent threats. Charles Beard, SAIC’s chief information officer and general manager of [...]
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Recent spear-phishing attacks and breaches on natural gas pipeline companies can be traced back to the same spies likely involved in the RSA Inc. cyber attacks last year, the Christian Science Monitor reported in an exclusive story. RSA provides security services to defense companies and government agencies. The breach to EMC’s security branch cost the [...]
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Exclusive: McAfee CTO Phyllis Schneck Talks Cyber Threats, Lattanze Award Win
May 14, 2012 No CommentEach year, Loyola College recognizes information technology thought leaders who have made an impact in the field with the Lattanze Executive of the Year Award. Dr. Phyllis Schneck, McAfee’s chief technology officer for the global public sector, recently received the award for technical vision for applications of global threat intelligence and cyber security efforts. Schneck [...]
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In early March, reports surfaced that U.S. and British leaders had mistakenly accepted Facebook friend requests from an illegitimate profile of NATAO Senior Commander and U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis. Similar methods have now led to compromise of information from the U.K. Defense Ministry’s top secret system, AOL Government reports. Stavridis has been the subject of [...]
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The U.S. and European Union have developed cooperative cyber crime investigations but officials suggest developing policy for a concrete partnership may prove more difficult, GCN reports. U.S. and E.U. officials met in Washington Wednesday at an event hosted by Center for Strategic and International Studies and the European Security Round Table. Defining the government’s role [...]
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Experts told House lawmakers this week that they believe Iran is a bigger threat than China or Russia, having passed developmental stages for offensive capabilities and moved onto defensive efforts in cyberspace, GCN reports. Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, told attendees of a joint House Homeland Security Committee subcommittee meeting that [...]
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We no longer live in a time where disconnecting critical infrastructure components from the Internet is a viable options, a top security officer from In-Q-Tel told Boston Source conference attendees Wednesday. Disconnecting the power grid and water utilities from the Internet for security is good in theory but is is unrealistic in practice, said IQT Chief [...]
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Cybersecurity efforts should focus on hunting down the network intruder instead of trying to defend the network from an attack, says Shawn Henry, the FBI’s former top cyber official. Henry retired from the bureau last month and has moved to startup company CrowdStrike, which provides malware and incident response services. The .gov space is effectively [...]
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The Air Force’s cyber command operates with the same mission-focus as any other command of the force, Maj. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot said this week, according to an Air Force release. Vautrinot serves as head of the 24th Air Force and the branch’s cyber air component to cyber command. The 24th Air Force is responsible for [...]
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Northrop Recruits Interns at DC High School Cyber Defense Event; Diane Miller Comments
April 16, 2012 No CommentA group of cyber savvy high school students recently traveled cross-country to participate in a Washington-based cyber defense competition, the Los Angeles Times reports. The CyberPatriot National High School Cyber Defense Competition challenged students to defend computer networks from hackers hoping to gain access to sensitive information. Eleven teams manged virtual databases and operating systems [...]
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