Symantec Opens Herndon, Va. Cybersecurity Center

Symantec Corp. has opened a new security operations center in Herndon, Va. to support the company’s managed security services group, the company announced Tuesday.

The new center was formerly located in Alexandria, Va. and Symantec also operates centers in Australia, India and the UK.

Brian Dunphy, a Symantec senior product management director, said the new center provides nearly…

DHS, Idaho National Lab Win Award for Cyber Training Programs

The Department of Homeland Security‘s National Cyber Security Division and the Idaho National Laboratory have won the 2011 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award for creating a series of training programs on defending the power grid and other utility systems, according to a SANS Institute announcement.

The programs…

SAIC, McAfee Partner to Help Enterprises Battle Cyber Threats; Charles Beard Comments

SAIC and McAfee are partnering to provide new cybersecurity solutions to help large enterprises in facing sophisticated threats. The partnership will result in carrier grade security solutions for national governments, intelligence, telecommunications and enterprises worldwide. 

The beginning of the agreement calls for McAfee Network Threat Response to be integrated into CloudShield’s PN41 for the IBM Blade Center and CS4000 platforms. McAfee Network Threat Response captures, deconstructs, and analyzes…

CACI Cybersecurity Report from Threat Symposium Available; CACI CEO Paul Cofoni Comments

CACI International Inc., the U.S. Naval Institute and the Center for Security Policy released the report titled, “Cyber Threats to National Security: Keeping the Nation’s Industrial Base Safe From Cyber Threats.” The report includes recommendations from the fifth Asymmetric Threat symposium. 

The Cyber Threats symposium gave shape to the report and featured keynote speakers such as Ambassador John R. Bolton, James S. Gilmore,…

McAfee and Intel Unveil DeepSAFE Better Protecting PCs and Devices

McAfee unveils DeepSAFE to provide a new approach to security within the ever-changing world of cyber threats. DeepSAFE was demonstrated by McAfee at Intel Developer Forum during Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini’s keynote.

“This is a tremendous shift for McAfee and one of the biggest innovations in the security industry’s history,” said Todd Gebhart, co-president…

DARPA Taps Raytheon for Cybersecurity Research Program

Raytheon announced today it has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support its Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales program, a cybersecurity initiative that will use algorithms to better detect anomalous behaviors and insider threats. Raytheon will create, adapt and apply technology to the problem of anomaly characterization and detection in large…

Pentagon Releases First-ever Cyberspace Strategy

The Defense Department today released its strategy for operating in cyberspace, its first unified plan that aims to address the multitude of cyber threats the nation faces on a daily basis.

“It is critical to strengthen our cyber capabilities to address the cyber threats we’re facing,” said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta…

Navy Develops New Strategies to Meet Rapidly Evolving Cyber Threat

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…

Symantec Fights APTs with New Security Software

Because of the consistent and aggressive cyber threats by criminals, companies have a hard time keeping up with malicious attacks. To help alleviate some of the issues, Symantec has introduced two new security solutions to counter advanced persistent threats.

Symantec’s Endpoint Protection 12 offers companies the protection…

Federal Government Mandates Transition to IPv6

With the new, available IPv4 addresses set to run out in the forthcoming weeks, federal agencies are working hard to meet the deadlines set by U.S. Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra.

At the same time, agencies are grappling with how to protect networks and information from existing and future IPv6 cyber threats.

“There…