Kratos Expands Cybersecurity Capabilities with SecureInfo Acquisition

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…

New Hughes Cloud Services & Hosting Solution Helps Build Cloud and Manage Data

EchoStar Corporation and its subsidiary Hughes announced their new Hughes Cloud Services & Hosting solution for businesses of all sizes and industry.

Hughes Cloud Services & Hosting provides companies with one site or with hundreds of sites a solution platform that includes rack space, software as a service, cloud computing infrastructure design and complete corporate IT management.

The…

DoD in Search of Balanced Cloud Solution; Robert Carey Advises

Defense Department officials are looking to balance security, efficiency and effectiveness in moving away from a decentralized network of computer servers and data centers and into cloud computing, Department of Defense deputy chief information officer said yesterday.

“We must balance all three,” said Robert J. Carey, who is also the deputy assistant secretary of defense for information management,…

Sony Appoints Former US DHS Official Philip Reitinger to Head Cybersecurity

Sony named Philip Reitinger, a former top U.S. Department of Homeland Security official, to lead its cybersecurity efforts months after a massive hacking attack.

Reitinger  has previously held security roles with U.S. National Cyber Security Center, Departments of Defense and Justice, and Microsoft. He has been appointed Sony’s chief information officer and senior vice president acting as Sony’s top cybersecurity executive…

VA Launches Open Source Health Record

The Department of Veteran Affairs announced the Open Source Electronic Health Record Agent has begun operations and will serve as the central governing body of a new open source electronic health record community.

According to the VA, the launch marks an important milestone for the joint efforts of VA and the Department of Defense in creating a…

Chinese Cyberwarfare Capabilities Under Observation

An annual Department of Defense report on Chinese military activies, released Aug. 24, warns that China’s cyberwarfare capabilities are growing. 

The release of this report coincided with reports that the Chinese military may have acknowledged enabling cyber attacks in a documentary broadcast on state television. An official broadcast on China Central Television included six seconds of footage showing custom built…

Avaya Selected for Blanket Purchase Agreement: Steve Derr Comments

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ Office of Information and Technology selected Avaya Government Solutions for a blank purchase agreement for support services.

Avaya’s services will support VA’s 16 major initiatives across its 11 key IT offices and will include the Department of Defense/ VA Interagency Program Office. 

“The ambitious initiatives outlined by the VA will provide better benefits and services…

Lynn: Sharing Intelligence Helps Contractors Strengthen Cyber Defenses

According to U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III, the open sharing of federal cyber intelligence operations helps contractors strengthen defenses. 

During his talk yesterday at the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Customer and Industry Forum in Baltimore, Md., Lynn told attendees that results from a new pilot…

Panetta: ‘We Have to Continue to Focus on the Threat of Cyber Attacks’

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke to service members about national cybersecurity concerns during a visit last week to U.S. Strategic Command headquarters in Nebraska.

In his address, he discussed key security threats, achievements in the war against terrorism and the future of the defense budget. He warned the soldiers that the largest…

DoD Launches Cyber Strategy Website

Following the recent release of its first cybersecurity strategy, the Defense Department launched yesterday a new website dedicated to its cyber initiatives.

According to DoD, the new site is designed to help users explore the five pillars of DoD’s cyber strategy: treating cyberspace as an operational domain; employing new defense operating concepts; partnering with the public and…