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Lynn: Sharing Intelligence Helps Contractors Strengthen Cyber Defenses
Published on 17 Aug, 2011 at 10:46 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 144 times | 1 Comment
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…
The Chinese Are Coming: Cyber Espionage Targets Government Contractors
Published on 3 Feb, 2010 at 14:31 in Cloud | Viewed 1,247 times | No Comments
U.S. government networks are consistently probed for vulnerabilities by hackers and foreign intelligence agencies. The difficulty of attribution combined with the ease of access and decreased physical risk makes cyber espionage a favorite tool of more advanced intelligence services.
Foreign governments seek information for U.S.-based networks for a variety of reasons, including intelligence gathering and economic espionage, enabling domestic industries to copy U.S. products. This pursuit of intellectual property alongside…
