Symantec Intelligence Reports Finds Public Sector is Most Targeted by Phishing Activity

Symantec‘s September 2011 intelligence report found that in the U.S., the public sector remained the most targeted by phishing activity with one in every 125.8 e-mails comprising a phishing attack.

The report also found that the public’s sector spam level was 74.5 percent, greater than all but the education sector, 77.2 percent, and the chemical and pharmaceutical sector, 74.6 percent.

The company…

USIS Taps Stephen Synnott to Lead Intelligence Analysis, Tech Solutions

Stephen Synnott has joined USIS, an Altegrity company, as director of intelligence analysis and technology solutions.

Synnott reports to USIS Security Solutions Division President Mike Fraser and is based in Falls Church, Va.

“Steve’s experience in the intelligence analysis space and strategic vision within the…

Raytheon Ups Game to Fight Cyber Threats with New Acquisition

Raytheon has acquired Technology Associates, Inc., a company that provides full life-cycle computer engineering to mission-critical programs in the Intelligence Community.

The new company, named Raytheon Technology Associates, will be integrated with Raytheon’s Information Security Solutions product line within the Intelligence and Information Systems business.

“Now more than ever, our…

Alex Miller of L-3: Ignorance is the Greatest Cyber Threat

Alex Miller is a retired Navy cryptologic officer, who spent more than 33 years in the Navy. He retired in 2005 as a rear admiral while serving as the chief of staff at the National Security Agency. He joined Titan Corporation, which was subsequently bought by L-3 Corporation where he now serves…

MI5 Fires Older Spies for Inadequate IT Skills

The domestic British intelligence agency MI5 is firing older employees for not having up-to-date IT skills and replacing the jokingly called James Bond Generation of elderly spies with new intelligence officers who have better command of new technologies, according to the Daily Telegraph.

Most of MI5′s counterterrorism work focuses on Islamic extremists, many of whom use of the Internet and other computer technologies…