NSA Targeting Android Version Against Bad Apps

The National Security Agency has released a version of Android that features stricter-access control policies, according to InformationWeek.

Security Enhanced Android was designed to identify and address gaps in Android’s security regarding applications, including problems with malicious and bad apps. The project page says the new version will limit damage from bad apps.

NSA said the release…

Booz Allen Launches Network for Cyber Training, Expertise

Booz Allen Hamilton launched a cyber solutions network Tuesday in order to train and deliver cyber expertise to government and commercial clients no matter their location, according to a company announcement.

The network “will provide deeper and broader cyber capabilities and services to our clients on their terms – when they need it and where they need it,”…

App Mall, Geospatial Collaboration in Works as Army Moves Intelligence to Cloud

In October, the director of the National Security Agency wanted to make clear to a Baltimore audience his views on the intelligence community using cloud computing.

“We need to go from our legacy databases to the cloud,” Army Gen. Keith Alexander said.

Alexander explained that cloud computing offers a better end-to-end view of…

Federal Spending Moves to Cybersecurity, Contractors Follow

It has become evident of recent that agencies are beginning to refocus much of their spending toward cybersecurity related activity.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, for example, plans to increase cybersecurity research spending by 50 percent over the next five years, according to an ExecutiveGov…

MarkLogic Intos New Social Media Channels at Gov’t Summit

MarkLogic recently held its annual Government Summit, included more than 350 government and industry decision maker attendees who explored big data solutions.

Amidst panels and discussions was the official launch of the MarkLogic Public Sector Twitter handle, @MarkLogicPubSec and the MarkLogic Public Sector Facebook page.

“This year’s MarkLogic Government Summit gave public…

ARINC Cyber Conference Pushes for Cyber Industry Growth in Maryland

ARINC and the Maryland Department of Veterans Affairs co-sponsored a cyber conference Thursday at the ARINC headquarters in Annapolis, Md. 

Up to a hundred Veteran-owned small business leaders with a focus on cyber and IT had the chance to hear about opportunities in the cyber environment from Maryland’s Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown and Secretary of Veterans Affairs,…

NSA Approves ITT Network Processors to Store Top Secret Apps

ITT Corp.’s Coyote family of secure network processors has been certified by the U.S. National Security Agency to protect any packet-based protocol for the network, voice, data and storage of top secret and below applications.

The Coyote program includes two fully-programmable cryptographic system-on-chip secure network processors, BlackRiver-AARIS-777 and Havasu-AARIS-457.

BlackRiver-AARIS-777 is top-secret certified and the Havasu-AARIS-457 is below certified.

Both support a…

Government to Seek Out Hacking Talent at Defcon Convention

Following a recent spike in cyber attacks against critical U.S. infrastructures, agencies across the federal government will be flocking this week to Las Vegas to attend the Defcon hacker convention to seek out and recruit the most talented members of the hacker community.

The convention attracts seasoned computer experts, and this year’s event is expected to exceed more than 10,000…

Gen. Alexander: Cybersecurity Needs More than Just Defense

With at least 5,000 new pieces of malware show up online a day, simply deploying a firewall and fixing things when they break isn’t good enough, according to U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency head Gen. Keith B. Alexander.

“We can no longer depend on a static defense,” said Alexander,…

NSA Launches ‘Cool’ Tech Tools to Recruit Cyber Pros, Techies

The National Security Agency has launched two new digital communications efforts designed to educate prospective employees on career opportunities as part of a move to tap the best and brightest to support the agency’s cybersecurity initiatives, according to an NSA press release.

Available from iTunes, the NSA Career Links…