Pentagon Orders Anti-IED QinetiQ Robot

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QinetiQ said JIEDDO made the $5.3 million order for the DR10 robot units after releasing an urgent operations needs statement for lightweight, throwable robots.

QinetiQ said it…

QinetiQ’s Keith Rhodes Spells Out Keys to Cyber Defense

According to experts, the keys to combating cyber threats are planning, prioritization and testing.

Keith Rhodes, senior vice president and chief technology officer for QinetiQ North America‘s Mission Solutions Group, recently outlined the ways in which civilian agencies and the Defense Department can plan effective defenses against cyber attacks on…

QinetiQ NA Unveils Social Engineering Detection Product

Your organization’s network and systems may be hacker proof, but are your employees? QinetiQ North America today unveiled a security solution designed for government customers to detect  social engineering attacks, through the use of Email Intent Analysis, real-time URL, link analysis and high-value …

Cyveillance Finds Targeting of New Brands Up 50 Percent

Cyveillance, a leader in cyber intelligence, announced its findings that cyber criminals are having greater success by using increasingly sophisticated techniques. Phishing remains one of the top threats according to Cyveillance’s “2H 2009 Cyber Intelligence Report.”

Panos Anastassiadis, COO of Cyveillance, said “Cyber criminals are focusing their efforts on developing more sophisticated and targeted attacks rather than using a far reaching blanket approach, in order to…

Emerging Trend: Government Contractor’s Buying Cybersecurity Firms

Since the new administration took office in January of this year, an emerging trend of large government contractors acquiring cybersecurity firms has come to light. In case you missed it, here is a quick recap of top cyber firm acquisitions over the last few months. 

April: Harris Corporation acquires Chantilly, Virginia-based Crucial Security, Inc. Crucial Security Inc. sells offensive and defensive IT solutions.  April: Paradigm Holding’s, Inc. requests merger with Trinity Information Management Services. Trinity IMS…