TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 13, 2021 — Sean Berg, president of Forcepoint's global governments and critical infrastructure business, has said combining a zero-trust architecture, continuous monitoring tools and behavioral analytics would allow agencies to authenticate users and prevent unauthorized network access, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday.
Read More »Splunk’s Ashok Sankar: Granular Data Visibility Key to Ensuring Cloud Security
Ashok Sankar, director of industry marketing, public sector and education at Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK), said agencies moving to the cloud to accommodate remote work should have granular visibility into data in order to generate security and operational insights.
Read More »Noblis Wins GSA FedRAMP ISSO Support Contract; Mile Corrigan Quoted
Noblis has been awarded the one-year General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Risk and Authorization Management Programs (FedRAMP) Program Management and Technical (ISSO) Support contract to continue its technology services with the agency, the company announced Wednesday. The prime contract has two, two-year option periods.
Read More »CMMC Accreditation Body Issues Solicitation for Continuous Monitoring Tool
The accreditation body for the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program has issued a request for proposals for a continuous monitoring platform. The RFP posted Wednesday on LinkedIn says that certified third-party assessment organizations, assessors and companies seeking certification will use the continuous monitoring tool to carry out pre-evaluation background research and monitor firms between formal assessments.
Read More »Data Can Aid Organizations in Gov’t Cybersecurity Compliance Efforts
Insights from data sets have the potential to help organizations in efforts to comply with the U.S. government's information security requirements such as the Department of Defense Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program, Federal News Network reported Monday. The Potomac Officers Club will host its CMMC Forum 2020 on April 2. Click here to register for the event.
Read More »ECS Federal Lands Contract for FBI Cybersecurity Program Support
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 25, 2018 — ECS Federal will help develop and manage the Cybersecurity Red and Blue Team initiative as well as the Enterprise Compliance and Continuous Monitoring Support Program at the FBI under a potential $37.7M contract, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. FBI said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday REBL will work to build …
Read More »Qmulos’ Matt Coose: Data Analytics Key to Real-Time Risk Management
Matt Coose, chief executive officer of Qmulos, a cybersecurity and information technology compliance firm, has said government agencies that aim to build up their cybersecurity posture should adopt data analytics in order to automate the process of converting data into “real-time technical evidence.” Coose wrote that such evidence can help agencies …
Read More »AWS Offers Continuous Monitoring, Threat Detection Service
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 1, 2017 — Amazon Web Services has developed a new service that will work to provide continuous security monitoring and threat detection to AWS cloud accounts and information technology infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. AWS Chief Evangelist Jeff Barr wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that Amazon …
Read More »Vencore to Provide Infrastructure Monitoring Tech for Utility Company’s Metering, Distribution Systems
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2017 — Vencore‘s research arm will deliver continuous monitoring services to help secure American Electric Power‘s advanced metering infrastructure and distribution automation systems, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The government contractor said Monday Vencore Labs will deploy the SecureSmart infrastructure monitoring technology to two operating companies within AEP in …
Read More »Tom Romeo, Dave McClure Suggest Steps to Help Secure Business Processes
TYSONS CORNER, VA March 24, 2015 — Executive Mosaic — ExecutiveBiz reported Monday on remarks by Tom Romeo, president of Maximus (NYSE: MMS) Federal Services, and Dave McClure, chief strategist at Veris Group, regarding federal agencies’ need to integrate data security into their business processes to avoid risk-centered vulnerabilities. “Finding the right balance is challenging …
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