Tag Archives: cybersecurity

Perspecta's (NYSE: PRSP) applied research arm has been selected to receive a 2019 Industry Innovator award for introducing three cybersecurity technology platforms through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems program.

Matt Kraning, chief technology officer and co-founder of San Francisco-based Expanse, has said government agencies need a centralized strategy to secure, govern and monitor all internet-connected devices.

Aaron Faulkner, former vice president of cybersecurity at ECS, has been named head of the cyber practice within Accenture's (NYSE: ACN) federal subsidiary. The more than 18-year industry veteran will oversee efforts to design, build and deliver cybersecurity offerings to federal civilian and defense customers in his new position, Accenture said Monday.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $428M task order to deliver aircraft intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services to the U.S. Army.

The Defense Information Systems Agency is looking for potential sources of information technology services to support the integration of disparate cybersecurity platforms into a single network for Department of Defense personnel exchange data.

Bill Aubin, vice president of federal at Exabeam, has said government agencies seeking to counter threat actors working in stealth mode to exfiltrate data should use machine learning and the expertise of security professionals.

The Department of Defense has issued a draft version of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification, which sets cyber standards and practices meant to help the defense industrial base reduce exfiltration of controlled unclassified information.

Hexagon US Federal has won a potential four-year, $107.1M contract to build hardware and provide engineering support for a U.S. Navy initiative to install cyber defense systems on surface ships. Naval Sea Systems Command received two offers for the Situational Awareness, Boundary Enforcement and Response program via an online solicitation, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 5, 2019 — BAE Systems has opened an innovation hub at the Georgia Cyber Center in Augusta, Ga., in a move to expand its support for cybersecurity programs and its workforce in the region, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 22.

Kevin Jermyn, regional manager of federal customer success at CyberArk (Nasdaq: CYBR), has said government agencies seeking to protect sensitive data from cyber attacks should come up with a program to control, monitor and oversee privileged access to critical assets.