Tag Archives: data security

A Red Hat operating system offering has earned recertification that validates the platform's capacity to process sensitive information in line with National Institute of Standards and Technology requirements. Red Hat said Tuesday it renewed Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 cryptography certification for the Enterprise Linux 7.6 software.

Brent Hansen, federal chief technology officer and director of sales engineering for cloud protection and licensing activity at Thales, has said government agencies and industry should collaborate to come up with strategies designed to protect data in the cloud or in data centers.

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has secured a potential 10-year, $92.2M contract to help the U.S. Navy modernize and sustain cross-domain technology platform the U.S. Navy uses to exchange data with other government agencies. The company will also provide program management, installation, security authorization, logistics and training support for the Radiant Mercury system, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.

Nick Jovanovic, vice president of federal business for cloud protection and licensing activity at Thales, discussed in an interview on CyberWire’s Daily Podcast about federal agencies migrating sensitive data to the cloud and the gap such a move leaves in terms of security responsibility as highlighted in the company’s 2019 Thales Data Threat Report – Federal Edition.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 3, 2019 — Sean Berg, senior vice president and general manager of global governments and critical infrastructure at Forcepoint, believes government agencies should look into how their employees interact with data in order to advance security amid the increasing use of cloud and automation in the …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 7, 2018 — Deloitte and its partner Attest will offer government customers access to the latter’s blockchain-based digital identity technologies in an effort to secure the personal data of citizens, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The professional services firm said Monday the blockchain-enabled Attest Wallet and Attest Enterprise applications, respectively, …

Sean Brophy, regional vice president of public sector sales at Tableau Software (NYSE: DATA), has said government agencies should advance the use of data analytics to learn how citizens engage with the government. Brophy wrote that adopting data analytics tools could help agencies identify the needs of citizens and deliver …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 26, 2018 — NTT Data has teamed with GDS360 to offer the latter’s information protection and data security technology to federal and local government customers under a multi-year agreement, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. GDS360 said Wednesday its products feature encryption, identity management, access control, behavioral analytics and other capabilities and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 14, 2017 — Comprehensive Health Services Inc. has undergone an assessment of its compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act data security requirements as part of an annual audit by GuidePoint Security, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. CHSi said Wednesday the 2017 HIPAA security assessment covered its administrative, physical …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 3, 2017 — Thales has unveiled a new facility in Cambridge, England, that will work to facilitate collaboration with customers, partners and suppliers as part of the company’s efforts to support digital transformation, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. Thales e-Security said Friday the One Station Square office will house more than …