GovCon Expert Chuck Brooks has published his latest article as a member of Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Expert program on Tuesday. In his latest piece, Chuck Brooks discussed the most recent cyber breaches that have impacted federal agencies and the dire need to prevent future breaches and potential consequences of not prioritizing cybersecurity in 2021.
Read More »Blackstone, ClearSky Close $400M FireEye Investment Deal; Kevin Mandia Quoted
Investment firms Blackstone Group and ClearSky have jointly completed the purchase of 400K shares in Milpitas, California-based cybersecurity firm FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) for $1K a share. Blackstone's tactical opportunities business led the $400M strategic investment deal.
Read More »FireEye Announces $400M Blackstone-Led Strategic Investment, Buys Respond Software in $186M Cash-and-Stock Deal
FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) announced that it will receive a strategic investment worth $400M from investment firm Blackstone and venture capital firm ClearSky. FireEye will use the proceeds from the Blackstone Tactical Opportunities-led investment to build up its managed services, platform and cloud portfolio and fund strategic growth initiatives, including its acquisition of cybersecurity company Respond Software.
Read More »FireEye’s Tom Topping: Threat Intelligence Could Help Agencies Defend Against Most Likely Attackers
Tom Topping, senior director of strategic programs at FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), has said threat intelligence and continuous visibility into their networks could allow agencies to focus their efforts and resources on adversaries that are most likely to attack them.
Read More »Microsoft Vet Michael Montoya Joins Equinix as CISO
Michael Montoya, a more than 12-year veteran of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), has joined data center services provider Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) as chief information security officer.
Read More »Carahsoft Gets Potential $248M Army Cloud Services Basic Ordering Agreement; Craig Abod Quoted
The U.S. Army has awarded Carahsoft Technology a potential $247.7M basic ordering agreement for cloud services to support the military branch’s efforts to consolidate data centers and modernize its information technology infrastructure.
Read More »FireEye Buys Verodin in $250M Cash-and-Stock Deal; Kevin Mandia Quoted
FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) has acquired McLean, Va.-based cybersecurity instrumentation technology provider Verodin through a cash-and-stock transaction worth approximately $250M. “Verodin gives us the ability to automate security effectiveness testing using the sophisticated attacks we spend hundreds of thousands of hours responding to, and provides a systematic, quantifiable and continuous approach …
Read More »FireEye’s Tom Topping: Cyber Threat Intelligence Could Help Agencies Zero In on Adversaries
Tom Topping, senior director of strategic programs at FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE), has said agencies should leverage cyber threat intelligence to manage risks and protect information technology systems from adversaries. Topping wrote that security teams can determine potential attackers as well as their tactics, techniques and procedures used to compromise data …
Read More »FireEye Email Security Platforms Get FedRAMP, ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type II Certifications
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 4, 2018 — FireEye (Nasdaq: FEYE) has received validation from the International Organization for Standardization, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program for its cloud-based email security technologies, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday its Email Security Cloud Edition was …
Read More »Industry Coalition Unveils Joint Vulnerability Disclosure to Push Cyber Info Sharing
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 13, 2018 — Several technology companies have formed a coalition in an effort to advance cybersecurity transparency and cooperation via the sharing of information on software vulnerabilities, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The Cybersecurity Tech Accord said Monday some of the companies that contributed to a Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure …
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