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Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has agreed to purchase Symantec’s cybersecurity services business from Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) for an undisclosed sum.
Read More »Accenture Strikes Deal With Broadcom for Symantec’s Cyber Services Business; Julie Sweet Quoted
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 »Lockheed Joins Space Info Sharing & Analysis Center as Founding Member; Clark VanBuskirk Quoted
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has become a founding member of the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center, which aims to serve as the main communications channel for space industry to address security risks.
Read More »Zscaler’s Stephen Kovac: Zero-Trust Networking Could Help Agencies Secure Connections Between Users, Apps
Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and compliance at Zscaler (Nasdaq: ZS), has said there are several techniques and tools agencies could use to provide users secure connections to applications wherever they are. Kovac wrote about how zero-trust networking uses encrypted microtunnels and microsegmentation to establish a seamless and trusted connection between users and apps.
Read More »Trustwave’s Bill Rucker: Managed Security Services Could Help Agencies Safeguard High-Value Assets
Bill Rucker, president of Trustwave Government Solutions, has said government agencies seeking to protect their critical assets and sensitive data from cyber attacks should work with managed security services providers.
Read More »Recorded Future’s Allan Liska: Threat Intelligence, Machine Learning Could Help Agencies Address Cyber Risks
Allan Liska, an intelligence analyst at Somerville, Mass.-based network security firm Recorded Future, has said government agencies should leverage threat intelligence to help protect their systems and networks from cyber threats.
Read More »Fortinet’s Bob Fortna on Three Federal Cyber Threat Trends to Watch
Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet’s (Nasdaq: FTNT) federal business, wrote in a Nextgov article published Friday that federal agencies should consider three cybersecurity threat trends and one is the tendency of threats to share public infrastructure.
Read More »Corelight’s Brian Dye: Data-Driven Approach, Open Source Tools Key to Building Defensive Cyber Program
Brian Dye, chief product officer at cybersecurity firm Corelight, has said agencies should implement data-driven security approach and open source-based tools to protect their networks from cyber attacks.
Read More »Insight Partners to Buy Controlling Stake in Recorded Future for $780M Cash
New York City-based investment company Insight Partners has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Somerville, Mass.-based threat intelligence technology provider Recorded Future through an an all-cash transaction valued at more than $780M.
Read More »Mitre Develops Cyber Threat Intelligence Tool to Share Attack Methods, Verify Attribution
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 14, 2019 — Mitre has built a database that works to curate public information on cyber threats and methods with the goal to provide organizations a platform where they can get data that could help them develop defense strategies for digital infrastructure, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Federal News …
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