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BAE Systems has been awarded a multi-year $27.4 million contract to provide program management and technical support services to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO). BAE Systems’...
Indra is the only Spanish company that is capable of undertaking both aspects of security: cybersecurity (communication and information systems) and physical security (venue, border and air space security, etc.). The company is capable...
The White House may use an executive order to boost the nation’s cyber defenses following the failure of major cybersecurity legislation in the Senate last week. “In the wake of Congressional inaction and Republican...
THE CYBER SECURITY ACT 2012 has failed to pass in the US Senate following a 52 to 46 vote on Thursday. In failing to gain the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster, the...
The United States is not adequately prepared for a serious cyber attack, the commander of U.S. Cyber Command told the audience at the Aspen Institute’s annual security forum today. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, who...
The Finmeccanica Cyber Solutions team selected in February 2012 to fulfil the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) – Full Operating Capability (FOC) requirement, has completed the testing phase of the programme’s Proof of...
Boeing opened a state-of-the-art Information Security Innovation Lab in Huntington Beach that will be used to prototype innovative cybersecurity technologies using live networks in a secure yet real-world environment. The lab’s Wide Area Network...
Senators are set to tackle legislation to protect the nation’s computer system when the upper chamber returns from its July 4th recess, but the efforts are being hampered by disagreements over the government’s role...
In his first public speech for nearly two years, Security Service Director General Jonathan Evans said MI5 is battling “astonishing” levels of cyber-attacks on UK industry. He warned internet “vulnerabilities” were being exploited by criminals as well as...
The Department of Homeland Security has outlined a $202 million program to arm federal agencies with new tools to continuously monitor their computer networks for security threats. Contracts for monitoring services will be awarded...
Navigation and guidance experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are asking industry to develop a prototype system for land, sea, and airborne applications that can accept inputs...
University of Maryland and Northrop Grumman Create Nation’s First Cybersecurity Honors Program for Undergraduates The University of Maryland and the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will launch a landmark honors program designed to educate a...
The Boeing Company announced that Sojitz Corporation, a global trading company headquartered in Tokyo, has entered into an agreement with Boeing’s Information Solutions division for advanced network assessment. The contract is Boeing’s first international...
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with industry and small business representatives at the White House to discuss the Department’s current efforts to secure cyberspace and develop the cyber workforce. “Today we face an...
As Congress boosts spending on cybersecurity and mulls over new data safety requirements on private industry, some companies stand to get rich. Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman and other defense and tech companies have...
The Flame (also known as sKyWIper and Flamer) is considered to be more complex than Stuxnet, and it “might be the most sophisticated cyber weapon yet unleashed”. Researchers from the Laboratory of Cryptography and...
A recent bout of electronic jamming signals from North Korea highlighted the growing risks of cyber warfare, which experts fear could be among its pledged “special actions” against South Korea. Hundreds of aircraft and...
The South Korean government reported that electronic jamming signals from North Korea were affecting communications and GPS signals for passenger aircraft. So far, there has not been a serious threat to safety because the...
NATIONAL CYBER SECURITY ALLIANCE PARTNERSHIP WITH FACEBOOK AND ANTIVIRUS PROVIDERS – The new agreement paves the way for the continuation of the recently established public private partnership known as the National Cybersecurity Education Council...
In the midst of an ongoing turf battle over how big a role the National Security Agency should play in securing the nation’s critical infrastructure, a Defense Department official asserted that the military’s controversial intelligence...