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RTX’s BBN Technologies has secured a contract to develop cybersecurity test and evaluation methods for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Intelligent Generation of Tools for Security, or INGOTS, program. DARPA wants advanced INGOTS approaches on identifying and mitigating complex vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, RTX said Tuesday, without disclosing the contract’s value. The company also noted […] More
Darktrace is expanding its operations by establishing a new deployment center and corporate office in Dallas, Texas, and appointing two new executives to its leadership team. New Darktrace Facilities The artificial intelligence cybersecurity company said Monday the 7,555-square-foot deployment facility, scheduled to be operational by September, is intended to reduce delivery times of physical appliances to […] More
The Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition, founded by IBM Quantum, Microsoft, MITRE, PQShield and SandboxAQ, has published its PQC Inventory Workbook to support the cryptographic migration efforts of various organizations. MITRE said Thursday that the workbook will enable organizations to create a centralized inventory to track such efforts, providing a streamlined set of fields to assess PQC […] More
Gina Scinta, deputy chief technology officer at Thales Trusted Cyber Technologies, has warned that insider threats pose a significant risk to federal infrastructure, and said to improve security, organizations require a diversified strategy that combines several tools. In an article posted on Security Magazine, the executive identified the key features that organizations must consider when […] More
General Dynamics Information Technology has shared its three-part framework that could enable agencies to assess their post-quantum cryptography risks and readiness. In a blog post, Matthew McFadden, vice president of cyber at GDIT, said multiple civilian agencies where the company has applied the Discover, Assess, Manage framework for PQC preparations are ahead of the curve. […] More
Lawelawe Defense has completed its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification 2.0 Level 2 self-assessment. In a LinkedIn post on Monday, Lawelawe Defense CEO John Boyle said the action is a critical milestone in the company’s commitment to protecting national security. “To our contracting community: If CMMC compliance is central to your mission, consider Lawelawe for a […] More
Telos has earned “High” level certification for Xacta, its platform for cyber governance, risk and compliance, or GRC, under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Now included in the FedRAMP Marketplace as an authorized vendor, Telos said the platform earned the designation after its software-as-a-service version passed a rigorous evaluation of its capability to […] More
MITRE has published a new framework to aid in the mitigation of risks associated with digital financial systems such as cryptocurrency. Published Monday, the Adversarial Actions in Digital Asset Payment Technologies, or AADAPT, is designed to provide developers, policymakers and financial institutions with information and a detailed methodology for identifying, analyzing and addressing cyberthreats. What […] More
Data security company Virtru has secured $50 million in a new funding round led by ICONIQ. Virtru said Friday it will use the capital to accelerate the adoption of the open standard Trusted Data Format, or TDF; expand protection for sensitive artificial intelligence and analytics workflows; and scale mission-critical platforms in support of defense and […] More
Booz Allen Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Booz Allen Hamilton, has made an investment in Corsha, a provider of machine identity technology for operational technology systems within domestic defense manufacturing and other U.S. critical infrastructure. The investment will speed up the deployment of advanced solutions to boost U.S. defenses against the growing threat […] More
The Department of Defense’s revised Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program is a significant tool that addresses evolving cybersecurity challenges and creates stronger safeguards across the defense industrial base, according to Ted Wagner, vice president and chief information security officer at SAP National Security Services. In an opinion piece SAP NS2 published on Wednesday, Wagner said […] More
Claroty has enhanced its on-premise continuous threat detection, or CTD, platform for U.S. public sector organizations with the addition of exposure management capability and Federal Information Security Modernization Act, or FISMA, support. The cyber-physical systems protection company said Wednesday the Claroty CTD platform’s new capabilities seek to help federal, state and local government agencies and […] More
