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John Zarour, director of state and local government and K-12 at Splunk, wrote in a piece published Wednesday on GCN that agencies should re-evaluate their approach to cybersecurity and invest in modern tools to avoid a breach. Zarour said he believes state and local agencies can also be targets of an attack like the U.S. […] More
A survey report by Intel‘s security business and the Aspen Institute points to a rising demand for public-private partnerships on threat intelligence sharing among information technology decision-makers for critical infrastructure organizations. An article published Tuesday on Cyber Security Dojo reports that 86 percent of the 625 respondents in the multicountry survey call for increased cyber cooperation […] More
CAE has been awarded several contracts worth $89 million combined to provide full-flight simulators and training services for several airlines. The company said Wednesday it will train 100 more cadets for Japan Airlines as part of the extension of an agreement over the Multi-Crew Pilot License First Officer Program. CAE already trains the first batch […] More
SAP has introduced a fresh public service offering in an effort to expand its program meant to help urban governments address citizen needs. Branded as SAP Future Cities, the service is developed to assist city officials worldwide in engaging with the public, collecting tax and revenue, and delivering other services through shared management practices, SAP […] More
A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the global threat intelligence security market will climb in value at a compound annual growth rate of 14.3 percent from $3 billion in 2015 to $5.9 billion in 2020. The market research firm said Wednesday the projected growth is due to the increasing number of cyber attacks and the corresponding […] More
CAE has achieved the highest certification for its full-flight simulator from the Federal Aviation Administration and other aviation regulatory bodies in Europe. The FAA, the Directorate General for Civil Aviation in France and the European Aviation Safety Agency granted the Level D qualification to CAE’s A350 XWB full-flight simulator, the company said Tuesday. “Achieving Level […] More
CenturyLink has embarked on multiple data center expansion projects over the past six months in an effort to address an increasing consumer demand for physical and virtual infrastructure services. The company said Wednesday its global data center capacity has increased by 10.8 megawatts to more than 185 megawatts. “Many of our customers are turning to […] More
IBM has invested in several educational programs meant to encourage university students, entrepreneurs and information technology professionals to learn how to develop cloud computing applications with IBM technology. The company said Wednesday it launched the Academic Initiative for Cloud to incorporate the Bluemix platform into cloud development curricula at 210 universities worldwide. The program offers the universities access to IBM’s instructional materials, […] More
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. announced Wednesday, it has achieved a gold certification as a partner of Cisco in providing telecommunication technology services to customers. “Cisco Gold status is a significant achievement for Jacobs, one that complements and enhances our value-added reseller and technology lifecycle management services,†said Darren Kraabel Jacobs Vice President. He also went on […] More
Serco has partnered with 40 British universities and employers to create a degree-level apprenticeship program that offers business management training to U.K.-based workers. The company said Thursday that the British Department of Business, Innovation and Skills has approved the Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship with the goal of increasing the number of professional managers across the […] More
Glen Ackermann, formerly senior director of business development at DynCorp International, has joined Dynamic Aviation as vice president of business development. “His leadership will be instrumental in successfully guiding the business development team and influencing the direction of the organization,” Michael Stoltzfus, president and CEO of Dynamic Aviation, said in a statement Thursday. Ackermann is a […] More
CA Technologies and RMIT University have received a grant from the Australian Research Council to conduct a research on risk continuous authentication. The grantees began to carry out the research project in May with focus on risk adaptation and continuous verification, CA Tech said Tuesday. “This grant is about furthering our expertise through informed research and […] More
