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The FBI has started its work to respond to a recent data breach on Italy-based surveillance company Hacking Team in collaboration with Rook Security. Rook Security has begun to supply intelligence to the FBI Indianapolis Cyber Task Force on the leaked company files as found in its research, Rook Security said Friday. “This breach has been very […] More
The University of Virginia Health System has teamed up with Mitre to build tools for the analysis of patients’ health data. UVA said Friday Mitre will provide consulting services for UVA as the academic health center works to develop predictive analytics-based systems intended to detect risk of lung failure, hemorrhage and other conditions among patients and send alerts to medical […] More
Northrop Grumman will support the design, development, production, testing and delivery of the AN/AQS-24C minehunting sonar systems for the U.S. Navy under a contract worth up to $14.8 million. The Defense Department said Friday the systems will support the volume search minehunting operations of the Navy’s MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter. AN/AQS-24C works to simultaneously detect volume or moored […] More
Todd Helfrich, director of the federal business at ThreatStream has created a checklist of information technology measures he believes the U.S. government agencies should include in their cybersecurity plans. Helfrich wrote in a piece published Friday on GCN that agencies need to implement cyber threat intelligence tools to help them identify and automate responses to […] More
The New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell has signed an agreement with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center in an effort to help protect New Jersey-based banks from potential cyber attacks. NJCCIC and FS-ISAC will use a platform dubbed Soltra Edge to facilitate exchanges of threat intelligence between their two security operations facilities […] More
A team led by Lockheed Martin has introduced a new Littoral Combat Ship for the U.S. Navy at a Marinette Marine-owned shipyard in the Menominee River in Wisconsin. The company said Saturday Janee Bonner served as the sponsor for the USS Little Rock and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus delivered the keynote address at the christening ceremony held Saturday. Lockheed […] More
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has kicked off a search for a new sensor environment as part of efforts to further build up intrusion detection technologies. IARPA said Friday it wants sensors that can apply “non-typical data” in a cybersecurity domain under its Cyber-attack Automated Unconventional Sensor Environment program. Performers are asked to gather new signals from internal and external sensors in […] More
Cask Technologies has been awarded two contracts worth $50 million combined to support information technology systems that the U.S. Marine Corps use to manage personnel and payroll. The U.S. Defense Department said Friday the first contract covers program analytical and technical services for the Marine Corps Total Force Information Technology Systems and four offers were […] More
A Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary has been awarded an additional $5.3 million of funding to maintain the U.S. Army’s battle command and control system for another year. Maryland-based Comtech Mobile Datacom will perform the sustainment services for the Army’s Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below – Blue Force Tracking program, Comtech said Monday. Comtech began […] More
The Defense Department has elected new members to the Defense Business Board who will work to advise the defense secretary and other DoD officials on business standards. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced the appointments on Thursday. “I welcome the new business leaders joining our ranks, and pleased to see former members return at such an important […] More
THORAD has introduced a sensor-based platform designed to help enterprises detect and prevent safety and security threats within a facility. The company said Thursday its THORAD platform consists of thermal, radar and optical sensors that work to gather images and uses computer algorithms to perform image analysis. The system also works to provide alerts of safety […] More
Razorsight CEO Charlie Thomas believes communications service providers have an opportunity to position themselves as key players in the cloud market by utilizing insight and infrastructure to meet user needs. Thomas told VanillaPlus magazine that CSPs can leverage cloud app-driven data and predictive analytics to gain knowledge on cloud user needs and behaviors. “I think CSPs are […] More
