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A consortium comprising of Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel and Emerson‘s network power business has developed a technical industry standard to help administrators manage, secure and modernize data center systems. Redfish network interface is designed to make different server platforms interoperable and extract insights from big data to improve system monitoring, the companies said Thursday. The […] More
Platform-as-a-service gives federal agencies a tool to support their initiatives on cloud computing and data center consolidation but many have not embraced PaaS due to several reasons, James Benson of HumanTouch says. Benson, a HumanTouch senior vice president, wrote in a post for GCN published Thursday that he believes some system integrators are hindering federal adoption of PaaS despite its functions in application […] More
Kevin King, external communications director at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, has laid out strategies for enterprises to protect their cloud infrastructure from cyber attacks. King wrote in a blog post published Wednesday that businesses must develop security protocols such as multifactor authentication, role-based access controls, log monitoring, application vulnerability scanning and security governance. He urged enterprises to provide information on […] More
RSA and TeleSign have partnered to add a phone-based verification service to an RSA technology offering that works to help organizations prevent fraudulent transactions on their web portals. Telesign said Wednesday it will provide voice or SMS one-time passwords for users of RSA’s Adaptive Authentication fraud detection platform. Adaptive Authentication is designed to evaluate login […] More
MicroPact has been awarded a contract with the Government Accountability Office to offer the agency’s Forensic Audits and Investigative Service division a product to use as a criminal investigative case management platform. The company said Thursday FAIS will use entellitrak to manage civil and criminal investigations on fraud, waste and abuse of public funds and help standardize its investigative process. “Investigations are complex and rarely move through a […] More
Battelle has secured a five-year deal with the city of Dublin in Ohio to utilize its fiber optic network in testing the data transfer functions of ID Quantique‘s Quantum Key Distribution hardware. Battelle said Wednesday its quantum communication researchers have been given permission to use the city’s dubLINK fiber optic ring and other available cables for free to conduct the test beginning in early […] More
Raytheon Co. and the U.S. Air Force have demonstrated the Small Diameter Bomb II tri-mode seeker to target stationary and moving objects during three guided tests. The SDB II worked to identify wheeled and tracked targets using sensor data during the tests, Raytheon said Thursday. “These guided tests were successfully accomplished against separate targets in both moving and […] More
The global market for unmanned ground vehicles is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 32.72 percent to $8.26 billion in value by 2020, according to a MarketsandMarkets report. MarketsandMarkets said Wednesday UGV technological advances as well as the increasing demand for the platform’s combat and non-defense applications are some of the factors […] More
Federal agencies could be putting their networks at risk by focusing too many of their resources on specific types of cyber threats, Greg Kushto of Force 3 says. Kushto, director of Force 3’s security practice, wrote in a guest post for Nextgov published Tuesday that agencies should build an IT infrastructure that is secure from the majority of threats. To ensure this, he says that federal IT […] More
Los Alamos National Laboratory has agreed to a deal with Allied Minds subsidiary Whitewood Encryption Systems to commercialize the laboratory’s quantum-based data encryption technology. The compact random-number-generation tool works to generate cryptographic keys based on the random polarization state of photons for high data rate encryption, Los Alamos National Laboratory said Tuesday. “Quantum systems represent the best hope for truly secure data […] More
RSA has supplied the Department of Homeland Security with an enterprise-grade platform meant to provide user visibility into potential threats to federal information technology systems, GCN reported Wednesday. William Jackson writes that DHS chose RSA’s Archer visualization tool to manage governance, risk and compliance activities under the government-wide Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation initiative. Archer will […] More
CellAntenna, a systems integrator for L-3 Communications‘ Linkabit division, has unveiled a new cell phone threat control system that is designed to monitor and control cellular signals in stealth mode for law enforcement tactical operations. CellAntenna said Wednesday that CPC-Vulcan supports the company’s Guardian Service system, which prisons use to control the use of cell phones at the facilities. Howard Melamed, […] More
