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March 5, 2010
By Geoff Fein The Navy yesterday awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] $14.9 million and Northrop Grumman [NOC] $17.4 million contracts for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) system, a directed approach to reduce infrastructure and...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Lockheed-Martin-Northrop-Grumman-Win-Navys-CANES-Award_9548.html
March 5, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday introduced a new suite of software management tools it is offering to utilities, system operators and defense customers to give them more insight into their enterprise operations and to provide command and...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Lockheed-Martin-Introduces-Platform-For-Smart-Grid-Assets_9554.html
March 2, 2010
CACI [CACI], Computer Sciences Corp. [CSC], G2 Software Systems Inc., Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] were each awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) award from the Navy to provide command and...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Five-Companies-Receive-SPAWAR-C2-IDIQ-Award_9493.html
February 25, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker A $19 million planned reduction in FY '11 for cyber security spending stems from new organizational efficiencies on managing cyber within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as well as not having to repeat some one-time expenses...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Napolitano-Cuts-To-Cyber-Security-Budget-Reflect-Completed-Efforts_9456.html
February 24, 2010
Unisys [UIS] said it has received a $32 million, contract from Mexico's Mnistry of Internal Affairs to create and manage a citizen identification database based on fingerprint, iris and facial biometric data for up to 110 million people. The database would be...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Unisys-Wins-$32-Million-Award-For-Mexico-Biometric-Database_9447.html
February 24, 2010
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA) has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for novel biometric signatures that can be captured by non-contact methods. Specific signatures that currently require close...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/IARPA-Issues-RFI-For-Novel-Biometric-Signatures_9448.html
February 24, 2010
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been slow to deploy devices at ports of entry that can read digital information stored in electronic-Passports that would help a Customs official verify the identity of the document holder, the Government...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/DHS-Can-Do-More-To-Protect-Against-Fraudulent-e-Passport-Use-GAO-Says_9450.html
February 23, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker About 75 percent of enterprises have experienced some sort of cyber attack in the past year and most are reporting "somewhat to extremely fast growth" in the pace of attacks, according to a survey released yesterday by the...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Most-Enterprises-Face-Cyber-Attacks-Symantec-Survey-Finds_9433.html
February 19, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker A new standard being sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that will allow software firms the ability to access data from airport security imaging technologies such as X-ray machines should be ready this summer, allowing...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Guardian-Believes-Standard-Will-Open-Security-Imaging-Market-To-Third-Party-Vendors_9422.html
February 18, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not made it a priority to implement a White House mandated standards-based credentialing and access control program for federal employees and contractors and will not meet an extended deadline...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/HSPD-12-Implementation-Lacking-At-DHS-IG-Finds_9403.html
February 12, 2010
By Geoff Fein The Army is taking the unusual step of pushing development of flexible displays for everything from soldier worn devices to vehicles, hoping to speed up commercialization of the technology. A number of years ago the Army recognized that flexible...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Army-Hopes-Investment-In-Flexible-Displays-Speeds-Up-Commercialization_9348.html
February 11, 2010
By Geoff Fein Lockheed Martin [LMT] and IronKey have partnered to develop a secure USB drive with military-grade encryption that is being dubbed a "PC on a stick." "We took advantage of this platform and its security offerings from a hardware...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Lockheed-Martin-IronKey-Develop-An-Ironclad-Solution-To-USB-Security_9339.html
February 10, 2010
By Geoff Fein The next award phase for the Navy's future jammer will be a technology development phase that will include a competitive prototype, according to a service official Almost every program now is moving toward competitive prototyping, Capt John...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Navy-Seeks-Best-of-Breed-In-Next-Gen-Jammer-Tech-Maturity-Phase_9328.html
February 10, 2010
IBM [IBM] has received a contract from the Air Force to develop, design and demonstrate a cloud computing architecture that meets Defense Department requirements and also contains cyber security features for real-time monitoring of attacks and automatic...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/IBM-To-Design-And-Demonstrate-Secure-Cloud-Architecture-For-USAF_9330.html
February 5, 2010
By Geoff Fein Although the Navy has a history of operating in a network environment, working in the cyber domain presents a unique set of challenges for the service, according to the Chief of Naval Operations. "We in the Navy live constantly in a network...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Navy-Must-Think-Through-Approach-To-Cyber-Domain-CNO-Says_9312.html
February 4, 2010
By Geoff Fein A pilot program to improve the way companies take advantage of the Navy's Software, Hardware Asset Reuse Enterprise (SHARE) repository is set to go live in March. "We stood up a pilot to try better understand how to frame an environment for...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Navy-Effort-To-Improve-SHARE-Repository-Nearing-Completion_9298.html
February 1, 2010
By Geoff Fein The Navy Friday took a step into the battlespace of the future as the service officially opened the doors to the new Fleet Cyber Command (FLTCYBERCOM), where victory in the new domain will be predicated on information and intelligence instead of...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Navys-Newest-Command-To-Take-On-The-Challenges-of-Cyber-Domain_9232.html
January 25, 2010
By Calvin Biesecker The Defense Department's Biometrics Task Force (BTF) is putting together a pilot project that would enroll and identify friendly forces in a biometric database as part of an effort to incorporate biometrics into access control procedures...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/Biometrics-Office-Developing-Pilot-Effort-For-Blue-Force-Database_9177.html
January 22, 2010
CACI International [CAI] this week said it has agreed to acquire SystemWare, Inc., a small firm with capabilities in monitoring and detecting cyber and physical security vulnerabilities. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SystemWare...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/CACI-Acquiring-Small-Cyber-Security-Firm_9167.html
January 15, 2010
SAIC [SAI] said yesterday it has agreed to acquire CloudShield Technologies, a cyber security firm based in Silicon Valley, which provides solutions to telecommunications companies, federal and international customers. CloudShield provides deep packet...
http://www.defensedaily.com/sectors/it/SAIC-To-Acquire-Cyber-Security-Firm-CloudShield_9087.html
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